A glimpse of the river

Kalmia latifolia, commonly called mountain laurel, calico-bush, or spoonwood, is a broadleaved evergreen shrub in the heather family, Ericaceae, that is native to the eastern United States.

There was only Laurel Lake. No Hardy or Laurel&Hardy Lake.

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park,

Tennessee

You will find tight quarters around this beautifully shaped waterfall. Attempt to go early or late in the day to avoid the tremendous crowds of the Great Smokey Mountains National Park.

Available at www.robertcarterphotography.com in 'waterfalls' . . .

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JixiPix Impresso Pro

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Compositionally Challenged Week 47 - Geometric shapes

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CC November Rainbow Game - Orange

Late afternoon on Laurel Hill Creek in Laurel Hill State Park

The Palamedes swallowtail is also known as the Laurel Swallowtail.

A pretty spot there in western Maryland.

Para Crazy Tuesday.

Tema: Minimalist

It is a shrub growing in the neighbor's garden.

I used my new macro lens that I recently bought (nikkor lens dx 85).

Ingredients:

Sony ILCE-7M2

Sony FE 2.8/90 Macro G OSS

Manual setup and focus, available light, handheld. Hope, you enjoy! All visits, faves and comments are appreciated!

Laurel is a vigorous shrub that is often used to provide garden screening, The leaves and berries are very poisonous.

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• Im Nebel verzaubert - der unter Naturschutz stehende Lorbeerbaumwald von Gomera (Welterbe der Unesco).

• In the fog enchanted - the laurel tree under protection Forest of Gomera (world heritage of the Unesco).

Laurel leaves drying on a tea towel

Along Laurel Run in western Maryland. It was a blast slowly walking out into the creek in my Teva water hiking shoes and setting up the tripod in all that motion and flow.

Spring in Great Smoky Mountains National Park brings brilliant colors, with deep green forests and bright pink and white mountain laurel.

As we celebrate Earth Day, I thought this image captured simply the beauty of nature without the distractions of man.

Visit GSMNP in the next few months to see for yourself!

Kalmia latifolia, commonly called mountain laurel, calico-bush, or spoonwood, is a broadleaved evergreen shrub in the heather family, Ericaceae, that is native to the eastern United States.

I saw another color of such flowers today, glad I took a shot.

Taken along the pretty creek there in Maryland.

A secluded spot in western Maryland.

Laurel leaf crown of "gold." I bought this "costume" accessory for a "Lord of the Rings" look for portrait photography.

I found that my window light was too strong so I put a black card in place and reflected the light from the left. It took me a while because the mirror reflected most of my cards but I was reasonably happy with the final image.