Caught this shot at the bottom of Hickory Nut Falls near Chimney Rock. It wasn’t an overly warm morning, but it was pretty humid and recent rains had filled the falls. This picture was taken in October, when we were at the falls in late June/early July the falls were barely a trickle – so it was good to see them picked up.
Location: Lake Lure, North Carolina
Wait Chapel is a building on the campus of Wake Forest University. It houses the Janet Jeffrey Carlile Harris Carillon of 48 bells. The chapel seats 2,250 people. The steeple reaches to 213 feet. The Chapel has a vast underground series of tunnels. It also houses the Williams Organ, donated by Walter McAdoo Williams, namesake of Walter M. Williams High School.
The first building constructed on the Reynolda campus of Wake Forest University, it was named in memory of Samuel Wait, the university’s first president, in October 1956.
In 1988, it hosted a presidential debate between George H. W. Bush and Michael Dukakis. On October 11, 2000, it hosted the presidential debate between candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore. On September 13, 2007 it hosted a broadcast of National Public Radio (NPR) show, Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me. The show aired on September 15.
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This picture of BB was taken at a community ball diamond in Mooresville, NC — BB was zipping around chasing Dash and Maddie, the Streetman’s two Daschunds. Endless energy + tiny legs = blur of fur.
Location: Mooresville, North Carolina
This is the view from the deck, just off the loft of the house my family rented while staying at Lake Lure. Looking out over the mountains, even with cloudy skies, was a real treat when you’ve got a setup like this.
Location: Lake Lure, North Carolina
Caught this shot while my family was visiting Lake Lure and Chimney Rock in North Carolina. A constant stream of birds visited this feeder in the late morning and fairly well disappeared by the time I got my camera. I managed to act quickly enough to snag one shot of this little guy perched and getting a bite to eat.
Location: Lake Lure, North Carolina
Another macro picture I took on my Canon Rebel XT. Fixed the shot on macro and dialed in the details with a short focal length. I caught this shot while we were hiking around the park area that leads up to Chimney Rock. It’s amazing all the detail that’s present, if you just stop long enough to look.
Location: Chimney Rock, North Carolina
Caught this sunset pictures off the balcony of our cabin in the mountains. As is typical with the Smokey’s, the natural haze really set this shot up for me. It’s hard to take a bad sunset pictures in those mountains. Simply wait till the light is waning and click in the direction of the color — Mother Nature has taken care of the rest.
Location: Lake Lure, North Carolina
Caught this shot of the Broad River as it snakes along near Chimney Rock. Crouching near the river with my telephoto lens, I was able to grab this shot.
Location: Chimney Rock, North Carolina
Caught this shot after hiking up out of the Moonshiners’ Cave at Chimney Rock. I think this is a Five-lined Skink (Eumeces fasciatus) eating a tiny spider. As we hiked up, he froze and I was able to catch this snapshot before he darted away.
Location: Chimney Rock, North Carolina
Another shot from our trip to the Chimney Rock park. This time, the subject is Hickory Nut Falls. Though the falls weren’t a torrent on this day, the site is still beautiful and the geological forces at work here are
staggering.
Location: Chimney Rock, North Carolina
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