Shenendoah National Park
I got a call last week, from our good friend Marc Muench "would you like to come to the Shenendoah National Park with me?" Well, that took me about 1.3 seconds to say "you bet!" :lol3 Marc had an assignment, capture the deforestation of the Hemlock Trees caused by the Wooly Adelgid.
I was to meet Marc at the airport outside of Baltimore, so naturally I stopped at the harbor first - I figured he wouldn't mind waiting :rofl
(previously posted in "Field & Street" forum)
The next morning, and throughout the whole first day, we dodged rain quite a bit. Still, it made for some good shooting ops, if one were patient enough. The aforementioned Hemlock deforestation:
Skyline Drive is the centerpiece of Shenendoah National Park. About every mile or so, there's a gorgeous vista. You can't go wrong stopping at each one!
The wildlife we saw was of the tame ungulate variety, though I did manage to capture a "two-headed" Deer :wink
There's a meadow near the highest elevation - appropriately called, "Big Meadows"
The forests are awash with light and color.
There are many hikes to do, some short-ish, and others can be nearly a whole day. Take your pick
On the way out of the park, you are treated to some gorgeous Virginia farm country:
I'm putting together some material for the techniques forum, after my many conversations with Marc this past week. Stay tuned! Thanks for looking
I was to meet Marc at the airport outside of Baltimore, so naturally I stopped at the harbor first - I figured he wouldn't mind waiting :rofl
(previously posted in "Field & Street" forum)
The next morning, and throughout the whole first day, we dodged rain quite a bit. Still, it made for some good shooting ops, if one were patient enough. The aforementioned Hemlock deforestation:
Skyline Drive is the centerpiece of Shenendoah National Park. About every mile or so, there's a gorgeous vista. You can't go wrong stopping at each one!
The wildlife we saw was of the tame ungulate variety, though I did manage to capture a "two-headed" Deer :wink
There's a meadow near the highest elevation - appropriately called, "Big Meadows"
The forests are awash with light and color.
There are many hikes to do, some short-ish, and others can be nearly a whole day. Take your pick
On the way out of the park, you are treated to some gorgeous Virginia farm country:
I'm putting together some material for the techniques forum, after my many conversations with Marc this past week. Stay tuned! Thanks for looking
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Sounds like it was a fun trip...
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too way cool! I've got to "lift" that idea... liked the others too.
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Nice pics.
any way we can get a high res version of the big meadows with the sun shinning through the trees? i want it as my desktop background ahah
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Your big meadow show was much nicer (and the fall color is really cool)... but what a cool spot!
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Get to a nice place, and shoot with Marc, too:-)
Lynn
The shot of the leaf sounds like something Marc taught us last spring at Zion.
I find myself shooting sunbursts frequently now also. Nicely done.
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I had no idea it could look so beautiful.
I like them all, but especially Big Meadows and the leaf.
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Jawdropping series.
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