Date Taken: 10/19/2018
Location: Stoney Fork Overlook,  Milepost 277.3 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in the High Country of North Carolina.

Camera: Canon 60d
Lens: Canon 10-18mm
Focal Length: 10mm
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/8 – 1/500
Aperture: f/8
Filters: None
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: I stood at the edge of the overlook and waited for the sun to peak just above the horizon. I used a 3 stop bracketing technique that started at 1/500 sec to properly expose the sky and decreased the exposure one stop at a time until I reached 1/8 sec to get the foliage exposed. I did not use a tripod or shutter release cable, the lens has an image stabilizer. In post-production, I blended the images together in order to form a gorgeous HDR photo.

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Date Taken: 10/19/2018
Location: Price Lake Overlook, Milepost 296.7. Price Lake is located in the 4,200 acres of rolling mountain land that make up Julian Price Memorial Park.

Camera: Canon 60d
Lens: Canon 10-18mm
Focal Length: 12mm
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/80
Aperture: f/8
Filters: None
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: I stood right near the edge of the parking lot and framed the lake in landscape orientation as well as portrait orientation. I decided on a landscape because it captured the autumn colors on the left and right of the image. It also did a great job of showing the fog rolling over the lake in contrast to the beautiful blue reflection. No tripod was necessary for this job.

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