Best Pictures: October 2017

Here are my favorite pictures I took in October 2017:

Flowers at Lake Conestee Nature Park. Fuji X-T2 w/XF 18mm lens.

Bridge bolts at Lake Conestee Nature Park. Fuji X-T2 w/XF 18mm lens.

Leah. Just Leah. Fuji X-T20 w/Pentax 50mm lens.

Van Raalte Farm in Holland, MI. Fuji X-T2 w/XF 16-55mm lens.

Leah in the pumpkin field (more pictures). Fuji X-T2 w/XF 18mm lens.

Once again, on my way back south from Michigan (more pictures from that trip), I decided to drive through Great Smoky Mountains and Blue Ridge Parkway to get some night sky shots and time-lapse.

Clouds and stars, from Newfound Gap Road at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Fuji X-T2 w/Rokinon 12mm lens.

Night sky from Blue Ridge Parkway near GSMNP. Fuji X-T20 w/XF 18mm lens.

My car plus the night sky from Blue Ridge Parkway near GSMNP. Fuji X-T20 w/XF 18mm lens.

Night sky from Blue Ridge Parkway near GSMNP. Fuji X-T20 w/XF 18mm lens.

A few days later, a group of us headed up to DuPont State Forest for some night shooting and meteor watching. Read more about that here.

Night sky at DuPont State Forest. Fuji X-T2 w/Rokinon 12mm lens.

Hooker Falls at night, at DuPont State Forest. Fuji X-T2 w/Rokinon 12mm lens.

Light painting Hooker Falls at night, at DuPont State Forest. Fuji X-T2 w/Rokinon 12mm lens.

I spent 9 days in Townsend, Tennessee at the end of October through the beginning of November, attending the third Great Smoky Mountains Photography Summit. There will be more coming on that shortly, but here are three of my favorite pictures I shot while there: