Short Picture Stories from Noble Coast Photography: Photographing the Autumn Colors of North Carolina

Friday, December 2, 2011

Photographing the Autumn Colors of North Carolina

It's quickly gotten cold here in beautiful Denver, NC. So before we suddenly find ourselves into winter, I'd like to share some of this year's fall foliage photos. These photos are part of a set that I took on a beautiful October day in the Smoky Mountains http://www.visitsmokies.org/ . I don't believe there are many better places in the world to view the natural beauty of autumn colors than what you find in the mountains of North Carolina along the Blue Ridge Parkway http://www.blueridgeparkway.org/ .

On this day before the sun had risen, I drove up a mountain rim to a favorite spot of mine named Wiseman's View http://appalachiantreks.blogspot.com/2008/07/wisemans-view.html . When you look out east from Wiseman's View you can't help but become part of the great vista of sun rising up over North Carolina. It's a wonderful place to go watch the sun rise any time of the year but on this day the autumn colors made it spectacular. After I completed photographing the sun rise, I drove back down the mountain and to the Blue Ridge Parkway. I made several stops along the Parkway and captured more colors of the season.

Enjoy!