More than a thousand – aka, the stories behind the photos. – #3

28 01 2010

A picture may tell a 1,000 words but it still never tells the whole story.  I’m going to take you on a journey back through the lens and out the viewfinder to tell you the story of the making of the image.

ncbrpstormtree

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Roan Mountain trip – Day 1

17 06 2009

Friday, the first full day of my trip was pretty much open since I wasn’t meeting the other folks from CNPA until Saturday morning.  There were so many trails to check out that I didn’t know where to start!   I decided to check out a trail that I thought I had read about earlier in the week:  The Cloudland Trail.  I quikly consulted a trail guide provided by the State Park and headed down to the Visitor’s Center to find the trailhead.  As I approached the trailhead which is behind the Visitor’s Center I saw a sign that read something like “Cloudland Nature Trail a service project of the Cloudland Nature Club.”  That and the relatively short length of the trail was beginning to make me suspect I has made a mistake.

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More than a thousand – aka, the stories behind the photos. – #1

5 05 2009

A picture may tell a 1,000 words but it still never tells the whole story.  I’m going to take you on a journey back through the lens and out the viewfinder to tell you the story of the making of the image.

This is the 1st of what I plan on being a weekly feature on the blog.   We’ll start with one of my favorites and my 1st “real” digital photograph:

Crabtree Falls

Crabtree Falls

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