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Monday Morning Movie

I shot this time lapse and a few photos back in May. Sunset In the Smokies from Dmitrii on Vimeo. This is the first photo after the title. Enjoy. Filed under: Asheville, Blue Ridge Parkway, D800, HDR,...

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Little Storage

One more photo from the Johnson Farm. This is one of the structures on the property. Click on the image to see it large.

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Blue Ridge Butterfly

I took this picture on our recent hike around Blue Ridge Parkway. This butterfly didn’t like to seat still and was always on the move, so it was bit hard to get close to it at the right angle. Click on...

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In Flight

Today is another shot of a butterfly. This time she is in flight. I like how it came out, almost like a 3D experience. I think it is the same butterfly as on the previous post. Click on the image to...

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Just a Frog

This one lives near the Peaks of Otter.

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The Mill

It seats on the Blue Bridge Parkway, you can’t miss it. Interesting place to stop by and stretch your legs. To see all details click on it to view it large.

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Blue Dragon Fly

In a few short days we are going on a short round the world trip, with our first stop in the land of dragons. So I thought it would be appropriate to share this photo of a blue dragon fly. It was seen...

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Sweet Berries

Mid July is our destination for Boone Fork Hike in Julian Price Park, right off Blue Ridge Parkway. Why? Because this awesome berries are fully ripped at this time and in large supply. This year was no...

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Linn Cove Viaduct and Chinese Great Wall

Recently we made an interesting discovery. According to the Beijing Marriott Courtyard travel magazine, the Linn Cove Viaduct is actually part of the Chinese Great Wall. Imagine our surprise when we...

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Sunday Hike

We went for a little mountain hike this Sunday to escape city heat and get some fresh air. I thought that this would make a nice photo. I think it is a nice one. It rained all over, but by some magic...

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Cone Manor in the Clouds

Last Sunday we went to the Blue Ridge for our Sunday Hike, it was rainy all around with occasional clouds rolling over nearby hills.  Moses Cone Manor house was attacked by white fogy clouds as well....

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Mountain Creek

This picture was taken back in June on one of our hikes. Can’t remember which one it is and where exactly is the place. Somewhere near Blowing Rock, that’s for sure. Sometime I like to stop by for a...

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Hazy Day in the Mountains

It was hazy day. We hiked a lot but the views were not that great. So far this summer in NC is not very good for long range views. Every time we go to the mountains it is hazy. Maybe it will clear in...

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Panorama over Grandfather Mountain area

A few weeks ago we went to hike around Grandfather Mountain. There are a few ways to get up here with spectacular views. There are couple free choices which require a lot of strenuous hiking, with...

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Blue Ridge Sunset

We were coming back from a hike at Stone Mountain park and decided to check out sunset from the Blue Ridge Parkway. If you ever been on the BRP in NC then you might remember that pretty much every...

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Longing for some Summer

It is grey, cold and very unwelcoming outside at the moment. It might rain with mix of snow later in the evening. I was looking through my photos and wanted to post something with bright green colors,...

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The Origins of Blue in Blue Ridge Parkway

Why do you think they started to call Blue Ridge Parkway blue? Not green or orange? Well, here is the visual explanation of the origins of this name. This photo was taken in the middle of October from...

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Fall is Coming to NC High Country

But not anywhere else on the East Coast. Blue Ridge parkway is in full color, but you drive down just 10-15 minutes and it is all green, just like in the middle of the summer. No different in Virginia...

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Pretty Fall

It is Monday, early evening, I’m sleepy. Mondays are always like that. Very long days with sleepy evenings. Doesn’t mean I will go to bed early, still probably not going to sleep till close to...

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Grey Outside? Not Here!

So it is finally pretty much grey, cold and not super exciting outdoors. All leaves are gone, colors disappeared and most places probably haven’t seen any snow yet to mix in some colors. But just month...

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Hiking to Lin Cove

This is a Lin Cove bridge, obviously not the Lin Cove Viaduct bridge, but it goes over Lin Cove creek on the Lin Cove trail. If you want to go above the Viaduct you’d have to cross this little bridge.

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Cheer Up with Colors

Yesterday was a beautiful day with temperatures around 60F, which overnight changed into rain and right now it is cold and grey, weather man predicting abut 4-6 inches of snow in North Carolina...

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Friday Mystery Photo

Depending on which route you take it might take you between 45 minutes to 3 hours of hiking to get to this spot. It leads you to one of the highest spots in this part of the mountains. If you take my...

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Small Waterfalls

Yesterday afternoon after I finished with my work we decided to escape the heat and go for a short (only five miles, mind you) hike in the mountains, the Boone Fork Trail. We were hoping to get some...

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Monday Morning Movie

Sunset in the Smokies Short post today. Almost didn’t make. Too much was going last night, but had a few extra minutes this morning. Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by! Sunset In the Smokies from...

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Monday Morning Movie

Back in May we went for a short two mile hike at the Graveyard Field trail by the Blue Ridge parkway. We brought in some lunch with us and spent an hour or so seating by the falls enjoying the outdoors...

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Monday Morning Movie–Smokey Sunset

Sunset In the Smokies from Dmitrii on Vimeo. It is Monday and it is a movie time!!! This hi definition photo (click on it) is from the 27 seconds time slot in this video. Enjoy and have a great week...

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Monday Morning Movie–Grave Yard Waterfalls

Graveyards Field Water Falls from Dmitrii on Vimeo. Girl in the red shirt asked me if I’m going to post whatever I was shooting somewhere online. I told her my web site name. It took me about two...

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Monday Morning Movie

If video is not shown in the browser or applications then visit it at Sunset In the Smokies from Dmitrii on Vimeo. Appalachian Sunset A few weeks ago we went to Asheville and drove up Blue Ridge...

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Yellow Creek

Continuing with Autumn photos theme, here is another one from this years’ colorful season. We were hiking around Linville Falls when I took this photo. This is somewhere half a mile or so above the...

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Monday Morning Movie

If video is not shown in the browser or applications then visit it at Graveyards Field Water Falls from Dmitrii on Vimeo. After doing the hike we got back on the Blue Ridge Parkway and drove back to...

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A few Shades of Grey

I took this one on the side of the Blue Ridge Parkway. If you ever had a chance to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway you’ll know that there are not too many spots where you can openly look from it and see...

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Blue Ridge Autumn

I took three attempts to take this photo. The first two times I was interrupted by incoming sound of the car. One time from the south, another time from the north. Both have the same curve as you see...

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Windows 8 Apps

Geo Tagging App I just got two more apps into the Windows 8 App Store. They could be of interest to you guys as well. Majority of the DSLRs are not capable to tag photos with geo coordinates so you...

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Small Creek

Updates on My Apps If you are using Windows 8 OS then please check out my apps. “Travel Photography” app now will show the exact location of the photo in each post (except on Friday for that Friday...

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Monday Morning Movie

If video is not shown in the browser or applications then visit it at Sunset In the Smokies from Dmitrii on Vimeo. Last night I was working on another short movie, hoping to expand Monday Morning...

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Monday Morning Movie

If video is not shown in the browser or applications then visit it at Graveyards Field Water Falls from Dmitrii on Vimeo. This is 1 min 26 sec time spot photo, click on it to see it in high resolution...

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Monday Morning Movie

If video is not shown in the browser or applications then visit it at Sunset In the Smokies from Dmitrii on Vimeo. Good Monday everyone! Purchase Limited Edition print of this photo

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Monday Morning Movie

If video is not shown in the browser or applications then visit it at Graveyards Field Water Falls from Dmitrii on Vimeo. I’ve been a bit slacking about posting photos in the last few days, don’t feel...

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Monday Morning Movie

If video is not shown in the browser or applications then visit it at Sunset In the Smokies from Dmitrii on Vimeo. Sounds like we have spring around the corner, probably most of the cold weather is...

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Path to Somewhere

If video is not shown in the browser or applications then visit it at Graveyards Field Water Falls from Dmitrii on Vimeo. As you hike back from the upper Graveyard Fields Waterfalls you can take the...

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Orange

If video is not shown in the browser or applications then visit it at Sunset In the Smokies from Dmitrii on Vimeo. What do you think about this sunset? I think it is really beautiful. Purchase Limited...

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North Carolina Sunset

I didn’t post my videos with corresponding photos in a while (except yesterday), so I’m trying to catch up on it with a few posts. I think this time lapse was done about fifteen month ago, beautiful...

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Waterfalls

Adds I’ve been resisting against turning adds on my blog for almost one year. The main reason against it is because I feel that WordPress had done pretty bad design over it and provides literally zero...

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Summer Creek

Its been so cold with this so called “arctic vortex” freezing half of the country that I wanted to see something nice summery, with warm colors, but not too hot. I took this photo back in August in...

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Sunset

Maybe about 10-15 seconds left and then it will be gone.

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Pink Sunset

Yesterday I shared with you winter photo from the west coast. Today we are going to be on the other coast, still in the mountains, but not during winter time, this was sometime in May if my memory...

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Fallen Tree

800 Hard to believe but this post is #800 on the blog. At least 800 photos have been posted from 32 different US States and 10 different countries and two continents. Thanks all for being part of it!...

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Sunset

US Open is back in town, since it is right here on the east coast, they play all of the interesting matches in the evening. So the Burning Man is happening in Nevada right now, something would be...

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NC Wild Things

I took this photo on one of the hikes in NC mountains. It is about one hour north from Asheville, off the Blue Ridge Parkway. I was doing a short time lapse of the moving clouds and taking still photos...

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