Islands in the Sky II

as the light shifts with the rising sun, an orange hue is cast over the mountains and the rising fog. Such a classic scene from the park, but I never get tired of seeing it.

Bridgeview - Oconaluftee River

Water flows downstream on the Oconaluftee River in GSMNP after a light rain. This is a well known bridge location in the Smokemont region of the park, and I believe this is a similar capture from one of Nye Simmons' photos. He's a phenomenal nature photographer who has done extensive work up and down the Appalachian Mountains.

Springtime on the Oconaluftee

Water flows smoothly after a light spring rain on the Oconaluftee River in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I could have honestly spent days on this river, the greens were so lush and overcast conditions were playing into our favor. This is such a lush, pristine waterway untouched by the never ending progress of the world today.

Islands in the sky....

At sunrise clouds break and fog rolls through the Appalachian Mountains along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The site we originally wanted to visit was fogged in heavy, and remained so for the entire time we stopped to shoot (we could see our first choice location from the spot we ended up...)

Not too shabby, although a bit more mountain breaking through would have made a more complete image.

Waterrock Knob

an early morning capture from the Waterrock Knob overlook of the Blue Ridge Parkway on a cold spring morning. The clouds didn't build to the point of creating a truly dynamic sunrise, but I'll take it for now. Hopefully this fall there will be a return to this vicinity, and I hear the sunsets here are much more impressive!

Many more images to come from my recent trip, stay tuned!

Return to Hanging Rock

I waited until the greens were really in before coming back to this very cool site. Here are a few shots from the trip.

quick snapshot

Did some scouting along the Blue Ridge Parkway - still about 3 weeks out from some nice green foliage showing up, but I plan on returning to this site during better 'conditions' to shoot this section of the falls