Entries from September 2009

The staircase from the galleries to the offices at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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Categories: Architecture · Art · Digital Art · Images · Life · Photographic Art · Photography · Photos · Photoshop · Spiritual · Still Life · Travel · Visual Arts
Tagged: Academy of Fine Arts, Art, D L Ennis, galleries, indoors, interior, Lynchburg, natural light, offices, staircase, The Staircase, Virginia

A misty rainy day at Petites Gap in the Jefferson National Forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
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Categories: Art · Back Roads · Digital Art · Environment · Images · Life · Nature · Photographic Art · Photography · Photos · Photoshop · Spiritual · Travel · Visual Arts
Tagged: autumn, Blue Ridge Mountains, country road, D L Ennis, day, fall, Jefferson National Forest, mist, misty, Misty Petites Gap, Petites Gap, rainy, trees, Virginia

This old general store, now Rick’s Antiques, is so emblematic of the ones I remember from my childhood. Notice the old gas pumps!
© 2009 D L Ennis, All rights reserved.
NOTE: Permission for the use of my images is granted for personal websites and blogs but is to include a link back to this site and proper credit given to me, D L Ennis. Link to be used…(Visual Thoughts http://dlennis.wordpress.com/)
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Categories: Architecture · Art · Back Roads · Digital Art · Environment · History · Images · Life · Nature · Photographic Art · Photography · Photos · Photoshop · Spiritual · Technology · Travel · Visual Arts
Tagged: antique gas pumps, antiques, Bedford County, D L Ennis, emblematic, Forest Va., general store, Lynchburg, Old, old gas pumps, Rick’s Antiques, The General Store of Old, Virginia

The mystique of a stormy day in the mountains is so invigorating to me; it’s my favorite time to photograph the Blue Ridge.
© 2009 D L Ennis, All rights reserved.
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Categories: Art · Back Roads · Digital Art · Environment · Images · Life · Nature · Photographic Art · Photography · Photos · Photoshop · Spiritual · Visual Arts
Tagged: autumn, Back Roads, Blue Ridge Mountains, clouds, country roads, D L Ennis, fall, forest, invigorating, mist, misty, mountains, Mystique, photograph, stormy day, Virginia
September 28, 2009 · 1 Comment

A rainy misty day on Abbot Lake at the Peaks of Otter on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia.
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Categories: Art · Digital Art · Environment · History · Images · Life · Nature · Photographic Art · Photography · Photos · Photoshop · Spiritual · Travel · Visual Arts
Tagged: Abbot Lake, autumn, Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge Parkway, D L Ennis, day, fall, forest, lodge, misty, Peaks of Otter, Rain on Abbot Lake, rainy, split rail fence, trees, Virginia

Come with me for a ride through a mystical land, the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia on a misty day.
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Categories: Art · Back Roads · Digital Art · Environment · Images · Life · Nature · Photographic Art · Photography · Photos · Photoshop · Spiritual · Travel · Visual Arts
Tagged: back road, Blue Ridge Mountains, country roads, D L Ennis, day, forest, In a Mystical Land, mist, misty, mountain road, mystical land, rain, Virginia

Conrail 7493 on the tracks adjacent to downtown Lynchburg and the James River.
© 2009 D L Ennis, All rights reserved.
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Categories: Art · Digital Art · Images · Life · Nature · People · Photographic Art · Photography · Photos · Photoshop · Technology · Visual Arts
Tagged: coal cars, Conrail 7493, D L Ennis, downtown, James River, Lynchburg, railroad, Rails, track, train, train tracks, Virginia
September 27, 2009 · 2 Comments

A barn on a Christmas tree farm along the Blue Ridge Parkway on a rainy misty day.
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Categories: Architecture · Art · Black and White · Digital Art · Environment · Images · Life · Nature · Photographic Art · Photography · Photos · Photoshop · Spiritual · Travel · Visual Arts · monochrome
Tagged: B&W, barbed wire, barn, Black and White, Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge Parkway, Christmas tree farm, D L Ennis, farm, fence, fog, foggy, mist, misty day, monochrome, post, rainy, The Misty Barn, Virginia

Fellow photographer and friend, Robert Miller and I spent the day on the back roads in the rain in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia yesterday.
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Categories: Art · Back Roads · Digital Art · Environment · Images · Life · Nature · Photographic Art · Photography · Photos · Photoshop · Spiritual · Visual Arts
Tagged: Back Roads, Blue Ridge Mountains, country roads, D L Ennis, day, forest, friend, mountain roads, National Forest, photographer, rain, Robert Miller, The Bends in the Mountain Road, trees, Virginia, yesterday

A stormy day in the wilderness in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
© 2009 D L Ennis, All rights reserved.
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Categories: Art · Back Roads · Digital Art · Environment · Images · Life · Nature · Photographic Art · Photography · Photos · Photoshop · Spiritual · Travel · Visual Arts
Tagged: autumn, Blue Ridge Mountains, D L Ennis, day, fall, fog, foggy, mist, misty, rain, stormy, Stormy Wilderness, Virginia, wilderness