Hanging on... Rough Ridge, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina

The leaves atop Rough Ridge were ripped from the trees on Friday so not much was left for me on Saturday. The wind, however, DID stick around. I've been up Rough Ridge numerous times, but I'd never made it to the "top" set of rocks. I was actually kind of surprised it only took a few more minutes...and only 25 total from the parking lot. Anyway...the wind up there on Saturday was the harshest I've ever tried to shoot in. The top of Grandfather was reporting over 70mph and this spot is about 600ft lower but it was still raging, enough to knock me off my stance a couple times. It was chilly too...around 34 at the parking lot so the wind chill was doing a number on the couple of exposed finger tips.
Forgot to add a link to a quick FB video where you can kind of get a sense of the wind: www.facebook.com/thefryeman/videos/10210052753250978/

Taken in: United States / North Carolina (show map)

Taken on: October 22, 2016

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Blue Ridge Parkway

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Sets appears in: • North Carolina • Southern Appalachian Mountains more » • Autumn • 2016 • October 2016 « less

Groups appears in: • Smoky and Blue Ridge Mountains • The Blue Ridge Parkway

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/18.0, 1/5 sec, 20mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens:	EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
Aperture:	f/18.0
Exposure Time:	0.2 sec (1/5)
Focal Length:	20mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-2 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.6.1 (Macintosh)
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