Flame Azaleas In Bloom...

[shaman]

I hiked up to Andrews Bald in North Carolina Tuesday morning. I found the Flame Azaleas at their blooming peak...

Along a trail on top, two views of the Spruce & Azaleas...

http://shaman.smugmug.com/photos/26595353-L.jpg

http://shaman.smugmug.com/photos/26595354-L.jpg


A Red Flame Azalea ready to open...
http://shaman.smugmug.com/photos/26595352-L.jpg


This is a view along the trail to the bald...
http://shaman.smugmug.com/photos/26595358-L.jpg


a fern against a rock outcrop...
http://shaman.smugmug.com/photos/26705436-L.jpg


and this was the sunset that evening...
http://shaman.smugmug.com/photos/27029980-L.jpg


It was just one of those days...:D


PEACE


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[USAIR]

Very nice series love the color of the Azaleas
And what a gorgeous sunset wow :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap


Thanks
Fred

[Ann McRae]

Wow, what a lovely hike. Great photos, Shaman. Great color!


ann

[spider]

I hiked up to Andrews Bald in North Carolina Tuesday morning. I found the Flame Azaleas at their blooming peak...

Along a trail on top, two views of the Spruce & Azaleas...

http://shaman.smugmug.com/photos/26595353-L.jpg

PEACE


:Dshaman:D
I rode up the Blue Ridge Parkway a few weeks ago southwest of Asheville and encountered some of these flowers in bloom. Didn't know what they were, but made a beautiful picture:

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/2834/img00010of.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us/)

Thanks to ImageShack for Free Image Hosting (http://www.imageshack.us/)

[ginger_55]

Yeah, just another shooting day, and IT WAS SPECTACULAR! Gorgeous photos of your hike,

ginger

[lynnma]

Shaman I loved your hike.. thanks for taking me with you.. absolutely wonderful shots..:clap

[shaman]

I rode up the Blue Ridge Parkway a few weeks ago southwest of Asheville and encountered some of these flowers in bloom. Didn't know what they were, but made a beautiful picture:

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/2834/img00010of.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us/)

Thanks to ImageShack for Free Image Hosting (http://www.imageshack.us/) Yep... looks like Flame Azaleas to me.
Here they are in a cluster:
http://shaman.smugmug.com/photos/26595357-L.jpg

PEACE

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[shaman]

Thank you, everyone for your comments on my hike. It was one I'll have fond memories of for quite some time.
I wish I was still there!!

PEACE

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[Phil U.]

Nice series! That 4th one evokes images of an "old forest" out of a fantasy novel.

[MuskyDude]

Thanks for sharing this series with us Shaman, really lovely scenes and you captured them beautifully! You can feel being there.... :thumb




AJ

[shaman]

Again, please accept my heartfelt :lust thanks!!
Any critiques are welcome also!!!
I need to learn how to do this stuff!

PEACE

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[jthomas]

Wow, that must have been pretty high elevation! Our azaleas flamed out a few weeks ago.

Incidentally, your sequence of pictures is very similar to one I posted on another forum (http://www.nikoncafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=52003&highlight=#52003) on June 12!

[shaman]

Wow, that must have been pretty high elevation! Our azaleas flamed out a few weeks ago.

Incidentally, your sequence of pictures is very similar to one I posted on another forum (http://www.nikoncafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=52003&highlight=#52003) on June 12! j.
I looked at the shots you posted on the other site... wow, that's uncanny.
It must be something in the air above 4000 feet that draws one to look at similar scenes.
I took mine on June 28th at 6080 feet, probably one of the last places the Flame Azaleas bloom in the Southern Appalachians. I can't get enough of the mountains here... I try to get there at least once a season.

PEACE

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[Prezwoodz]

You have some great pictues yourself Shaman!!! Thanks for replying to mine as well :)