Date Taken: 05/31/2016
Location: Cowee Mountain Overlook, Milepost 430.7 on the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Waynesville, NC and the Nantahala National Forest.

Camera: Sony A57
Lens: Tamron 17-50mm 2.8
Focal Length: 24mm
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/40
Aperture: 9.0
Filters: None
Exposure: Aperture Priority
How I Got This Shot: No tricks or special steps for this shot. Just beautiful scenery!

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Location: Raven’s Roost Milepost 11
The setting sun highlights the beautiful clouds and peak fall color on the Blue Ridge Parkway on Tuesday evening, October 23rd, 2013 at Raven’s Roost.

Camera: Canon EOS 5d mk ii
Lens: Canon EOS 17-40 L
Focal Length: 17 mm
ISO: 100
Shutter: 0.6 sec
Aperture: f/22
Filters: Singh Ray Reverse Graduated 3 stop ND Grad Filter
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: Watching the clouds on Tuesday, i knew it would be a great sunset, so I headed up to the parkway after work. I noticed these beautiful rock formations would make a great foreground and work well with the lines in the sky formed by the clouds, so I set up close to the beautiful red colored huckleberry bush. I set my aperture for f/22 for maximum depth of field and to create the sunstar, and used live mode to determine how to hold the nd grad filter over the lens when taking the image. I waited until the sun hit the horizon half-way to minimize lens flare but still pick up all the light hitting the gorgeous trees in peak. Thanks for sharing BRP Daily!

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“This image was captured at Wolf Mountain Overlook as the sun was setting for the day. The warm glow of the sun illuminated the sky and mountain ranges.”

Camera: Canon 7d

ISO: 100

Aperture: f-16

Shutter: 1/30

Exposure Type: Manual

Filters: None

Focal Length: 17mm

How I Got This Shot: This shot was taken as the sun was setting. I tried to capture the warm skies against the mountain ranges in hopes off adding depth while yet maintaining the dynamic range of the scenery.

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Photo by: Doug McPherson, Asheville, NC Photographer

Summer Sunset over Great Smoky Mountains National Park taken from Waterrock Knob Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway – North Carolina

Camera: Canon 5D MK II
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
Focal Length: 19mm
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/20
Aperture: f/22
Filters: CPL, GND
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: I walked around a bit before the sunset and found this composition to set my tripod. I really liked the sunlight reflecting off the little pine tree. I set up and took several meter readings from the sky t calculate a proper exposure. I wanted to include the pine tree and composed the shot to include it in the left foreground. This is a very high contrast shot between the shaded trees and bright sunlight. I used two filters, a CPL and an GND . Once I metered again and got a correct exposure, I intentionally underexposed the shot. I almost always underexpose high contrast shots with the intention of adjusting the exposure later in CS6 and Lightroom. Too often, I find that if I do not underexpose I end up losing detail in the highlights. Though it appears that a “Star Filter” was used to capture the rays coming off the sun, I didn’t use one. The rays or flare were produced by the angle I chose and the light entering the filters and lens. Often, the direction of these rays can be changed by turning the CPL.
The original print included much more of the scene in front of me as I used a wide angle lens and took this at 19mm. This photo represents about 60% of the original print size. This is a single image, not an HDR composite.

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Photo by: Deborah Scannell Photography, Asheville Fine Art & Landscape Photographer

“Lush Sunset In June” was captured from Milepost 405 near View Hominy Valley Overlook. I carefully lined up the little bit of colorful flower in the foreground to be in line with the setting sun. I used the rule of thirds to frame my shot in include 2/3 of the foreground to 1/3 of sky! In the composition the foreground was more interesting and captured the last bit of sun was important to include!

Camera: Canon 5DMKII
Lens: 24-104 f4L IS USM
Focal Length: 24mm
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/6 sec
Aperture: f/20
Filters: none
Exposure: AV
How I Got This Shot: I noticed that I had a bit of colorful flowers in the foreground. I carefully lined up the shot so that my setting sun was lining up with the flowers and I made sure I included very little of the sky and more of the foreground. I reduced the legs on my tripod so that I was sitting on the ground. I wanted the perspective of being low and knew that the sun would backlight the flowers and illuminate them of I positioned the frame just right! This image was one shot and processed in Lightroom. Next time you are out shooting a landscape try to gain a new perspective and try shooting low.

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