During the July 4th weekend this summer, we visited Mayden’s parents in North Carolina. One of our favorite activities is going to the Blue Ridge Parkway, whether it be around Asheville, North Carolina, or near where we live in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Something I didn’t realize at the time was how many rhododendrons I photographed, or how many species there were. Most of the plants in this album, including the title image, are rhododendrons. The stairs are from the entrance to the Mount Pisgah Overlook trail, where I photographed the bee that was busy pollinating (also on a rhododendron).
Closing this gallery out was the hardest photo to edit in this gallery. That was the first time I’ve edited a long distance landscape and the atmospheric haze is quite hard to overcome. I’ll need to experiment more with this on our next trip to the parkway.
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