Eric Haggart Imagery

09/12/2024

“The Mountains Runneth Over” - Inversion layer clouds begin falling over the mountains as they are pushed up the slope from the other side.

09/05/2024

Young and Old - a young bull elk with his fuzzy antlers and an older bull with his 12-point rack out and about in Cataloochee Valley, GSMNP.
📍- Cataloochee Valley, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
📅 - 08/31/2024
📷 - Sony a7iv w/ Sony 200-600mm

09/01/2024

Some scenes from an early morning in the Cullasaja River Gorge with a surprise proposal at Dry Falls. The first two shots are small waterfalls on the Cullasaja River that I had not seen before. I doubt they have names as they are small cascades and not easily accessible. All pics are shot with the Mavic 3 Pro + Freewell ND/CPL 8.

Oh yeah - she said yes 💍

📍- Cullasaja River Gorge
📅 - 08/31/2024

08/29/2024

Shhh 🤫- don’t tell anyone, it’s a 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕…
📍- Secret Falls | Highalnds, NC
🗺️- 35.00455° N, 83.17114° W

08/22/2024

A cloud inversion, also known as a temperature inversion, is a rare weather phenomenon that occurs when the air temperature increases with height, instead of decreasing as normal. This happens in valleys when the air near the ground is colder than the air higher up. The inversion creates a stable air mass that acts like a lid, trapping air and preventing it from rising. While they are in other places, they are a common occurrence in western North Carolina.

📌- Macon/Jackson County Line | Cowee Mountain, NC

08/18/2024

Completed on September 11th, 1987 the Linn Cove Viaduct was the final stretch of road that completed the Blue Ridge Parkway (Blue Ridge Parkway website). This panoramic shot shows where the viaduct lies across the face of Grandfather Mountain. Swipe 👈🏻 to see the full photo.

08/16/2024

“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.” ~ St. Jerome.
📍- Wiseman’s View | Linville Gorge Wilderness Area.

08/13/2024

A few weeks ago, I shared some photos of a roadside decorative flower design that many of us got a good chuckle from because it sort of looked like the word “NO”. Well, here we are today, alongside Hwy 64 W in Franklin, NC 😉 Franklin, NC Chamber of Commerce Discover Franklin NC North Carolina Department of Transportation Visit North Carolina

08/09/2024

An early wake up, two hour drive, and an almost sprint up the trail and 500+ stairs gave me about 10 minutes alone with this beauty. 💯worth it.
📍- Upper Catawba Falls | Old Fort, NC

08/02/2024

Out on a real estate project and had this view looking over my shoulder. Do you recognize this popular mountain profile? Correct answers get a gold ⭐️

07/30/2024

I am used to shooting my 360 Panoramic images up high and with huge views. This one was on a recent real estate shoot I had over in Nantahala. It really shows you the scope of the open fields but also of the view. 😍

07/24/2024

This is going to look spectacular when it blooms out. 🌸🌺🌻🌼

07/17/2024

A journey above and below the iconic Cullasaja Falls in the Nantahala National Forest. First time really using my FPV drone mixed in with my gimbal drones. A little shaky on the sticks as they fly so differently. Enjoy this on as big a screen as you can! :D

07/16/2024

“The lotus comes from the murkiest water but grows into the purest thing.” ~ Nita Ambani.
📍- Perry’s Water Garden | Cowee Valley

07/09/2024

“It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.” ~ Robert Louis Stevenson.
📍- Nantahala River | Nantahala National Forest

07/02/2024

Out on another early morning shoot, I was heading out of Cowee Valley when I drove up on this barn with the quilt pattern on it. Here in Macon County (NC), there is a quilt barn trail, with barns and homes are decorated with quilt blocks.

From history of The Quilt Trail “Quilt trails are created by quilt guilds, civic groups, local arts councils, 4-H clubs, school groups, and other organizations. Most are a countywide effort, which allows for a distinct trail in a single area and creates local pride in the project.”

Many spots throughout Macon County have quilt blocks on barns and buildings to show they’re a part of the Macon County Quilt Trail.

07/02/2024

The view from Wayah Gap back east towards Franklin this morning. I was up and out for another extremely early shoot in Nantahala. I stopped at Wayah Gap to grab a few pictures before the sunrise, this 180 degree panoramic being one.

06/29/2024

Covered Bridge on the Little Tennessee River Greenway in Franklin. I’ve walked, run, and biked hundreds of miles on this beautiful greenway that runs through downtown Franklin and is nearly five miles long.

06/23/2024

“Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.” — Lao Tzu
📍- Oak Island, NC

06/20/2024

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A huge thanks to Eric Haggart Imagery for this gorgeous shot of Siler Bald.

06/20/2024

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This week’s edition of The Franklin Press includes our spring edition of Destination Macon. Free copies of the magazine are available at the Press office on Depot Street. You can also read it online at www.thefranklinpress.com. Scroll to the bottom of the page where the magazines are posted.

Thank you to local photographers Eric Haggart, Bob Scott, Karen Lawrence and Fred Alexander for sharing their work with us. (Cover photo by Eric Haggart Imagery)

06/16/2024

Spent the last week at the coast of North Carolina. Here, the Oak Island Lighthouse beautifully backlit by the setting sun. Sadly, I found no treasure.
📍- Oak Island Lighthouse | Caswell Beach, NC

06/14/2024

Flag Day celebrates the history of the U.S. flag annually on June 14. It's observed then because on June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes for the American flag, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
📍- Grimshawes Post Office, Cashiers, NC

06/08/2024

“Negative 👻 rider the pattern is full”. - Every flight deck commander in Top Gun movies.

I debated posting this image of our little Macon County Airport, but decided I like it too much not to. I shot this photo while searching around the airport a few weeks ago for a missing pup. I had spoken to the airport staff about searching, my flight intentions, and their inbound/outbound schedule. I was given the 🚦 all clear to fly and grid search. Just wanted to make sure all my other drone operators and drone 👮🏻 know that I had all the approvals 😉 and all my 🦆 in a row.

📍- Macon County Airport | Runway 25

06/05/2024

Soft, just before sunrise light illuminates Albert Mountain and the Albert Mountain Tower… another peaceful morning in the mountains.

05/27/2024

One of the most incredible stretches of road in Western North Carolina right here - the Cullasaja River Gorge winds its way up to Highlands from Franklin. This section of road is home to incredible waterfalls, including the spectacular Cullasaja Falls in the upper middle of the photo. The 250’ falls are the tallest in the gorge.

05/19/2024

05/17/2024

“Boating Through the Clouds”

📍- Nantahala Lake | 05/17/2024

05/11/2024

Sun spot AR 3664 (AR = Active Region) causing the magnificent aurora displays last night. I shot this photo at 1:45pm EST 05/11/24. This group of active sun spots covers an area of the sun over 3 billion square kilometers (1,864,113,576 miles). Activity should continue tonight and tomorrow night if, like me, you missed it last night. Happy aurora hunting!

05/10/2024

I was asked by a friend if I could get a photo of the poppies that were in bloom alongside the highway here in Franklin. It was only after capturing it that I recalled the significance of the poppies as they pertain to Memorial Day, which is of course in just a couple weeks from now. With that in mind, here is the poem written by John McCrae, a Canadian who served in World War I, wrote this poem while in Belgium in an area known as Flanders, after a friend of his died in an artillery attack and buried in a makeshift grave.

In Flanders Fields | John McCrae | 1872–1918

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

🇺🇸 - In honor of all we have lost in service to our country, please share this if you feel moved to do so.