Looking South

This was one of my first shots of Grandfather Mountain, taken from the car park near the peak, looking out east towards the foothills. I've tried to recreate this image a few times with a higher resolution camera , but you can never quite do it like you did it the first time.2007.

Grandmother Mountain

Another of my older shots, taken from near the top of Grandfather Mountain, NC. I like the way the black and white brings out the contrast and accentuates the ridge lines looking out towards Linville. 2007.

Appalachian Color

This was the first time I had really experienced the fall color of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina. Taken from Grandfather Mountain, it was like a blanket draped across the hills. 2007.

Linville Sunset

Another of my favourites, and another older shot. A long lens view of a pink sky over the Blue Ridge Mountains, near Blowing Rock, taken from the edge of US highway #321. Love the detail in the ridge lines, with just a hint of snow. 2011

Sunset Rays

Taken from the US Highway #321, this was one of the best vantage points of the Blue Ridge Mountains, from just south of Blowing Rock. In this shot you can see all the way as far as Linville. 2011

Appalachian Sunset Profile

To date, I still don't know the name of that distinctive Blue Ridge Mountains peak which is a feature of my of my images; near Linville I think. North Carolina, 2011.

Approaching Storm

I was trying to recreate my very first shot of Grandfather Mountain, but with better equipment, when this Appalachian storm starred close in our position. I didn't have long before taking shelter in the car, and being subjected to a half hour battering by the elements. 2009.

Underneath the Storm

Look at that cloud / storm line - it's pretty much coming in at eye level. Within 20 minutes we were cowering the car and being battered. Grandfather Mountain, 2009.

Price Park Dam Sunset

Another older image of the lake at Price Park, in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, NC. 2009.

Yadkin Fog

There was an eerie fog hanging over Yadkin Valley in North Carolina on Christmas Day, and Santa had brought me a new Nikon. Great fun creating some winter black and whites. Highway 268 Caldwell Co. NC. 2012

Parkway Snow

I applied a matte effect to this black and white image of the Blue Ridge Parkway. I think it added a little depth to the image. Taken just north of Blowing Rock, 2012.

Parkway Panorama

Always love the way the ice becomes more and more prominent as you climb us highway #321 through Blowing Rock. This was the magnificent winter scene that greeted us as we joined the Blue Ridge Parkway, NC. 2012

Snow on the Parkway

A winter scene along the Blue Ridge Parkway. This is at the intersection between the parkway and US#221 near Blowing Rock, NC. 2012

Split Rail at Blowing Rock

This scene was weird. It took the short climb driving from Blowing Rock to the nearby intersection with the Blue Ridge Parkway to see some snow, but the transition was stunning. North Carolina, 2012.

Icicles

I took a drive east along the Blue Ridge Parkway rather than west on the this trip, hoping to see something interesting and I was amazed by these rectangular icicles hanging off a fence. Very very cold that day! North Carolina. 2012

Blue Ridge Parkway Ice

A close up of those odd looking rectangular icicles, on a very cold Blue Ridge Parkway at Chimney Rock, NC. 2012

Chimney Rock Ice

It was very cold and the low clouds created some quite eerie scenes during my my drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway. NC. 2012

Lush Linville

Take in the near-autumn of 2012, before the fall colour set in, the Blue Ridge Mountains were a scene of rich and lush greens. This was taken just after a late summer storm from near Grandfather Mountain.

Blue Ridge Parkway at Linville

The Blue Ridge Parkway can be *so* quiet at times, it makes it easy to stop, set up and get eerie shots like this. The masonry finish on this bridge makes this Blue Ridge Mountains scene look like an idyllically quiet landscape. North Carolina, 2010

Grandfather Mountain Ice

The ice line was perfectly in evidence on Grandfather Mountain as we drove along the Blue Ridge Parkway. It's a very odd sight, that's for sure; amazing to see such a transition. North Carolina 2012.

Parkway at Grandfather Mountain

Split rail fencing is long tradition in this part of the world and actually still very common along the Blue Ridge Parkway. North Carolina, 2013.

Woodland Carpet

I've often tried to get this kind of view of the Blue Ridge Mountains - accentuating each individual layer of the many hilltops that make up this landscape. Sunset from Grandfather Mountain, NC. 2013.