Blue Ridge Parkway, Day Trip

Cari and I spent an incredable time driving along the Blue Ridge Parkway on the 19th of October. The foliage was just awesome. We started on the BRP around Blowing Rock and continued down, stoping at a few places for hiking and pictures. The two main areas that I wanted photograph were the Linn Cove Viaduct, and Crabtree Falls. Crabtree Falls was our last stop for the day and we just did make in time to have enough daylight left for some killer shots of Crabtree Falls. I've posted some of my favorites from our little photo journey below. Enjoy!

Photo Wild 2008!

Well, I finally narrowed my way through all of the photos, and here are some of my favorites from photo wild 2008 at the Carolina Raptor Center taken March 29th. This was truly an awesome experience for me as a photographer. I had to pick a limit of three to enter into the contest that will be judged on May 3. All photos will be auctioned later that evening as a benefit to the Carolina Raptor Center. If you have never been to the raptor center before, I highly recommend going! Enjoy the photos.

Carolina Blue Sky

"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter." ~Ansel Adams

First Barn Picture

This is a barn that I pass along Hwy 115 in Huntersville a lot and I've been telling myself I'm going to stop one day and get some shots. Well I did the other day. The sky was overcast so it provided nice even light on the whole scene. The barn is a good distance from the road, so I have to stand on the railroad tracks right beside the road and zoom way in to get a good composition. I brought it into photoshop and made some adjustments to it. I've been wanting to start a photo series of barns, so this is my first one. Many more to come! Enjoy the photo.

Signs of Spring

Spring is here! This is such a refreshing time of the year. Tree's budding, flowers blooming, and grass growing! We've had a lot of rain lately, thankfully and it has made the grass so green around here. With the Cherry trees and dogwoods, and other trees blooming along with the green grass, it makes for some beautiful scenery. Cari and I took our mountain bikes to the park this evening and after our ride in the park, we walked around and got a few shots of the blooming trees. I've posted a few images below. Enjoy.

Texture in the park

I decided the other evening to do a self assignment on texture and natural light. So I headed over to the park near sunset. I didn't have long so I started searching. I found some interesting subjects as you can see below. My favorite is the black and white stump. Enjoy!

Hibiscus Flowers

Here are some pictures of a few Hibiscus flowers that took at my Grandparents house on July 3. These flowers are huge in diameter and have a rich deep red color.

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Cactus Flower

I recently had a cactus to bloom at my house. The back of the flower petals revealed the most detail as you can see in pictures below. Enjoy!

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