David R. Robinson Photography

Another interesting aspect of that evening was that it was really calm at the overlook. I’ve been up there often when it’s very windy. Other than three couples that showed up for less than 5 minutes each I had the entire overlook to myself.

I had a time-lapse running for about an hour. With my other body I was using my 70-350mm to get some closer views. This is one of the views. If you look closely, you can see a bit of purple sunset tones in the background.

I was hoping for some nice sunset colors, but that didn’t happen due to how thick the clouds were. The clouds did make for some interesting views though as they rolled across the background.

Last week I made a whirlwind tour in the North Georgia mountains enjoying the fall colors on October 30th. I ended my trip watching the last light of the day fade away at the top of Black Rock Mountain State Park.

As one of Georgia’s most popular falls, there are tens of thousands of images of Helton Creek Falls. I do have several of my own but also try to get more unique perspectives when I’m at popular locations as well. I hope you enjoy this alternative view from Thursday, October 30th.

Welcome to Helton Creek! As you are hiking up to Helton Creek Falls you pass the lower cascade and then walk up some steps towards the upper cascade. Just as you get to the top of the steps you can see the upper cascade through the walkway. It’s as if the walkway is saying “Welcome!”

One thing I like about the rainy/drizzly days is that the rain keeps the crowds away. I was up there by myself for a good bit of my visit. I’m sure it is going to be crazy crowded this weekend.

I’ve been to Anna Ruby Falls in Georgia several times at different seasons, but I have never been there during peak fall color—until yesterday, October 30th. It was a great day for shooting waterfalls with the cloud cover.

The polished surfaces show up well at night. In the first image you can see the last remnants of the amazing sunset we had reflecting in the tail.

This year was the first night show for the Wings Over North Georgia Airshow. I have numerous images of Quick Silver P-51 from the past several years, but they are all daytime images. It was neat to be able to get some different perspectives from the night show.

I was looking forward to seeing the afterburner ignite at night. Here’s what it looks like at night.

If you’ve never seen Smoke-n-Thunder Jet Shows or other jet vehicles at a airshow, it is basically a vehicle wrapped around a fighter jet engine with an after burner. When they taxi by a fire up the afterburner, it’s quick something to see even during the day.

One of the things I was looking forward to at this year’s Wings Over North Georgia Airshow was their inaugural night show. It did not disappoint!

One of the highlights was Bill Braack and the Smoke-N-Thunder Jet Car.

The race is over in only 5 seconds, so be sure to watch the slower version at the end for a more detailed view of the action. Luke Carrico announced the action.

Music: About Face Blues by Ian Jones, licensed through Melodie Music

YouTube video by David R Robinson L-39 Jet vs Jet Car Race

The Race is On, L-39 Jet vs Jet Car: We had lots of racing action at the Wings Over North Georgia Airshow last weekend. Here is Scott Farnsworth in the Aero L-39 Albatross racing Bill Braack and the Smoke-N-Thunder Jet Car Smoke-n-Thunder Jet Shows.

Sunset Reflections: Following my post from yesterday with Scooter flying in the night edition of the Wings Over North Georgia Airshow, here are a couple of images of the amazing fiery sunset that was going on behind us reflecting off the polished surfaces of Quick Silver P-51.

We had an amazing sunset behind us which provided some nice soft pink clouds and made a perfect backdrop for Scooter Yoak flying his beautiful QuickSilver P-51 Mustang.

It’s really nice being able to shoot with unique and different lighting than you typically get with a day show. I hope they bring it back again next year!

Thanks so much to John Cowman and JCL Management for putting on a great Wings Over North Georgia Airshow despite numerous challenges this weekend. I particularly enjoyed the night show.

North American All Stars: “Jive” and “Scooter” in the T-28 and QuickSilver P-51 during yesterday’s performance at the Wings Over North Georgia Airshow.

I was great seeing all of my airshow photographer friends again and meeting some new folks as well.

This was “Jive” and “Scooter” in the T-28 and QuickSilver P-51 in their “North American All Stars” presentation. This was right as Jive called for the break. Yesterday they were linked up perfectly in front of me, and I was able to capture this nice X formation.

I’m still copying thousands of files, but knew this was going to be a keeper, so I decided to process this one first while the copy is continuing. This is likely going to be my favorite image of the weekend.

Ready…Break!

I have just started copying my airshow images from the Wings Over North Georgia Airshow from the past two days. Last night after the night show I was too exhausted to spend any time copying files and reviewing the images.

As a typically do, I had one camera shooting a wide time-lapse while I used my other camera to shoot other views. This is frame number 1448 of the 2639 time-lapse images covering 71 minutes. It will take me a while to get the time-lapse processed, so stay tuned for that coming soon.

One of my very favorite locations for sunset is the Cowee Mountain Overlook. On Saturday evening, October 11th, we were blessed with an absolutely amazing sunset once again.

Last weekend I was finally able to get back to the Blue Ridge Parkway after a 14-month gap. It was great being able to share some of my favorite locations with my photographer friend Tommy Meyer. This was his fist time on the parkway despite living in Georgia his entire life.

Last year we decided this 5’x3’ canvas of my image from the Chattahoochee River in the North Georgia Mountains from October 2022 was just what was needed for this large wall with a high ceiling in the entry way. We thought it turned out great.

Fall colors are just around the corner. I can’t wait to get back out in the mountains and capture some great fall images. If you aren’t printing your images big, you are missing out.

Off we go into the wild blue yonder,
Climbing high into the sun…

I can’t wait to see the Thunderbirds again in a few weeks at the upcoming Atlanta Airshow. It’s been a while since I’ve seen them. This was from the 2024 Atlanta Airshow last fall.