While waiting for the fireworks to start I was struck by a thick layer of fog coming off the mountains. Just after the fireworks show started the fog and a huge cloud descended enveloping them. Most people left but for those of us who stayed an occasional break revealed this […]
Monthly Archives: July 2015
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This is Flat Creek which runs through the quaint mountain town of Montreat in the North Carolina mountains. This long exposure captures the reflection of rhododendrons lining the creek. The creek’s motion is slowed to cloud like white ripples. I shot this from a small tripod perched on a boulder […]
The bee in this photo is sipping from a flower with legs dangling down. Using high speed photography and robotics, researchers have found honeybees flap their wings 230 times a second. No wonder it is so hard to capture their amazing flight with a regular camera!
Rhododendron blooming in the southern mountains. Here in the Black Mountains of North Carolina the relatively mild climate allows the rhododendrons to grow into trees. They are at their peak of flowering now at higher elevations. Ethos foreground flower is tinged with the pink of new flowers which turns to […]