Rhythm and a Touch of Red

A camera at the ready lets me shoot through the windshield where I caught the rhythm of the trees and the touch of red on the mailbox.

Trees

Here are a few of my favorite trees. Their textures and structure always get my attention.

Around Cataloochee

On the ranch property there are wonderful rhododendron tunnels and individual trees and a bit away from the ranch the kudzu is eating a bull-dozer.

Biltmore Grounds

The house and gardens are great but so are the surrounding working farm and forest areas.

Fall Is Not Far Away

For those of us who are suffering from the heat, Fall is not far away .

More Out in the Country

Walk in the Woods

These are from Al’s and my walk pin the
Connestee Nature Park. The toning is via the Palladium Tone filter from the TLR Digital Black and White Toning Set which may no longer be available. Started to play with it and for me it gives a rich, warm feel to the images.

Trees

Trees always catch my eye with their traceries which work best against a blue sky. I also like the shadows they cast. In the Spring the first leaves are fun to watch as they emerge.

Connemara Pond, Flat Rock, NC

Connemara, the home of Carl Sandburg,is a great National Park site to visit with its original house and large pond, not to mention the goat farm, (https://www.nps.gov/carl/index.htm) I love the pond in the Fall.

Woods Near Pisgah Inn

Out in the Country

My Friend’s Trees

I went to visit a friend this afternoon and on the way out of his house to my car I saw an avenue of trees along his driveway.

Table Rock State Park, SC

The colors, verticals against horizontals and layering are what I saw when I shot the first image and the delicacy of the weeds and water surface of the second appealed to me.

Late Fall Landscape

The late fall landscape is beautiful with its tracery of trees, warm tones shadows.

On the Road, Again

Yesterday Al, Buddy and I went riding around the woods going to the mountains. The regenerative power of nature is remarkable as displayed by the trees and brush growing into the rock that was blasted away for the road.

The Rocky Coast of Maine

Our Friends’ Yard

On our Maine trip we visited friends whom we have not seen in a while and here is their yard. It encapsulates what I think is the essence of Maine in the fall..

Back to the Blue Ridge

Whenever I wander through my files it is like wandering through my world again. I an compelled to keep coming back to the Blue Ridge.

Table Rock State Park, Pickens, SC

There are many places to seen in the  Greenville, SC area such as Table Rock State Park (http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/tablerock/introduction.aspx), I am intrigued by the trees and brush along the shore and the reflections in the lake.

The Blue Ridge Parkway

The Blue Ridge is beautiful and yields many images. These were taken at the Pisgah Inn where we stayed overnight. If you have not visited the Blue Ridge via the Parkway you must.