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

It's been a while!

Wow, things have been very busy and I've been caught up in so much the past few weeks. I am still waiting to get my computer back from Dell, but I was able to have the data recovered for free from my HD. Unfortunately because of all of this, the website and printing has been on hold.

I've been working to get my prints featured in a local gallery back in my home town. Things should be a go for my prints, both framed and sleeved, to be available at Bohemia (http://bohemianc.com) in West Jefferson, North Carolina. I will likely feature 8x12 and 12x18 inch prints in white mats.

I will attempt to post a few recent photo edits (the old computer is somehow still able to run CS3) from Stone Mountain, Hanging Rock and Cullasaja Gorge.

If you are interested in any prints, peyton.hale@gmail.com is the best method of reaching me.

Off trekking & updates...

I'm headed out in the AM to Stone Mountain State Park, North Carolina's largest state park and one of the eastern most sites for waterfalls. I'll be putting my Singh Ray Vari-ND filter to work on some of the more famous waterfall sites and maybe trekking into some areas for some sunrise/sunset and night time photography. I plan on stopping through Hanging Rock State Park to shoot the upper and lower Cascades and maybe a final stop on my way back to Raleigh to shoot the sunset from atop Hanging Rock :).

Look for updates next week after I get back and begin processing some of the images.

Looks like I'll be taking a quick trip to Culesaja Gorge in southwestern NC in a few weeks to meet up with a few friends and shoot some of the remote streams in the area. Colorado is in the works for June (although late July in the San Juan Mountains is a great time for wildflowers) and August may hold a week in Washington state exploring in and around Mount Rainer.

Keep checking in for more!

"Red Pyg"

an 8x10 print, matted and sealed, will be donated to the NC Herpetological Society to raffle off for the upcoming Reptile & Amphibian Day 2010 at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences March 13, 2010. All proceeds will go to benefit this non-profit society geared towards education, research and conservation of North Carolina's diverse herpetofauna.