Shenandoah National Park Photos

[Destin]

This thread will be used to share my photos from the trip I'm currently on to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. I've been here since last night and I have two full days remaining.

@jeffW and @JoeW thanks for the advice in the other thread!

1.) Shenandoah Valley as seen from the first overlook at the north end of the park
Shenandoah Valley by Destin Danser, on Flickr

2.) My first hike; Little Stony Man Mountain. Really just a short walk up a hill, but I was racing the sunset on my first night in town
Little Stoneman 1 by Destin Danser, on Flickr

3.) Another from the spot #2 was taken
Little Stoneman 2 by Destin Danser, on Flickr

4.) Panorama of the sunset from little stony man
Sunset Panorama by Destin Danser, on Flickr

5.) A self portrait that I took on top of Old Rag Mountain today. This is my new favorite hike of all time; super rewarding with a really fun rock scramble
Old Rag by Destin Danser, on Flickr

6.) Sunset. Shot tonight at one of the overlooks in the park. One of my first attempts at using my 70-200 as a landscape lens.
Layered Sunset by Destin Danser, on Flickr

 

[ac12]

#1 and 4 show a lot of haze in the air. Was that the conditions?

How are you triggering your camera?

 

[vintagesnaps]

#5 is pretty cool, really shows the hugeness of it dwarfing us human beings (kind of humbling I think).

I like the last one, the subtle range of colors and light to dark is wonderful.

 

[Destin]

#1 and 4 show a lot of haze in the air. Was that the conditions?

How are you triggering your camera?

Yeah, that haze is what the conditions have been all weekend. Locals say when it's humid out that's what it looks like because you're viewing the mountains from ~25-35 miles away

I'm setting it on an interval timer and then just deleting the shots I don't need.

 

[Destin]

#5 is pretty cool, really shows the hugeness of it dwarfing us human beings (kind of humbling I think).

I like the last one, the subtle range of colors and light to dark is wonderful.

I love how small it makes me look, totally agree that it's humbling.

And thank you! I wasn't sure that #5 would work well but it's growing on me. I had to use a soft edge ND grad to help balance the exposure.

 

[Destin]

7.) Another quick self portrait from yesterday's hike on bear fence mountain
Bearfence Mountain by Destin Danser, on Flickr

And the next four images are all taken at Dark Hollow Falls

8.)
Dark Hollow Falls 1 by Destin Danser, on Flickr

9.)
Dark Hollow Falls 2 by Destin Danser, on Flickr

10.)
Dark Hollow Falls 3 by Destin Danser, on Flickr

11.)
Dark Hollow Falls 4 by Destin Danser, on Flickr

 

[Fujidave]

All good shots but do agree on the haze, No5 in the first set for me as it just shows the huge scale of the area. The second set is excellent indeed.

 

[Jeff15]

Some very nice country you have found...........