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I live in the Virginia Piedmont, so eventually this page will grow from time to time. These images were uploaded December 14, 2001. Images are thumbnails; click on the image for a larger view.
Rhododendron, Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia, 2001. Kiev 60, 120mm Vega on extension tube.
Flag and Pier, Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia, 2001. Kiev 60, 50mm Zeiss Flektogon.
Autumn Leaves, Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia, 2001. Kiev 60, 50mm Zeiss Flektogon, polarized.
The Sun Brings Warmth, Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia, 2001. Kiev 60, 50mm Zeiss Flektogon. This image is also in the gallery of the Kievaholics Klub, at www.kievaholic.com. The following images were uploaded April 4, 2005. George Vanderbilt, the grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, spent his share of the family's fortune building the biggest house in America. He believed in a noblesse oblige-inspired holistic approach to estate management, where the estate would sustain itself and the surrounding community. His descendents still own it, and it still sustains them and the surrounding community, but now as a showplace for tourists. But what a show!
Biltmore Estate, North Carolina, 2004. Canon 10D, Sigma 12-24 at 12. 1/350 at f/16 (ISO 200).
Terrace, Biltmore Estate, 2004. Canon 10D, Sigma 12-24 at 12. 1/90 at f/8 (ISO 200).
Foundation, Biltmore Estate, 2004. Canon 10D, Sigma 12-24 at 18. 1/250 at f/13 (ISO 200).
Mountain View, Biltmore Estate, 2004. Canon 10D, Sigma 12-24 at 24. 1/350 at f/19 (ISO 200).
Dining Room, Biltmore Estate, 2004. Canon 10D, Sigma 12-24 at 24. 1/8 at f/5.6 (ISO 200), handheld. Far less grand, but built before rather than after the Civil War, the Oatlands Plantation represents a typical, antebellum estate for the landed gentry who actually had to live off the land (with help, of course). Oatlands is in Northern Virginia. Nobody hugely famous ever lived there, but it is still maintained as a museum of Virginia rural life when this part of Virginia was two days of riding away from Washington.
Oatlands Plantation, from lower garden on a stormy day, Virginia, 2004. Canon 10D, Sigma 12-24 at 24. 1/180 at f/11 (ISO 200).
Garden Pool, Oatlands Plantation. Canon 10D, Sigma 12-24 at 13. 1/80 at f/10 (ISO 200).
Well, Oatlands Plantation. Canon 10D, Sigma 12-24 at 12. 1/125 at f/10 (ISO 200). I happened to glance out the window to see the effects of a winter sunset on the bare branches of trees along Deep Creek Lake in Garrett County, Maryland.
Sunset on branches, Deep Creek Lake, Maryland, Boxing Day, 2003. Canon 10D, 70-200/4L at 200. 1/90 at f/8 (ISO 200). |
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