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Felt like home
It was raining this morning down in Asheville and I was thinking about all the snow we got back in Boulder, so I decided to drive up to the highest mountaintop, mountmitchell on the east coast, t...
Home, Sweet Home
We are under assault of another winter storm and I hope everyone is staying safe and warm. We don’t have snow too often in NC, so if I’m around when it happens I try to take some photos aroun...
Path to Somewhere
If video is not shown in the browser or applications then visit it at Graveyards Field Water Falls from Dmitrii on Vimeo. As you hike back from the upper Graveyard Fields Waterfalls you can take ...
Monday Morning Movie
If video is not shown in the browser or applications then visit it at Sunset In the Smokies from Dmitrii on Vimeo. Sounds like we have spring around the corner, probably most of the cold weather ...
https://placesunknown.art/2013/03/11/monday-morning-movie-22/
Cloudy Day
My wife drives by this lake every day to work and sees some awesome sunrises and sunsets. She always tells me about it, how great they are. A few weeks ago, on one of the weekends she suggested w...
Monday Morning Movie
If video is not shown in the browser or applications then visit it at Sunset In the Smokies from Dmitrii on Vimeo. Good Monday everyone! Purchase Limited Edition print of this photo
https://placesunknown.art/2013/01/14/monday-morning-movie-15/
Hiking, the Easy Way
Every hiking trail is different and depends on the amount of people visit them and who controls them, they can come in all shapes and forms. Some are fully paved and very wide, almost like sidewa...
Monday Morning Movie
If video is not shown in the browser or applications then visit it at Sunset In the Smokies from Dmitrii on Vimeo. Last night I was working on another short movie, hoping to expand Monday Morning...
https://placesunknown.art/2012/12/24/monday-morning-movie-13/
Small Creek
Updates on My Apps If you are using Windows 8 OS then please check out my apps. “Travel Photography” app now will show the exact location of the photo in each post (except on Friday for that ...
Wife Modeling
I have a few more Fall photos in my archive that I want to post, and admit it, here on the East Coast US we are still in pretty much middle of the Fall. Even though all leaves are gone, trees are...
Windows 8 Apps
Geo Tagging App I just got two more apps into the Windows 8 App Store. They could be of interest to you guys as well. Majority of the DSLRs are not capable to tag photos with geo coordinates so y...
Carolina Sunset
It was a nice evening with a few nice photos that I was able to capture. It would be nice to have every evening like that. The photo was taken on the south terrace at the Biltmore Estate. We are ...
Blue Ridge Autumn
I took three attempts to take this photo. The first two times I was interrupted by incoming sound of the car. One time from the south, another time from the north. Both have the same curve as you...
A few Shades of Grey
I took this one on the side of the Blue Ridge Parkway. If you ever had a chance to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway you’ll know that there are not too many spots where you can openly look from it a...
Monday Morning Movie
If video is not shown in the browser or applications then visit it at Graveyards Field Water Falls from Dmitrii on Vimeo. After doing the hike we got back on the Blue Ridge Parkway and drove back...
https://placesunknown.art/2012/11/19/monday-morning-movie-8/
Orange and Blue
Another one from the recent visit to the Biltmore Estate. This photo was taken from the same spot I took the photo shown last Friday – Sunset Shooter – but was facing south instead of west. T...
Monday Morning Movie
If video is not shown in the browser or applications then visit it at Sunset In the Smokies from Dmitrii on Vimeo. Appalachian Sunset A few weeks ago we went to Asheville and drove up Blue Ridge ...
https://placesunknown.art/2012/11/12/monday-morning-movie-7/
Friday Mystery Photo
Sunset Shooter She looked to me like a pro, walking down there and shooting in every direction. She had couple cameras, one with long zoom – it was pretty long to be noticeable from this distan...
https://placesunknown.art/2012/11/09/friday-mystery-photo-26/
Monday Moring Movie–Green
Biltmore Estate from Dmitrii on Vimeo. While it is raining and super windy today on the East coast, this video reminds us about sunnier and greener days, only about six month from now. btw, our f...
https://placesunknown.art/2012/10/29/monday-moring-moviegreen/
Sandy
This is the pier at the Topsail Beach North Carolina. It is probably getting hammered by the Sandy at the moment, I hope it survives unharmed after its all gone. We are in Boston at the moment an...
Bamboo Forest
I haven’t been around many bamboo forest in the past, so when I saw a patch of bamboo growing on the side of the hill at the Biltmore Estate I climbed up there to check it out. With about one h...
Shrimp Run
A few weeks ago we did a “shrimp run” to the Sneads Ferry near the Topsail Beach. For the last few years my wife use to go there with one of her friends and pick up 50+ pounds of fresh shrimp...
Monday Morning Movie–Smokey Sunset
Sunset In the Smokies from Dmitrii on Vimeo. It is Monday and it is a movie time!!! This hi definition photo (click on it) is from the 27 seconds time slot in this video. Enjoy and have a great w...
https://placesunknown.art/2012/10/01/monday-morning-moviesmokey-sunset/
Random Wall Mural
Wall murals are cool. I try to take picture of them when I see one. Asheville has a lot of random murals around its downtown area, on my occasional visits I already took a few of them. I think th...
Monday Morning Movie
Sunset in the Smokies Short post today. Almost didn’t make. Too much was going last night, but had a few extra minutes this morning. Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by! Sunset In the Smokies fro...
https://placesunknown.art/2012/08/20/monday-morning-movie-5/
On Fire
Biltmore Estate, another one. I should go back there for more sunsets, for sure will visit in October/November with all the colors changing. Such a nice place to visit.
Monday morning movie
I believe this was my first ever time lapse that I tried, I have one more photo from it to share from it, following right after the video. Hiking NC Mountains – Grandfather Mountain from Dmitri...
https://placesunknown.art/2012/07/23/monday-morning-movie-2/
Monday Morning Movie
I shot this time lapse and a few photos back in May. Sunset In the Smokies from Dmitrii on Vimeo. This is the first photo after the title. Enjoy.
Small Waterfalls
Yesterday afternoon after I finished with my work we decided to escape the heat and go for a short (only five miles, mind you) hike in the mountains, the Boone Fork Trail. We were hoping to get s...
Day to Relax
Yesterday I was looking in my archives for some photos for July 4th and decided to process and share this one. It is probably more appropriate for the flag day, but I think it is good for an Inde...
Biltmore House
Time Lapse Video We stopped for about an hour at Biltmore Estate back in May. Clouds were so nice, moving in puffy formations across the blue sky, perfect day for some relaxing and I thought it w...
Hiking NC Mountains
Time Lapse with D800 D800 has built in function to make time lapse movies. It allows to to choose the frequency of each capture and total length of the capture sequence. At the end of the time la...
Friday Mystery Photo
Depending on which route you take it might take you between 45 minutes to 3 hours of hiking to get to this spot. It leads you to one of the highest spots in this part of the mountains. If you tak...
https://placesunknown.art/2012/05/25/friday-mystery-photo-5/
Lonely Barn
How come most barns are so lonely? Always somewhere far away from the main living area, in the field, away in the mountains. These types of barns must be used only to store some hay or something....
Biltmore House
Last weekend we went to Asheville for a quick overnight trip, I wanted to take some sunset shots of the Biltmore House. The skies had last minute insurgence with some clouds and we had just a bit...
Friday Mystery Photo
Easy one for you guys today. I’ve been pretty busy over last few days and didn’t have a chance to find less descriptive one for today. But I like this one, it has some character to it, Chicke...
https://placesunknown.art/2012/05/18/friday-mystery-photo-4/
The Tale of the Fisherman and the Golden Fish
After taking this photo I thought about this old Russian tale about Fisherman and the Golden Fish. Alexander Pushkin wrote it for all of us to enjoy and it even been animated. Here is link to old...
https://placesunknown.art/2012/05/15/the-tale-of-the-fisherman-and-the-golden-fish/
One and Only
Asheville’s Famous Over weekend we did an overnight trip to Asheville to see if gardens at the Biltmore Estate are any good. I think we missed all the tulips and other early spring flowers. All...
Cheer Up with Colors
Yesterday was a beautiful day with temperatures around 60F, which overnight changed into rain and right now it is cold and grey, weather man predicting abut 4-6 inches of snow in North Carolina m...
Good Morning
I’ve never done scheduled posts with making it visible on my blog at some point in the future. For this sunrise shot I want to ‘surprise’ myself with it appearing for me in the morning with...
Beaufort Sunset
Beaufort is a cute slippy little town near Atlantic Beach and Morehead City. If you ever visit Atlantic Beach in NC and want to some choices on food, beer and even live music then this is the pla...
Miss Rita
I like how captains name their boats after woman they love. Whether it is their wife, daughter, mother or mistress, most boats have female names and have some meaning to their owner. Like in this...
Hiking to Lin Cove
This is a Lin Cove bridge, obviously not the Lin Cove Viaduct bridge, but it goes over Lin Cove creek on the Lin Cove trail. If you want to go above the Viaduct you’d have to cross this little ...
Moss Stalactite
What is cool in Savannah? I’m planning on a short trip to Savannah Georgia. Any recommendations on what to see and photograph there? Living Moss Stalactite While hiking around Grandfather Mount...
Orange, Blue and Grey
Weekend is here and I’m trying to decide what to do. One option is to drive up to the mountains and see what’s going on up there, but I’m afraid by now all colors are gone and it does not l...
Fall at Salem Lake
Yesterday evening we went for a short walk at Salem Lake to see if they fixed the dam and if the lake is still deflated. The dam is nowhere near completion and water levels at its lowest levels, ...
Pretty Fall
It is Monday, early evening, I’m sleepy. Mondays are always like that. Very long days with sleepy evenings. Doesn’t mean I will go to bed early, still probably not going to sleep till close t...
Empty House
It is cool how chimneys outlive the houses that they once provided warms and were one of the central parts of interior and exterior of the house. I’m sure you have seen many of them standing lo...
Bass Lake in Fall Colors
More from the Bass Lake in North Carolina. Enjoy. After taking this photo we walked around the lake and saw a huge outer right around that yellow tree on the left. He was swimming along the shore...
https://placesunknown.art/2011/10/18/bass-lake-in-fall-colors/
Tree Illuminated
It is not easy to take sunset photos with clear sky, especially against the sun. We were on one of the highest peaks in NC mountains witnessing sunset and I took a lot of pictures. Most of them j...
Stone Mountain, NC
I took this picture a few years ago while hiking at the Stone Mountain State Park in NC. That stone is amazing, it is like a huge ball, with very smooth stone surface, seating in the middle of no...
Atlantic Beach, NC
Nice place to spend beach vacation if you are not looking for overcrowded environment. It is not commercialized as beaches in Myrtle Beach SC or even areas around Wilmington NC. I’ve never seen...