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  • Frisco Pier and Tropical Storm, OBX

    Frisco Pier and Tropical Storm, OBX

    Sunset colors and Frisco Pier in front of Tropical Depression Bonnie, from the Outer Banks in early June 2016

  • Rhodes Pond Sunset

    Rhodes Pond Sunset

    Sun sets behind a row of Cypress trees at Rhodes Pond 4/23/15. The pond is part of the Black River in NC, where some of the oldest Cypress growth on the East Coast can be observed.

  • Dual Waterfalls

    Dual Waterfalls

    Light rays dance between two waterfalls, captured in western North Carolina near Sylva. Every few seconds the light changed as the sun moved behind the trees, eventually ending the light ray spectacle.

  • 1500 Year Old 'Angel Oak'

    1500 Year Old 'Angel Oak'

    1500 year old Angel Oak tree near Charleston South Carolina

  • Pilot Mountain Wildfire

    Pilot Mountain Wildfire

    Wildfire on Pilot Mountain as the fire reaches the knob. Pilot Mountain is part of Pilot Mountain State Park, in North Carolina where the wildfire burned more than 1,000 acres.

  • Great Sand Dunes National Park

    Great Sand Dunes National Park

    Great Sand Dunes National Park, April 2017

  • Blue Ridge Mountains Autumn

    Blue Ridge Mountains Autumn

    Twisting road in the Blue Ridge Mountains, near Grandfather Mountain, NC. Captured autumn 2016.

  • Looking Glass Falls

    Looking Glass Falls

    Looking Glass Falls at sunset. One of my favorite moments from 2016 while exploring NC. Just before sunset, the thick clouds parted and direct sun hit the mist, making the rainbow visible. After a few minutes it was gone, and the sun fell below the horizon. Part of the Pisgah National forest.

  • Moore's Knob Above the Clouds

    Moore's Knob Above the Clouds

    Winter wonderland and Moore's Knob above the fog, captured December in Danbury at Singletree Gun & Plough. The sky was overcast all day up until this image, but eventually the sun started to peek through the clouds, and the snow in the valley started melting which created a beautiful fog. The fog and clouds drifted against Moore's Knob and created an amazing visual.

  • Totality

    Totality

    A clear view of the total solar eclipse! Captured August 2017 in Belton, SC.

  • Albemarle Sunset

    Albemarle Sunset

    Sunset at the Albemarle Sound, in NC. Near the Outer Banks.

  • Thick fog at Glen Marie Falls

    Thick fog at Glen Marie Falls

    Thick fog at Glen Marie Falls, one of the waterfalls found along the Glen Burney trail. Captured in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. The mossy trail and large trees were amazing to view, and most of the trail paralleled New Years Creek and the countless cascades.

  • Atlantic Beach Sunrise

    Atlantic Beach Sunrise

    Sunrise along Atlantic Beach, NC, with early morning beach walkers and their dogs.

  • Lake Waccamaw Cypress

    Lake Waccamaw Cypress

    A golden sunset among the cypress trees at Lake Waccamaw State Park in North Carolina

  • Cypress Trees at Watauga Lake

    Cypress Trees at Watauga Lake

    Cypress trees at peak fall color at Watauga Lake, located near the North Carolina and Tennessee boarder.

  • Virginia Sunset

    Virginia Sunset

    Sunset over Big Stone Gap in Virginia, captured 4/15/17. This is a two image stack (one for the car trails).

  • North Carolina Autumn Sunset

    North Carolina Autumn Sunset

    Twilight and fall colors from the top of Hawksbill Mountain, in NC. Ahead is the northeast ridge of Linville Gorge, and Grandfather Mountain in the background to the right. 2015.

  • Albemarle Sunset

    Albemarle Sunset

    Sunset colors above the Albemarle Sound, seen from the Outer Banks of North Carolina

  • Autumn at Price Lake

    Autumn at Price Lake

    Large panoramic image of a vibrant sunset at Price Lake in western NC.

  • Pamlico Sound Sunset

    Pamlico Sound Sunset

    Sunset lit boardwalk along the Pamlico Sound at the Outer Banks. I stumbled upon this scene last minute and immediately fell in love with the detail and color of the boardwalk. 2016

  • Soco Falls

    Soco Falls

    The converging paths of Soco Falls, captured September, 2017, near Maggie Valley, NC

  • Snowy Hanging Rock

    Snowy Hanging Rock

    Snowy ridges of Hanging Rock, North Carolina. Captured December along the main park road. The snow was lightly falling, and throughout the day the mountain would occasionally become visible to reveal snow covered evergreens on the ridge.

  • Bend at Watauga River

    Bend at Watauga River

    A very vivid sunset at a bend of Watauga River in Johnson City Tennessee

  • Hanging Rock

    Hanging Rock

    An epic sunset at Hanging Rock, NC, from mid April 2016. For a couple of minutes the orange/pink colors became so bright that the cliffs and hills changed to warmer colors. I preplanned this vertical shot an hour before the peak colors, and definitely got better light than expected. Six image hand-stitched vertorama + three image focus stack.

  • Mountain Waterfall

    Mountain Waterfall

    A butterfly rests beside a mountain waterfall in western North Carolina.

  • Jockeys Ridge

    Jockeys Ridge

    Sunset at Jockey's Ridge State Park, which features the tallest natural sand dune system on the East Coast. At the Outer Banks in North Carolina.

  • Croatan Wetland Sunset

    Croatan Wetland Sunset

    Sunset along the calm pathhways the Croatan National Forest in NC

  • Mammoth Cave Tunnel

    Mammoth Cave Tunnel

    One of my favorite bending tunnels in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, during the ‘domes and dripstones’ tour. As the worlds longest known cave system (over 400 miles explored), the cave as well as the trails above have an abundance of interesting features for everyone to enjoy.

  • Blue Ridge Parkway Magic

    Blue Ridge Parkway Magic

    Glistening snow falls from the trees along a trail beside the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina

  • Grandfather Mountain Rhododendrons

    Grandfather Mountain Rhododendrons

    Rhododendrons, Grandfather Mountain, and a growing storm in the distance

  • Calm Before the Storm

    Calm Before the Storm

    Sunset colors and double rainbow in front of Tropical Depression Bonnie, from the Outer Banks in early June 2016. After a full day of heavy rain and flooding, it was great to see the sun come out for about 30 minutes to produce this amazing view.

  • Linville Gorge Snow

    Linville Gorge Snow

    Panorama of a snow covered Linville Gorge January 25, 2015. After twelve inches of snow.

  • Pilot Mountain Sunset

    Pilot Mountain Sunset

    Sunset behind Pilot Mountain in North Carolina

  • Edisto Island, SC

    Edisto Island, SC

    Boneyard tree off the coast of Edisto Island in SC.

  • Mile High Swinging Bridge

    Mile High Swinging Bridge

    The Mile High Swinging Bridge at Grandfather Mountain, NC. This bridge connects two tall peaks and is always exciting to walk across. Most people hurry across, but yesterday I decided to walk slow and enjoy the foggy view.

  • French Broad

    French Broad

    Overlooking the French Broad River on a foggy morning near Hot Springs, NC.

  • Linville Falls

    Linville Falls

    Flowing water at Linville Falls in NC.

  • Springtime at Dry Falls

    Springtime at Dry Falls

    Springtime at Dry Falls, viewed from the bottom of the Cullasaja Gorge in NC, from a few days ago.

  • Oklahoma Sunset

    Oklahoma Sunset

    Sunset after a storm chase in Oklahoma at an old farmstead.

  • Snowy Linville Falls

    Snowy Linville Falls

    A snow covered Linville Falls following a snow storm during January 2016.

  • Virginia Blue Ridge Parkway

    Virginia Blue Ridge Parkway

    Sunset above the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.

  • Autumn Lower Cascade Falls

    Autumn Lower Cascade Falls

    Autumn leaves swirl below Lower Cascade Falls, part of Hanging Rock State Park in North Carolina

  • Between the Clouds

    Between the Clouds

    Between sunrise lit layers of clouds in North Carolina

  • Spring at Linville Gorge

    Spring at Linville Gorge

    Spring day at Linville Gorge NC.

  • Foggy Pilot Mountain

    Foggy Pilot Mountain

    Fall colors and Pilot Mountain in the fog, in North Carolina

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