In The Beginning - Forest Road Light Rays Blue Ridge Parkway North Carolina Scenic Outdoors Photography
Golden sunlight filters through the forest canopy highlighting the morning fog along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Western North Carolina on an early summer morning. You just know it's going to be a good day when you're morning starts out with a beautiful scene like this one, and it's a welcome reminder that it isn't always about the destination, sometimes the journey itself is the best part. I hope you enjoy the view!
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Center Stage - Rough Ridge North Carolina Blue Ridge Parkway Autumn Light Rays Scenic Mountains Landscape
Early autumn colors and an intense light ray show seen from Rough Ridge along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Grandfather Mountain. If you look closely you can see the famous Linn Cove Viaduct as it wraps around the side of Grandfather Mountain. I hope you enjoy the view!
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Let Your Light Shine - North Carolina Blue Ridge Parkway Mountain Landscape Craggy Gardens Asheville NC
Late afternoon light rays over the southern Appalachian Mountains from Craggy Gardens along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, NC. The area around Asheville in the Southern Appalachian Mountains is an amazing place to get out and hike during the spring bloom in early June, when frequent thunderstorms provide dramatic skies and lighting, and summer blooms can be found hiding almost everywhere. Hope you enjoy the view!
Single exposure, Nikon D800 and 17-35mm f/2.8
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Timeless - Black White Coastal Beach Pier Photography Outer Banks North Carolina Nags Head NC
Black and white photo of a 62 second long exposure that I shot under the old wooden fishing pier on the beach at Nags Head, NC, in the always beautiful Outer Banks National Seashore of North Carolina. One of the things I find really special about the OBX is all of the old wooden piers that are still in use there, each one completely unique with amazing details and textures that really pop in black and white, and I find it a welcome change from so many other beach areas where they've gone with modern concrete piers that generally lack a sense of character and history in my opinion. Hope you enjoy the view!
Single exposure, Nikon D810 and Zeiss Milvus 2.8 18mm, 62secs
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Be Here Now - Great Smoky Mountains National Park Gatlinburg TN Scenic Sunset Landscape Photography
Sunset over the Great Smoky Mountains National Park just outside of Gatlinburg, TN. Morton's Overlook is a popular tourist attraction in the heart of the Smoky Mountains just below Newfound Gap, offering a lovely view down through the valley looking west towards Gatlinburg. Wherever you are right now, I hope you take a minute and enjoy the view!
Single exposure, Nikon D850 and 70-200mm f/2.8
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