Native orchids of North America #3

The second day of my 2-day trip took me to Brunswick County, North Carolina. Good friends, Kelvin Taylor and Jackie Tate joined me at a roadside site for Southern White Fringed Orchids, and then we traveled to he Green Swamp Preserve for more orchids and wildflowers. For the trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

The second day of my 2-day trip took me to Brunswick County, North Carolina. Good friends, Kelvin Taylor and Jackie Tate joined me at a roadside site for Southern White Fringed Orchids, and then we traveled to he Green Swamp Preserve for more orchids and wildflowers. For the trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

The second day of my 2-day trip took me to Brunswick County, North Carolina. Good friends, Kelvin Taylor and Jackie Tate joined me at a roadside site for Southern White Fringed Orchids, and then we traveled to he Green Swamp Preserve for more orchids and wildflowers. For the trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

The second day of my 2-day trip took me to Brunswick County, North Carolina. Good friends, Kelvin Taylor and Jackie Tate joined me at a roadside site for Southern White Fringed Orchids, and then we traveled to he Green Swamp Preserve for more orchids and wildflowers. For the trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

The second day of my 2-day trip took me to Brunswick County, North Carolina. Good friends, Kelvin Taylor and Jackie Tate joined me at a roadside site for Southern White Fringed Orchids, and then we traveled to he Green Swamp Preserve for more orchids and wildflowers. For the trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

These are some images from a long, day-trip into western North Carolina along the Blue Ridge Parkway. My friend, Alan Cressler drove over from Atlanta, Georgia, and joined me on this photography adventure. To read the trip report, please go to Jim's Blog

These are some images from a long, day-trip into western North Carolina along the Blue Ridge Parkway. My friend, Alan Cressler drove over from Atlanta, Georgia, and joined me on this photography adventure. To read the trip report, please go to Jim's Blog

These are some images from a long, day-trip into western North Carolina along the Blue Ridge Parkway. My friend, Alan Cressler drove over from Atlanta, Georgia, and joined me on this photography adventure. To read the trip report, please go to Jim's Blog

These are some images from a long, day-trip into western North Carolina along the Blue Ridge Parkway. My friend, Alan Cressler drove over from Atlanta, Georgia, and joined me on this photography adventure. To read the trip report, please go to Jim's Blog

These are some images from a long, day-trip into western North Carolina along the Blue Ridge Parkway. My friend, Alan Cressler drove over from Atlanta, Georgia, and joined me on this photography adventure. To read the trip report, please go to Jim's Blog

These are some images from a long, day-trip into western North Carolina along the Blue Ridge Parkway. My friend, Alan Cressler drove over from Atlanta, Georgia, and joined me on this photography adventure. To read the trip report, please go to Jim's Blog

These are some images from a long, day-trip into western North Carolina along the Blue Ridge Parkway. My friend, Alan Cressler drove over from Atlanta, Georgia, and joined me on this photography adventure. To read the trip report, please go to Jim's Blog

These are some images from a long, day-trip into western North Carolina along the Blue Ridge Parkway. My friend, Alan Cressler drove over from Atlanta, Georgia, and joined me on this photography adventure. To read the trip report, please go to Jim's Blog

These are some images from a long, day-trip into western North Carolina along the Blue Ridge Parkway. My friend, Alan Cressler drove over from Atlanta, Georgia, and joined me on this photography adventure. To read the trip report, please go to Jim's Blog

These are some images from a long, day-trip into western North Carolina along the Blue Ridge Parkway. My friend, Alan Cressler drove over from Atlanta, Georgia, and joined me on this photography adventure. To read the trip report, please go to Jim's Blog

I have finally bitten the bullet, crossed the Rubicon, faced the music, leapt into the breach, bowed to fate, and grasped the nettle by switching camera systems. It is not for the faint of heart... believe me. I have moved on from my heavy, 5-year-old, 12.5 megapixel, go-to Olympus DSLR to a much lighter, Sony, 42 megapixel, mirrorless camera system. It remains to be seen how quickly I can get up-to-speed with all of the features (I'm sure I'll never use all of them) of this camera. The new camera is a Sony a7rII, digital camera with a 90mm macro lens. Stay tuned and follow along with me as I learn to use my new camera gear and hope to improve my photography in the process. On this trip, we visited some familiar places along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina -- mainly, the Wolf Moutain Overlook.

I have finally bitten the bullet, crossed the Rubicon, faced the music, leapt into the breach, bowed to fate, and grasped the nettle by switching camera systems. It is not for the faint of heart... believe me. I have moved on from my heavy, 5-year-old, 12.5 megapixel, go-to Olympus DSLR to a much lighter, Sony, 42 megapixel, mirrorless camera system. It remains to be seen how quickly I can get up-to-speed with all of the features (I'm sure I'll never use all of them) of this camera. The new camera is a Sony a7rII, digital camera with a 90mm macro lens. Stay tuned and follow along with me as I learn to use my new camera gear and hope to improve my photography in the process. On this trip, we visited some familiar places along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina -- mainly, the Wolf Moutain Overlook.

These wildflowers (Gentians and Ladies'-tresses orchids) were photographed on a half-day's adventure along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. It was a gorgeous fall day, perfect for wildflower photography. To read the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .