JeffreyDeCristofaro

Through the Branches

Through the Branches

This black bear cub, not far away from its mother and siblings, looked at me through the rhododendron shrubs on the green-way outside the UNC-Asheville campus. ...
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This black bear cub, not far away from its mother and siblings, looked at me through the rhododendron shrubs on the green-way outside the UNC-Asheville campus. Over-development in the hilly Woodfin region and other sectors north of the Asheville district has driven bears from their usual rummaging grounds and into the city, and bear sightings in the greater Asheville region, including outside homes and businesses, have become common. Photo © Jeffrey DeCristofaro 2013.
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Canon PowerShot SX40 HS

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Aperture 50/10 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/50 Focal Length 70425/1000

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Jan, 2017

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A cloud forms a ring around the sun rising above the ocean off the coast of Maine in this view from Cadillac Mountain.
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Model Erica McKinney leans against chair for a boudoir shot at the 2012 Asheville Area Arts Council's annual Color Ball at the Orange Peel. Photo

A view of the patio of the Richmond Hill Inn, which was destroyed by fire in 2009. I had been there as part of an assignment for an Arts & Crafts

Model Masha Bachuk is ready for her spring close-up at the Spring FASHMOB of 2016 in Asheville, NC. Photo (c) Jeffrey DeCristofaro 2016.

Photo (c) Jeffrey DeCristofaro 2016.

One of the irises growing outside my front door following an April shower.

This shot is of local Asheville, North Carolina model Credella Credle during the afterparty to the 7th FASHMOB event, at the Social Tapas and Lounge d

This photo of the fruit fly landing on the daisy was published in the 2nd Inaugural Issue of SMOKY BLUE LITERARY & ARTS REVIEW in 2015. Photo © J

A shot from the seventh FASHMOB event.in Asheville, North Carolina.
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This burning bush was captured during a group hike off the Blue Ridge Parkway in the autumn on 2010. It was published in the first inaugural issue of

A herring gull prepares for take-off in the waters of Bar Harbor, Maine. Photo © Jeffrey DeCristofaro 2017

Model Michelle Raymond poses in her swimsuit on the tracks off Sweeten Creek Road near Biltmore Village in Asheville, NC in July 2016. Photo (c) Jeffr

Photo © Jeffrey DeCristofaro 2017.

This tiger swallowtail was spotted perched on a rhododendron during a spring hike on the Blue Ridge Parkway I took with a group from my local Unitaria

Photo (c) Jeffrey DeCristofaro 2015.

Photo © Jeffrey DeCristofaro 2013.

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