These are some of my favorite pictures from our trip to the North Carolina mountains last year. We timed it right and were there for the peak in the colors. Each bend in the road was so beautiful that it took your breath away.
Another bonus was that I got to try my new wide lens. I love it!
And last is a picture from the top of Grandfather Mountain.
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This week, Ann-Christine has asked us to share something creepy. I had a hard time finding anything creepy in my recent photos and had to go back to 2017 to find photos for this post.
I am not an early riser so I couldn’t believe it when I signed up for a sunrise excursion to Boneyard Beach in Awendaw. My best friend who is also a photographer convinced me to go. It meant a 2AM wakeup to get to the rendezvous point. But it turned out to be a great day with lots of good photos to show for it.
So much so that I convinced my daughter (also a photography who is also not a morning person) to go. Unfortunately, the weather didn’t cooperate and we had an overcast sunrise and it extremely cold. (I can’t convince her to go again!)
Boneyard Beach is on Bull Island which is 7 miles of undeveloped land. It’s accessible by ferry only. Because of tides and erosions, the forest on Bull Island is now water stranded and the beach is full of driftwood and dead trees.
You have to admit that with the rain, cold temperature and overcast sky that at least on this day Boneyard Beach looks very creepy.
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This week Ann-Christine has asked us to share anything involving trees.
This tree is located outside my doctor’s office. I’ve been going there a while and at each visit, it looks the same as the visit before. It is always bare no matter the season and it always catches my attention. After several visits, I finally was there on an overcast day and was able to get a shot of it.
I’ve been working in Illustrator and Photoshop and decided to play around with my tree. Above is the negative inverting the black and white.
And here are more of my tree variations.
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This week Cee has chosen trees as our prompt for the challenge.
A trip to the zoo at Brookgreen Gardens ended suddenly when the rain began to fall.
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This week’s challenge is to share our roads, walkways, etc as we get from one place to another.
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This week we are asked to explore the elements of earth, air, water, and fire through the landscapes that surround us.
These photos were taken at Linville Falls, North Carolina on the Blue Ridge Parkway this past weekend. We had beautiful weather for a hike and awesome views of Mother Earth.
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This week we are asked to share a photo that says “Danger!”
It’s a beautiful walk to the river but stay on the trail and beware of snakes and alligators. I’m not sure why the orange and white barricade is there though.
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Reflections
We were extremely lucky. Other than yard debris, we had no damage. The tree belonged to our neighbor across the street and that’s hubby with the chainsaw.
Others in our neighborhood were not as lucky and most are still without power. Two days without power was enough for me!
The photo on the left was taken during a lull in the storm. The photo on the right was taken the day after.
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