The Photography of
Kyler Shackelford-Rosado
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You never know when a photo will good present itself. This photo was taken at a local park I went to a few months back with no intention of taking any photos. However, I brought my camera just in case. In a meadow of thousands of bluebonnets, this clump was on a small hump, and it caught my attention. With the sun setting behind the tree line in the back, I saw a great opportunity to capture the golden light of the sun bouncing off the pedals of these beautiful flowers.
Bull elk feeding in the meadow of the Oconaluftee Visitor Center in the morning fog. When making the trip in October, this is one of the shots that was on my list. This photo was taken on the final day of our trip on the way back through the park to get to the airport. The day before, my friend and I woke up at 4:30 to catch elk in the morning glow; however, I was not able to catch this shot that I had envisioned. Luckily, on our final day, we were able to take a route through the park to hopefully get some final shots. As soon as we entered the park, this bull was feeding detached from his herd on the other side of the meadow, and I was able to capture him with the early morning fog and light. This ended up being one of my favorite shots from the trip and ended up winning 1st place in the ATPI Fall Contest Animal category.
This shot was taken was one I didn’t believe was possible at the current time. It was taken mid-October, which I thought was well after Milky Way season; however, sitting out on the porch I saw what looked to be a faint cloud and checked my star tracking app, and sure enough, it was the Milky Way. I've been wanting to shoot the Milky Way for years at this location, but the weather has never lined up well enough to work out. I quickly grabbed my camera and asked my friend to pose. We tried out many different combinations of poses and compositions, but after some time we found a candle lantern for him to pose with and a bucket for him to stand on with the camera at a very low angle. This ended up winning 1st place in the ATPI Fall Contest Nature category.
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