Flame Azaleas In Bloom...

shamanshaman Registered Users Posts: 151 Major grins
edited July 7, 2005 in Landscapes




I hiked up to Andrews Bald in North Carolina Tuesday morning. I found the Flame Azaleas at their blooming peak...

Along a trail on top, two views of the Spruce & Azaleas...

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A Red Flame Azalea ready to open...
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This is a view along the trail to the bald...
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a fern against a rock outcrop...
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and this was the sunset that evening...
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It was just one of those days...:D


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  • USAIRUSAIR Registered Users Posts: 2,646 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2005
    shaman
    Very nice series love the color of the Azaleas
    And what a gorgeous sunset wow clap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gif


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  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2005
    Wow, what a lovely hike. Great photos, Shaman. Great color!


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  • spiderspider Registered Users Posts: 47 Big grins
    edited July 4, 2005
    Flowers along the Blue Ridge Parkway
    shaman wrote:




    I hiked up to Andrews Bald in North Carolina Tuesday morning. I found the Flame Azaleas at their blooming peak...

    Along a trail on top, two views of the Spruce & Azaleas...

    26595353-L.jpg

    PEACE


    :Dshaman:D
    I rode up the Blue Ridge Parkway a few weeks ago southwest of Asheville and encountered some of these flowers in bloom. Didn't know what they were, but made a beautiful picture:

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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2005
    Yeah, just another shooting day, and IT WAS SPECTACULAR! Gorgeous photos of your hike,

    ginger
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  • lynnmalynnma Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 5,208 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2005
    Shaman I loved your hike.. thanks for taking me with you.. absolutely wonderful shots..clap.gif
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  • shamanshaman Registered Users Posts: 151 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2005
    spider wrote:
    I rode up the Blue Ridge Parkway a few weeks ago southwest of Asheville and encountered some of these flowers in bloom. Didn't know what they were, but made a beautiful picture:

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    Yep... looks like Flame Azaleas to me.
    Here they are in a cluster:
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    PEACE

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  • shamanshaman Registered Users Posts: 151 Major grins
    edited July 5, 2005
    Thank you, everyone for your comments on my hike. It was one I'll have fond memories of for quite some time.
    I wish I was still there!!

    PEACE

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  • Phil U.Phil U. Registered Users Posts: 1,330 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2005
    Nice series! That 4th one evokes images of an "old forest" out of a fantasy novel.
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  • MuskyDudeMuskyDude Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
    edited July 6, 2005
    Thanks for sharing this series with us Shaman, really lovely scenes and you captured them beautifully! You can feel being there.... thumb.gif




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  • shamanshaman Registered Users Posts: 151 Major grins
    edited July 7, 2005
    Again, please accept my heartfelt iloveyou.gif thanks!!
    Any critiques are welcome also!!!
    I need to learn how to do this stuff!

    PEACE

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  • jthomasjthomas Registered Users Posts: 454 Major grins
    edited July 7, 2005
    Wow, that must have been pretty high elevation! Our azaleas flamed out a few weeks ago.

    Incidentally, your sequence of pictures is very similar to one I posted on another forum on June 12!
  • shamanshaman Registered Users Posts: 151 Major grins
    edited July 7, 2005
    jthomas wrote:
    Wow, that must have been pretty high elevation! Our azaleas flamed out a few weeks ago.

    Incidentally, your sequence of pictures is very similar to one I posted on another forum on June 12!
    j.
    I looked at the shots you posted on the other site... wow, that's uncanny.
    It must be something in the air above 4000 feet that draws one to look at similar scenes.
    I took mine on June 28th at 6080 feet, probably one of the last places the Flame Azaleas bloom in the Southern Appalachians. I can't get enough of the mountains here... I try to get there at least once a season.

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  • PrezwoodzPrezwoodz Registered Users Posts: 1,147 Major grins
    edited July 7, 2005
    You have some great pictues yourself Shaman!!! Thanks for replying to mine as well :)
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