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Flowers just outside the Humpback Rocks Visitors Center at mile 5.8 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Waynesboro, Virginia.
Up on Humpback Rocks earlier today, looking northwest toward Stuarts Draft, Virginia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpback_Rock
A setting looking to the south while taking in a view of a Flowering Dogwood and a backdrop of mountains and blues skies. This is at the Humpback Rocks Visitors Center along the Blue Ridge Parkway. My thought in composing this image was to center the dogwood tree and then adjust the focal length to have the tree fill most of the image, while including some nearby trees and grassy meadow to add to the setting. I felt the whites of the tree blooms would be a good contrast to the earth-tones in the nearby setting.
It was as I began working on the image in post production that I then decided to once again try out the sky replacement setting in Photoshop with this image. The blue skies with the clouds definitely seemed appropriate for this national park service setting. So the skies are from an image I captured in west Texas, but all else is captured with my Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 7 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.
Looking through the doorway of a 19th century barn at Humpback Rocks on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.
Let Me Find a Little Piece of Heaven
Under skies of blue
Watching trees and plants under the light
of an afternoon sun
Include some mountains
And a grassy meadow to walk
A fresh spring time breeze would be nice too
I’m sure you could find a place like this
Anywhere in this world
But I found mine on a Tuesday around noon
In the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia
Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured around noon while walking and taking in views around the Humpback Rocks Visitors Center. This is a stop along the Blue Ridge Parkway not far from the northern entrance near Shenandoah National Park. What drew me into this setting was the Flowering Dogwood and the mountain backdrop (Humpback Rocks and Humpback Mountain) with blue skies above. The rest was walking around until I could find that alignment I wanted for the image captured.
It was as I began working on the image in post production that I then decided to once again try out the sky replacement setting in Photoshop with this image. The blue skies with the clouds definitely seemed appropriate for this national park site setting in what I had wanted to experience in person. So the skies are from an image I captured in west Texas but all else is captured with my Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 7 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.
I'm hardly ever out and about with my camera at sunset. I've always been more of a sunrise person. But, last Sunday we were out from before sunrise until after sunset - so I actually got to see (and photograph) both!
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Located at the northern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway, Humpback Rocks is an area rich in history, scenic beauty, and abundant hiking trails. Early European settlers forged a living from the native materials that flourished in the Appalachian Mountains. Hickory, chestnut, and oak trees provided nuts for food, logs for building, and tannin for curing hides, while rocks were put to use as foundations and chimneys for the houses, and in stone fences to control wandering livestock. Many self-sufficient farms sprang up in the Humpback Mountain area.
Today, visitors can tour a collection of nineteenth century farm buildings. The Mountain Farm Trail provides access to the cabin and various outbuildings. The area also houses a visitor center, interpretive exhibits, a picnic area, and trails.
Humpback Rocks, VA
Despite how this looks, my wife actually has several more feet of rock in front of her before the big drop.
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Yesterday Ruth Ann and I met Tim Carrier (tcpix) to seek fall color on the Blue Ridge Parkway and nearby. The Virginia Department of Forestry site said this weekend should be the color peak for most of the Parkway, and we found some very nice color, but perhaps not peak color; however, a number of trees already were bare, so it may not get much better. In any event, it was a lovely day to be out -- comfortable temperature and clear air. This shot is the Parkway, just north of the Humpback Rocks area (about milepost 6), looking north.
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On Saturday, Adam and I headed down the Blue Ridge Parkway to hike Humpback Rocks. It's a short (2.5 mile) but very steep hike. Views at the top are spectacular.
It was not a good day for photography, but it was a perfect day to enjoy the outdoors. When we hiked it was breezy and in the mid-60's.
This is a 19th century barn in a fall setting at Humpback Rocks on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.
We went hiking here last summer and thought it would be a great place to return with my mother-in-law. The rocks were kind of obnoxiously busy, but I still found a few quiet spots to get some pictures without people in them.
An untouched photo straight out of the camera (SOOC). Taken at a rest stop along the Blue Ridge Parkway beneath Humpback Rock (elevation 3080 ft).
Wooden steps leading to the top of Humpback Rock, one of the most popular attractions on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Milepost 5.8.
Life in 19th century Blue Ridge Mountains was never easy but fall must have seen a respite of sorts; the brief period between the heat of summer and long winter to come.
I hiked to the top of Humpback Rocks last night for sunset... the first time in a while I've gone hiking on my own, and definitely the first time I've had to drag that much weight up on my own: camera, tripod, water, snack, and two flashlights (the one I would have preferred to take on its own was not nearly bright enough for the descent!).
This was definitely the sort of scene where a GND would've come in handy, except I don't have one...so I tried something a little different with the processing. Thoughts? Is it overdone? Should I try to clone out the lens flare?
(Edit: uploaded a new version after remembering to do noise removal)
(Edit 2: This was a finalist in a photo contest! Okay, so it wasn't a big contest and being a finalist as opposed to the top 3 means I only won some free 4x6" prints from a local shop, but... it's a start!)
My flickr contact John H. Bowman took me on a drive along the northernmost 29 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway on Monday, April 23. This was a day when a fairly wide area of the eastern United States experienced snowfall, some areas receiving several inches. While the lower elevations at the foot of the Blue Ridge were rather rainy all day, we encountered some quite picturesque snow on the heights of the Blue Ridge Parkway in our first ten miles north from Tye Rive Gap.
Humpback Rocks visitor center is at milepost 6 on the parkway, six miles south of Rockfish Gap, which is also the southern boundary of Shenandoah National Park. The log cabin and barn of the William J. Carter farm are preserved as a display of early Blue Ridge Mountain farm life.