One of the many bridges along the Virginia Creeper Trail between Abingdon and Damascus, Virginia. This shot was taken in October of 2010 on one of my many excursions along the Virginia Creeper Trail. Most of the time I’m on my mountain bike but I on this particular morning I decided to hike. There are several bridges along the trail, some just a few yards longs and others over 100 yards in length. This particular bridge spans the Middle...

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Blue sky and brilliant white clouds create a wonderful contrast against the dried grasses along the Appalachian Trail on Whitetop Mountain in Grayson County, Virginia. I had been wanting to get out and really test my ND filter set and this day provided the perfect opportunity! This shot was taken with the sun over my right with an ND8 and a CPL filter and practically came straight out of the camera as seen here. What I hadn’t counted on...

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Sunset casts an orange glow over the waters of South Holston Lake in Sullivan County, Tennessee. The receding water level allowed me the opportunity to get below the shoreline of South Holston Lake to capture an image of the exposed roots of a decaying tree stump as the sun sets over the water beyond. This was taken in the area around 421 Bridge in Sullivan County, Tennessee...

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The soft, warm light of sunset sweeps across this rolling, green field in rural Southwest Virginia. This is a single frame from a bracketed set so more could be probably be done to enhance it using the other frames but I think it stands very well by itself. This is also one of the first photos I’ve been able to take with my GND and CPL filters and process completely using a new workflow in Adobe Lightroom. It has had very minimal...

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A lone tree stands out in the snow against the evening sky. Taken on a crystal clear January evening just as the sun dipped below the horizon and the temperature approached 10F. Click Here To Purchase...

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