Today’s image is one of the last shots I was able to shoot on a quick weekend trip to Damascus, Virginia a few Sundays ago. All that remains of the beautiful colors of fall is the leaf litter along the banks of the river but the vibrant greens of the mountain laurel persist. While I’ll miss the colors, I’m excited to shoot these waters again with a fresh blanket of snow lining the shores. Now all I need is the snow! Gear:...

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Sometimes the smallest details are the very thing that come to symbolize and remind you of a place. To me these concrete mile posts are synonymous with the Blue Ridge Parkway because no matter how much the scenery changes they remain constant. This isn’t the only place where you’ll find markers like this but they are one of the first things that come to my mind when I think of the Parkway. Gear: Canon 60D, Canon EF-S 18-135mm,...

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Today’s shot is of another unnamed waterfall in the Pisgah National Forest of western North Carolina. This waterfall is located about 50 yards above the falls we saw in the post Wall of Water. The heavily diffused light of late afternoon created the perfect conditions to shoot long exposures. I tried a few different compositions of this shot, with and without the trees in the foreground, but decided that I actually liked how the trees...

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Last weekend I had the opportunity to be drive through Hanging Tree Recreation Area in Scott County, Virginia. This area is home to Stoney Creek which has several waterfalls and cascades. I had hoped to be able to shoot the largest of the falls, a 60 foot curtain with a bridge crossing above it, but the only access road had all been closed by the Park Service so I opted to try my luck with the smaller falls. This is one of the many cascades...

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While on one of my several hikes over the last few weekends I came across this large shelf lichen growing on the side of a tree. I see these all of the time but this one was very large (as shelf lichen goes) and growing right at eye level. Usually this type of fungus is growing closer to the ground where it’s dark and moist so it couldn’t help but catch my attention. I ran this image through OnOne PhotoTools 2.6 to add a Color and...

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