Winter in the Appalachians
karlabbott
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I'd like to share a few recent images that I made in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina:
1. Snowy Hillside
2. Snowy Mountains from the Parkway -- By this time of the day, the area had gone through two warm days and the snow was starting to melt considerably, which was good for driving, but didn't leave quite the field of white that I was hoping to capture:
3. Solitary Asphalt -- This image was made on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Currently, the Parkway south of Asheville is closed and so the best you can do is park as close to the Parkway as you can and hike on. I had quite the time actually being able to set up my camera in the road and not having to worry about oncoming traffic! Most of the Parkway was covered in quite a bit of deep snow and this little bit of asphalt helped offer a sense of place.
4. Mill Shoals Falls in January
5. Waterfall near Mill Shoal Falls -- Red is most definitely the hardest color to capture and process properly. The red building was hard to keep from turning too red while working the processing style to fit in more with the vignetting, which I think actually works on this one -- thoughts?
6. Sunset from Jumping Off Rock -- The weather actually cooperated quite well during my time out there and so sunset was a real treat!
7. Snowy Blue Ridge at Dusk -- But of course, in my book, it's that time about 15-20 minutes after sunset that gives the most dramatic lighting at times:
8. Looking Glass Falls in January -- arguably the most photographed waterfall in North Carolina, but here's my winter interpretation:
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1. Snowy Hillside
2. Snowy Mountains from the Parkway -- By this time of the day, the area had gone through two warm days and the snow was starting to melt considerably, which was good for driving, but didn't leave quite the field of white that I was hoping to capture:
3. Solitary Asphalt -- This image was made on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Currently, the Parkway south of Asheville is closed and so the best you can do is park as close to the Parkway as you can and hike on. I had quite the time actually being able to set up my camera in the road and not having to worry about oncoming traffic! Most of the Parkway was covered in quite a bit of deep snow and this little bit of asphalt helped offer a sense of place.
4. Mill Shoals Falls in January
5. Waterfall near Mill Shoal Falls -- Red is most definitely the hardest color to capture and process properly. The red building was hard to keep from turning too red while working the processing style to fit in more with the vignetting, which I think actually works on this one -- thoughts?
6. Sunset from Jumping Off Rock -- The weather actually cooperated quite well during my time out there and so sunset was a real treat!
7. Snowy Blue Ridge at Dusk -- But of course, in my book, it's that time about 15-20 minutes after sunset that gives the most dramatic lighting at times:
8. Looking Glass Falls in January -- arguably the most photographed waterfall in North Carolina, but here's my winter interpretation:
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My overall favorite is #7. The feeling I get looking down that valley at sunset and seeing all those lights come on is just... indescribable.
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Thank you! Believe it or not, #4 and #5 were both taken with the tripod in the same place. It's an interesting area because #4 is called Mill Shoal Falls, but there's enough distance between #4 and #5 that I feel #5 shouldn't get lumped in as part of Mill Shoal Falls. That said, I can't find another name for either falls.
Thank you, schmoo! Indeed -- the more familiar I become with the area, the happier I've been with the images I've made. Those trees were fun to shoot and I did do a lot of post-processing on that one, but mainly to add contrast back in so that you could tell the variations between the different mountains.
#7 is definitely my favorite, too. I was out there with my wife (a non-photographer) who was starting to get impatient with how cold it was and how the next move was to get dinner
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Thanks! #3 was definitely fun to shoot. It was such a relief to see that stretch of asphalt as the rest of the Parkway was covered in deep snow and we didn't have snow shoes. If you get down to that area in the winter, I definitely recommend trying to go hike on the Parkway -- it was surreal.
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