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Upper Whitewater Falls, plunging 411 feet, is reported to be the highest waterfall east of the Rockies. There’s also a Lower Whitewater Fall in South Carolina that drops 400 feet.
This waterfall is easy to get to but hard to get close to. It can be found off Highway 281, southeast of Cashiers, NC, in the [...]
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Part of our road trip this past weekend took us to a couple of western North Carolina Mountain waterfalls. The one in the photo above is Bridal Veil Falls which is located on Highway 64, west of Highlands, NC, in the Cullasaja Gorge of the Nantahala National Forest (map.)
These falls are unique because a rock [...]
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Lake Lure Fall Morning
This weekend the wife and I went away for a road trip in the North Carolina Mountains. I hadn’t expected the fall colors to be as bright as they were–pleasantly surprised! The photo above is of Lake Lure in the morning as the sun is just above the eastward mountain peaks. There’s [...]
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Water over the dam at Cooleemee River Park (Bull Hole), North Carolina.
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The above photo was made at the Cooleemee River Park (Bull Hole), Cooleemee, NC. I usually visit the park ever couple of weeks because it’s close to home and there always subjects for making interesting photos.
I tailored post processing on this photo to give a far eastern feel and overall am pleased with the results.
The [...]
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Have you noticed when out making photos you’ll seldom see wildlife until you remove a long lens and put on a shorter or extra-wide lens. Happens to me all the time. Just this morning I was shooting along the river and as soon as I switched from a 300mm zoom lens to an ultra-wide lens [...]
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I’ll do the obligatory snow post since one of the big stories today is the snow storm heading up the east coast.
Last night until sometime this morning we got about 4.5 inches of heavy wet snow. The dogs were going crazy running and exploring while I took these photos in our back yard.
As you [...]
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I couldn’t resist this post-card view of Pilot Mountain, NC, this past weekend. The sky was beautifully clear and the beginning of autumn colors made it irresistible.
Pilot Mountain is located in northwest North Carolina with a nearby town of the same name.
Pilot Mountain, a quartzite monadnock rising to a peak 2,421 feet (738 m) above [...]
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Back in July I did a post on taking photographs at Bull Hole Park and swimming hole on the South Yadkin River near Cooleemee, NC. With the heavy rains this week, I headed back this morning to photograph the resulting water run-off.
This first photo is from July when water levels were low due to [...]
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This is the last day of the North Carolina Sales Tax Holiday. It began on Friday (Aug 1st) and continues until midnight tonight (Aug 3rd).
G.S. 105-164.13C provides an exemption for certain items of tangible personal property sold between 12:01 A.M. on the first Friday in August and 11:59 P.M. the following Sunday. For 2008, the [...]
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Just got back from voting in the North Carolina Primary. This is one of the first primaries I remember where NC actually has a voice in deciding the outcome.
For this election I’ve registered as unaffiliated. I thought it was time for a change.
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SoFoBoMo '09
