White Oak Canyon Fall Color

October 21, 2012  •  Leave a Comment
Fall is such an incredible time of year. It's a wonderful time of year for photogs and non-photogs alike to enjoy the cool mornings, warm days, and some really intense color in the trees. Shenandoah National Park has just about as much fall color as a camera sensor could handle. Sometimes too much... Now, I realize that this is probably not true...
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Prepare For Luck and an almost new moon.

October 18, 2012  •  Leave a Comment
Luck favors the prepared. At least that's what most people take from Louis Pasteur's quote "In the fields of observation, chance only favors the prepared mind". But sometimes, it's luck that makes you prepared in the first place. Like this particular evening. I was in Shenandoah National Park for the second time in less than a month. I came h...
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Morning in the Grayson Highlands

October 12, 2012  •  Leave a Comment
Grayson Highlands State Park is so sweet. A short hike up the Rhododendron Trail yields some pretty impressive views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. At the Massie Gap parking area, you start off in a field of scattered trees, but as you ascend, the landscape becomes more and more open. There are some rock outcroppings that, when climbed, give you a...
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Clito Swimming Hole via Canon 17-40mm f4 L

October 10, 2012  •  Leave a Comment
Recently I posted on Facebook that I was considering selling all my Canon gear and going back to the new Pentax K5-iis. I had been in a funk photography wise and really didn't like shooting with my Canon. I think part of this was because of my lens line up. I only had 3 lenses and all were prime. There is nothing wrong with shooting primes(super...
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The Clito Swimmin' Hole

October 07, 2012  •  Leave a Comment
This area is along a dirt road called Clito. Just turn off Spring Valley past the brand new moth-balled school onto Clito Road. When you hear country music stars talk about 'cooling off in the creek' or 'skinny dipping in moonlight' or any other kind of swimming hole, this is what they are talking about. Being from Montana, I can't say I have a...
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