Great Smoky Mountain National Park

View from an overlook in Great Smoky Mountain National Park in western North Carolina. This picture was taken a few miles below Klingman's Dome. We had just enough time to drive in and out of the park, so photography took a low priority.

Mountain stream along NC 276

A mountain stream along scenic NC Highway 276, not far from Brevard.

The image is best viewed on my FLICKR page, where you can see a larger version.

As a final note, I'm realizing that my color balance looks very different on Steph's laptop versus my own. I hope that the images are appearing as intended when others view this site, but I can't be sure.

Triple Falls

Though probably not one of the best subjects for photography, Triple Falls (half of which is shown here) is certainly one of the two or three most impressive waterfalls in North Carolina. It's tough to settle on an exposure that works for both the powerful fall itself as well as the spill way in the foreground. The solution is probably a technique called high dynamic range processing, but that's not yet part of my repertoire.

Orchid, alternative view

Another view of our orchid.

Orchid

The orchid from our mantle. Taken mid-afternoon when I really should've been studying.

As always, a larger version is available on my FLICKR page.

Riley in black and white

Pictures of Riley helping us plant a tree

Yates Mill Pond

I spent an hour this morning taking pictures at Yates' Mill Pond in Raleigh. The light was fairly harsh on the mill itself, so I tried to salvage the trip with some images of the water coming over the old dam. The third shot should've been the best, but I overexposed it, causing the water to get bleached out. As it is, I prefer the second shot, and a larger size of it is available on my FLICKR page.

24 hours in the mountains

Steph and I spent Saturday in the NC mountains, and I took advantage of the chance to take a few shots. The images above are from the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Asheville, Whitewater Falls near the South Carolina border, and the Blue Ridge Parkway near below Grandfather Mountain. A larger version of the first image is now up on my FLICKR page. I think it's best viewed large.