Date Taken: 10/12/2019
Location: Black Balsam Knob, Milepost 420.2 on the Blue Ridge Parkway about 25 miles from Asheville, in the mountain balds of the Southern Appalachians

Camera: Iphone
Lens: 11
Focal Length: Normal
ISO: Normal
Shutter: Normal
Aperture: Normal
Filters: None
Exposure: Normal
How I Got This Shot: A very strenuous hike revealed great beauty.

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Date Taken: 05/28/2016
Location: Black Balsam near Milepost 420

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Date Taken: 10/19/2014
Location: Black Balsam near Graveyard Fields
Captured this on the road that leads to Black Balsam area. Looking back at Graveyard Fields. I noticed Pisgah bathing in a blanket of puffy whites – could not resist the shot.

Camera: Canon 7D
Lens: Canon 70-200 f/4 L IS USM + 1.4x
Focal Length: 280mm
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/500 sec
Aperture: f/13
Filters: Circular Polarizer
Exposure: AV
How I Got This Shot: As I drove past Graveyard Fields, I decided to drive up the road that leads to the Black Balsam area. As I rose in elevation and saw this site unfolding before my eyes, I knew I had to capture it. I shot this handheld because my other camera was mounted to my tripod. It was a very windy morning and I went up to capture the sunrise and remaining high elevation fall foliage – Funny that this ended up with a black and white treatment. Once I saw the image on my computer I knew it must be black and white!

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Location: Tennent Mountain at Black Balsam
View from Tennent Mountain, next to Black Balsam, looking SE down Dark Prong Valley towards BRP. Graveyard Fields and Looking Glass Rock are visible in distance at center. Taken Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013.

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Location: “Tennent Mountain Sunset – Taken from atop of Tennent Mountain in the Black Balsam area.”

Camera: Canon 5D Mark II
ISO: 1250
Aperture: f22
Shutter: 1 second
Exposure Type: Aperture Priority
Filter(s): None
Focal Length: 17mm
How I Got This Shot: This image was taken quite a while after sunset in the waning light. Using a tripod and remote I made 3 different exposures and manually blended the images together to give a more realistic representation of what I saw in the scene.

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