Icy Parkway near Reids Gap

February 13, 2015, 1:00 pm

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Photo by: Lauren DeMoss Photography, Chapel Hill Portrait and Wedding Photographer

Date Taken: 01/24/2015
Location: Blue Ridge Parkway near Reids Gap
I took this photo with my iPhone on the way to Wintergreen Resort. I just love the gorgeous mountain scenery in the winter!

Camera: iPhone 5

How I Got This Shot: To get this shot, I made sure to stand in a spot where the sun was partially blocked by a tree. Otherwise, the image would have been too bright. I framed the image to include the long shadows in order to create greater depth and variety of color. I also split the image evenly between ground and sky because I liked the similarities between the white ice and the white cloud. It was a beautiful day!

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Icy Cascades over Moss

February 14, 2015, 1:00 pm

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Photo by: Picturesque Photography

Date Taken: 01/11/2015
Location: Off of Blue Ridge Parkway near Cherokee, NC
Was hiking near BRP in Cherokee, and captured this frozen stream! It was amazingly beautiful!

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T5
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
Focal Length: 28 mm
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.0
Aperture: f/25
Filters: none
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: I used a tripod and the remote switch to capture this great image!

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Hendersonville, NC Sunset

February 15, 2015, 1:00 pm

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Photo by: Picturesque Photography

Date Taken: 01/25/2015
Location: Blue Ridge Parkway near Hendersonville, NC
Beautiful Sunset in the Blue Ridge Mountains!!!

Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T5
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
Focal Length: 55 mm
ISO: 1000
Shutter: 1/80
Aperture: f/5.6
Filters: NONE
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: While I was driving on BRP, I was chasing the amazing sunset and wanted to capture the moment!!! I used a tripod and a remote switch!

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Rime Ice & Snow over Spy Rock

February 17, 2015, 1:00 pm

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Photo by: Brent McGuirt Photography

Date Taken: 01/24/2015
Location: Milepost 382 Above Montebello Virginia Spy Rock
Rime Ice and Snow Cover Spy Rock as it overlooks the Blue Ridge of Central Virginia.

Camera: Canon EOS 5d Mk. II
Lens: Canon EF 17-40 L Lens
Focal Length: 17mm
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/10
Aperture: f/20
Filters: Singh Ray Reverse ND Grad 3 stop Filter
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: As I got up to the Parkway, I noticed the beautiful ice and snow covering everything so I hit the trail up to Spy Rock. Everything was coated in ice, so the hike was very treacherous, but I came away with a spectacular image as I waited for the sun to set on the Blue Ridge.

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Grayson Highlands Pony

March 4, 2015, 1:00 pm

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Photo by: Rebecca with Edwards Art & Photography

Date Taken: 02/27/2015
Location: Grayson Highlands State Park, Mouth of Wilson, Virginia
“He’s of the colour of the nutmeg. And of the heat of the ginger…. he is pure air and fire; and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in him, but only in patient stillness while his rider mounts him; he is indeed a horse, and all other jades you may call beasts.”
― William Shakespeare, Henry V

In between trying to balance busy teenagers and careers, my husband and I try to venture every chance we get. Though we live in Southwest Virginia we typically roam in the Smoky Mountains or travel the area around Asheville and the Blue Ridge Parkway. This past Friday we decided to spend our day here in our own backyard. Grayson Highlands State Park, located in Mouth of Wilson, VA has miles of hiking trails, including access to the AT as well as the privilege of sharing the hills with these majestic creatures.

Camera: Canon 60D
Lens: 18-200mm
Focal Length: 70
ISO: 100
Shutter: 100
Aperture: f/5
Filters: none
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: With all the snow our area has received lately the park services has been assisting the ponies in their search for food by placing large round bales of hay for them along the trails. It didn’t take us long to find to find these beauties. We entered in through the gate and followed the tractor tracks straight to these beauties. Their long coats show the brutality of the elements with ice hanging from their mains.

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Winter Companions

March 9, 2015, 2:14 pm

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Photo by: Tommy White Photography

Date Taken: 02/24/2015
Location: Blowing Rock, near Thunder Hill Overlook
“A Companion for Winter”
If you’ve ever taken the Parkway northbound through Blowing Rock, you’ve most likely passed by these trees. Luckily, I live close enough to enjoy them in all seasons, but winter could be my favorite.
Their relationship is unique… protective, but a slight bit prickly, as they jocky for the limited space between them. I also find them to be nurturing, as they help to shelter one another from the high winds and their entangled roots keep them firmly planted on the Parkway hillside.
Hope you enjoy this view from our last little bout of winter weather.

Camera: D810
Lens: 17-35mm
Focal Length: 24mm
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/80 seconds
Aperture: f/16
Filters: none
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: Shot on a snowy morning in manual mode. Exposing histogram right as far as possible without blowing out the highlights. I used f/16 to ensure the foreground snow, fence line and the trees were all in good focus. I extended the tripod as high as I could possibly get it to provide separation between the fence and the trees. Since I couldn’t get any higher, I positioned the trees between the fence posts to help frame the main subject. I stayed with auto white balance, as I liked the selenium type tone I was getting, which helped to convey the cold in the scene. Post work was done to bring out the detail in the trees and bring back the limited detail in the sky.

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Fresh Powder at Beacon Heights

April 6, 2015, 1:00 pm

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Photo by: Tommy White

Date Taken: 02/22/2015
Location: Beacon Heights, Milepost 305
A winter image taken from Beacon Heights during the last storm. We arrived to virgin powder on the rock. We watched as the clouds and snow swirled around. The thick fog rolling over Grandfather Mountain dissipated as it continued on down the valley, leaving an opening for the sun’s golden light show.

Camera: D810
Lens: Nikkor 17-35mm, f2.8
Focal Length: 17mm
ISO: 125
Shutter: 1/200 second
Aperture: f16
Filters: None
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: The flare happened so fast that I was only able to secure 2 shots of the golden light before it was gone. When It happened, I was standing pretty far back as to not track up the snow, keeping the horizon line as close to the lower third line in the composition. This was later cropped to include the rock and the sun itself on third lines also.
1/200 shutter speed was used to stop as much of the cloud movement as possible. I did not want to go up on the ISO, if possible. I would normally capture a shot like this with the aperture around f8 or f11 and focus stack, but since it happened so fast, the first shot I took was f16 to make sure I had something usable. I’m glad I did. My focus point was the tree under the sun giving me the correct hyper-focal distance to ensure the entire shot was in good focus.

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Aerial View of Burnett Reservoir

April 8, 2015, 5:44 pm

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Photo by: David Oppenheimer

Date Taken: 10/18/2014
Location: Burnett Reservoir
Asheville watershed and Burnett Reservoir with autumn colors along the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Black Mountain, North Carolina – © 2014 David Oppenheimer – Performance Impressions Photography Archives – http://www.performanceimpressions.com

Camera: NIKON D4
Lens: 24.0-70.0 mm
Focal Length: none
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/100 sec
Aperture: f/2.8
Filters: none
Exposure: manual
How I Got This Shot: This photo was taken out of the open cockpit of a small private airplane.

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Shenandoah Valley, Milepost 90

July 25, 2015, 3:00 am

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Photo by: Brent McGuirt Photography

Date Taken: 04/27/2015
Location: Shenandoah Valley, Milepost 90
Crepuscular rays light up the Shenandoah Valley at sunset on a spring evening from the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.

Camera: Canon EOS 5d Mk. II
Lens: EF 50 mm
Focal Length: 50mm
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/30
Aperture: F/16
Filters: Singh Ray Reverse ND Grad 3 stop Filter
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: Seeing light rays shoot down through the clouds about an hour from sunset, I quickly headed up to the Parkway, headed toward the brightening sky. The rays burst through the clouds and I quickly shot the scene. It lasted about 2 minutes before the sun moved back behind the clouds.

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Fence at Thunder Hill

September 2, 2015, 3:00 am

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Photo by: Scott Scaggs

Date Taken: 08/14/2015
Location: Thunder Hill Overlook, Milepost 290.3
Sunset across the road from Thunder Hill Overlook

Camera: Nikon D750
Lens: 24mm-84mm
Focal Length: 24mm
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1.3 seconds
Aperture: f22
Filters: None
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: After moving my youngest child into her dorm at ASU and I officially became an empty-nester, I thought a sunset shot fit my mood. After looking for a shot at Thunder Hill Overlook, my son pointed out that the sky was more dramatic across the street. Tried several compositions, but ended up with this shot with the leading lines of the barbed wire fence. Did some post processing in Adobe Camera Raw.

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Lower Falls at Graveyard Fields, Milepost 418.8

October 1, 2015, 6:33 am

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Photo by: RomanticAsheville.com Travel Guide

Date Taken: 09/30/2015
Location: Lower Falls at Graveyard Fields, Milepost 418.8
Find peak color now at Graveyard Fields, always one of the first places for great color. Trails are a little muddy, but Lower Falls is really flowing! Check out Romantic Asheville’s guide to the Graveyard Fields Hike & Waterfalls.

Camera: Pentax K-50
Lens: 18-55
Focal Length: 45
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/6
Aperture: 29
Filters: none
Exposure: manual
How I Got This Shot: I found the brightest leaves and position by tripod downstream a bit. Luckily, clouds covered the sun for more even lighting. Since it’s a short hike from the Parkway parking area, Lower Falls is a great waterfall to visit often. You can safely reach the base and no life-threatening heroics are necessary to capture beautiful images.

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Autumn Railway at Yankee Horse Ridge, Milepost 34

October 23, 2015, 7:53 am

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Photo by: Brent McGuirt Photography

Date Taken: 10/21/2015
Location: Milepost 34 Yankee Horse Ridge
“Autumn Railway” Oct. 21, 2015

Camera: Canon EOS 5d Mk. II
Lens: Canon EF 17-40 L
Focal Length: 20mm
ISO: 500
Shutter: 0.5
Aperture: f/18
Filters: none
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: This beautiful spot on the Blue Ridge Parkway is probably only about 10 miles from my home as the bird flies. My friend Jeff Hammond has shot some beautiful images of this spot in the fog, so I thought I would run by there yesterday evening to see what it looked like before heading to work under different conditions. The colors were in full peak, so I waited until the sun was almost setting for that golden light to hit the very tops of the trees. Thanks so much and have a great day!

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Sunrise at Mills River Overlook, Milepost 404.5

October 25, 2015, 3:55 am

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Photo by: RomanticAsheville.com Travel Guide

Date Taken: 10/08/2015
Location: Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 404.5, Mills River Overlook
Sunrise over Pisgah National Forest: The Mills River Overlook is a perfect place to watch the colors evolve as the sun rises over the mountain range.

Camera: Pentax K-50
Lens: 50-200
Focal Length: 50
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Aperture: 6.3
Filters: None
Exposure: manual
How I Got This Shot: I was hoping to find a great spot to watch the sunrise, and I was lucky to stop at this overlook just a few minutes before the sun rose over the mountains. As often the case, the most brilliant colors are just before the sunrise. Clouds always created interest and color, so I focused more on the sky – plus the valley fog is a bonus.

 

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Flat Rock Sunset, Milepost 308.2

November 2, 2015, 1:27 pm

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Photo by: Dave LoSapio

Date Taken: 10/23/2015
Location: Flat Rock Trail
Sunset capture at the summit of Flat Rock Trail, Milepost 308.2 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Late Fall foliage illuminated by a warm setting sun.

Camera: Canon 5D Mark III
Lens: Canon EF 16-35 f/2.8 L II
Focal Length: 20
ISO: 250
Shutter: .3 sec
Aperture: f/22
Filters: Lee Circular
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: I arrived at the summit just as the sun was beginning its descent into the horizon line. There were a few other photographers already here so I moved to a location out of their way and this was the best available composition. The sky was just “ok” so I chose to use an aperture that would create a sunstar. The Fall foliage in the Linville Valley below was well past peak and very thin but the colors of what remained was were beautifully accentuated by the warmth of the setting sun.

A Lee Filters Circular Polarizer was used but more for a touch of ND effect than polarization since I was facing directly into the sun. I also used a remote trigger release to eliminate camera shake.

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Holloway Mountain Road in Fog

November 7, 2015, 3:55 am

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Photo by: Barry Sannes

Date Taken: 10/28/2015
Location: Holloway Mountain Road bridge near Blowing Rock, NC.
A foggy afternoon shot: Holloway Mountain Road passes beneath one of the stately bridges of the Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock, NC.

Camera: Canon 6D
Lens: Canon 24-105mm
Focal Length: 47mm
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200
Aperture: f/4.0
Filters: B+W Circular Polarizer
Exposure: Aperture Value
How I Got This Shot: On this overcast afternoon I went to a few overlooks hoping the clouds would part and provide a rainbow capture. No such luck. As I was leaving the parkway, the clouds parted just enough for this haunting image of the parkway bridge. I grabbed my camera and knelt in the road. The scene seemed to beg for the classic “rule of thirds” composition.

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Fairfield Lake, Sapphire Valley, Cashiers, NC

November 10, 2015, 3:55 am

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Photo by: Carey Plemmons

Date Taken: 10/22/2015
Location: Fairfield Lake, Sapphire Valley, Cashiers, NC
I captured this scene one evening as the sun was setting at Fairfield Lake.

Camera: Canon 5D MK11
Lens: Canon 24-70mm
Focal Length: 64mm
ISO: 800
Shutter: 3.2 seconds
Aperture: 8
Filters: Polarized tiffen filter
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: I was walking around the Fairfield Lake and quickly noticed all of the beautiful fall reflections in an almost still lake. I used a tripod to show my shutter down and a polarized filter. Then I just waited for the right moment as the sun was setting.

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Composite Image of Mill Shoals Falls

November 15, 2015, 3:55 am

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Photo by: Carey Plemmons

Date Taken: 10/23/2015
Location: Mill Shoals Falls, Balsam Grove, NC
I haven’t seen a night shot of this waterfall so it was a nice surprise to see that the north star lined up so perfectly. Many years ago my first love in photography was photographing waterfalls. As I sat watching the stars move by for several hours that night, I couldn’t help but think how I’ve come full circle with my love for photography incorporating my past with my present passion of captured the night sky.

Camera: Canon 5D MK11
Lens: Samyang 14mm
Focal Length: 14mm
ISO: 1250
Shutter: 60 seconds
Aperture: 5.6
Filters: None
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: For a long exposure image like this I use a tripod, shutter release, and lots of patience. A tripod was also good for keeping me steady as I stood on the slick rocks. I combined over 200 images in Photoshop to create this star trail. When I was setting up this image, I didn’t think I’d like the yellow street lamp above the falls, but once I took a test shot I felt it added a nice fall color to the overall image.

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The James River, Milepost 64

December 14, 2015, 6:48 am

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Photo by: Kim L. Graham

Date Taken: 10/20/2015
Location: James River, Virginia, Milepost 64
The James River, Virginia

Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: Canon 28-135mm IS
Focal Length: 28mm
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Aperture: f11
Filters: Polarizer
Exposure: Aperture priority
How I Got This Shot: Hand held. Taken from Parkway bridge over the James River. Polarizer utilized to bring out the autumn sky and reflections.

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Observation Tower at Groundhog Mountain, Milepost 188

December 22, 2015, 3:55 am

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Photo by: Kim L. Graham

Date Taken: 10/21/2015
Location: Groundhog Mountain, Virginia Milepost 188
Fire tower – Groundhog Mountain, Virginia

Camera: Canon EOS 7D
Lens: Canon 28-135mm IS
Focal Length: 28mm
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/500
Aperture: f8
Filters: Polarizer
Exposure: Aperture priority
How I Got This Shot: Image taken using tripod. Camera angle and polarizer utilized to accent dramatic effect of the autumn sky.

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Stars over Ferrin Knob Tunnel, Milepost 401

January 10, 2016, 3:55 am

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Photo by: Malcolm MacGregor Photography

 

Date Taken: 10/20/2015
Location: Ferrin Knob Tunnel – milepost 401 on the Blue Ridge Parkway, south of Asheville, NC

Camera: Canon 5d Mark iii
Lens: Canon 16-35 2.8L ii
Focal Length: 16
ISO: 3200
Shutter: 30
Aperture: 2.8
Filters: none
Exposure: Manual
How I Got This Shot: Photographed about an hour before sunrise, so it was still dark enough to capture many stars in the sky. I wanted an interesting yet unique shot of one of the many tunnels on the parkway. I was able to find one that I could frame with the night sky.

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