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All Original Free Nature Pictures by the Nature Photographer Team ForestWander Nature Photography Pictures of Waterfalls, Flowers, Wildlife, Mountains, Creeks and Streams, Country Churches, Skies, Hiking Trails  Go to Heaven "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork."


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Creek Fall Foliage Leaf Floating
Creek Fall Foliage Leaf Floating

As I stood in the middle of the creek attempting to capture the essence of the fall foliage and creek scenery I noticed this small leaf floating by. My desire was to capture the rocks under the water, the leaf and the fall foliage in the background. Doing all this while standing on a rock about 10 inches wide must have been funny to watch!

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Autumn Flower Field Purple Flower
Autumn Flower Field Purple Flower

Autumn flowers blossom in this field of flowers from the late summer sunshine. An entire world of color and life can be seen in this small field of fall flowers.

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Autumn Lake Morning Foliage
Autumn Lake Morning Foliage

In the early morning the lighting is perfect for photography not too bright and not too dim. The colors are vibrant in this colorful late autumn scene at a local lake. It is quiet and peaceful as I survey the landscape for scenery to frame and capture. One thing I try for with a scene like this is to wait until the water is calm to give a peaceful reflection of the colorful foliage.

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Forest Trail
Forest Trail

Hiking through a high mountain trail at Mount Mitchell North Carolina. This hiking trail is on top of the highest mountain peak east of the Mississippi river. The high mountain fog is drifting through the trees in the middle of the day. The turn in the path up ahead makes one wonder what could be around the bend.

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Autumn Color Changing wv Mountains
Autumn Color Changing wv Mountains

The Mountain tops are changing color in this autumn foliage picture of the Blackwater Canyon in West Virginia. Notice how the tops of the mountains are showing autumn color while the lower portions are still green. Not often this is captured in a single image.

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Frigid Ice Cave Rocks
Frigid Ice Cave Rocks

In a small little rock crevasse a rock cave can be imagined with icicles surrounding the opening. The colorful minerals of the Blackwater river give the rocks the orangish colors. This was taken during an extremely arctic blast when the temperatures only reached about 5 degrees throughout the day. Even in the smallest of places the Lord's creation and beauty is displayed.

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Country Church Snow Creek
Country Church Snow Creek

Along a country road in the mountains of West Virginia a small country church is found along side a gentle flowing creek. Just after a winter snow storm the white winter background enhances the photo composition of this old fashioned pristine gospel church.

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Macro Spider Flowers
Macro Spider Flowers

A very small spider hiding on these flowers caught my eye as we were walking through the woods. If you look closely you will see it has 4 eyes on top and I would imagine 4 eyes on the bottom.

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Yellow Fall Foliage Trees
Yellow Fall Foliage Trees

Looking through the trees in the forest the yellow fall colors are a wonderful display of natures beauty.





Crabtree Waterfalls
Crabtree Waterfalls

One of the most scenic waterfalls found along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. The Crabtree Falls are a beautiful sight to behold after a moderate hike down the hiking trail to see these picturesque waterfalls. You may be able to tell that the day light was growing dim in the evening hours when we took this picture. This made the long exposure optimal.

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Rainbow Gods Earth Covenant
Rainbow Gods Earth Covenant

Gods Covenant with the Earth. "I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth." Spruce Knob WV Mountains Rainbow.

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Robber Fly Eating
Robber Fly Eating

I had never heard of a robber fly and I mistakenly called this a dragon fly. But never the less this is one of the most vicious looking insects I have ever seen. Especially when magnified at a macro level. Wondering what that is beneath it? It is a moth it has captured and eating. This insect stayed perfectly still as long as I was taking pictures of it. Then when I moved away it fly off. Not sure if it was just being bold or trying to go undetected.
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Nature Pictures by ForestWander Nature Photography Mission

ForestWander is a father and son team of photographers from West Virginia. In 2004 Troy and Rusty Lilly (4 years old at the time) began hiking in the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. With a Canon Powershot A50 1-Megapixel digital camera ForestWander began capturing digital pictures of flowers, forests, wildlife, fall foliage, waterfalls and mountains; when Rusty and his dad could go hiking in the mountains. While walking home from work one day singing the song "How Great Thou Art" the second verse from the song spoke to Troy's heart as he sang "When through the Woods and Forest Glades I Wander". Then the name for ForestWander Nature Photography was penned.

Troy became a born again Christian many years ago and has dedicated many years to sharing the Gospel message through God's creation in computer desktop wallpaper pictures. The scripture from Psalm 19 tells that "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge". The many examples of free high resolution wallpaper throughout ForestWander's nature pictures are prime examples of this Handywork; and are an undeniable testimony of the almighty creator, who has made all things for His Glory.

One motto that has followed this divinely inspired ministry comes directly from Bible scripture and a commandment given by Jesus to His disciples, "Freely Ye have Received, Freely Give". This commandment has grown ForestWander Nature Pictures to where it is today. All high resolution images are carefully post processed and great care is given to providing the highest quality images at no charge. The beautiful free pictures throughout ForestWander can be used as computer Wallpaper or even as mobile backgrounds. The free nature wallpapers are compatible with IPod, IPhone, Android and literally hundreds of other mobile devices. There is literally no limit to where and how these free high resolution nature wallpaper downloads can be used.

ForestWander's high resolution nature pictures have been used all throughout the world in many types of publications. Book Covers, Gospel Music CD Covers, News Paper Publications, Magazine Covers, Screen Savers and even Microsoft's Backgrounds, as well as many Photography Contests and Competitions have utilized ForestWander's free nature pictures over the past several years. All that ForestWander requests is that a link or mention for this website ForestWander.com is included in whatever the publication may be, and absolutely No Royalties or Fees are required for using these beautiful pictures in commercial or personal applications.

Each of the newest images uploaded to ForestWander can be up to 21 Mega Pixels in size. These high quality wallpaper images can accomodate large format printing for pictures large enough to cover an entire wall. ForestWander's pictures can truly live up to the name high resolution nature wallpaper. The beautiful pictures are taken with a Full frame Canon 5D Mark II Digital SLR Camera which is regarded as one of the industries best professional cameras. Although the term free usually indicates something of little or no value ForestWander is determined to spread the message that even the very best gifts in this life are free to those who simply ask.

Purchasing options are available for those who would like to help support this mission; beautifully framed nature photography art, stock nature picture photography purchases, camera and outdoor adventure equipment, non-attribution licenses and donations as well as many other options are available to those who enjoy these free high resolution wallpapers and would like to help us continue this mission. The Lord uses His people to help His people and without your help we would not be able to continue this mission as it takes a lot of time and money to operate and maintain ForestWander. We hope you have been blessed by ForestWander and that you will spread the word about the great free high resolution nature pictures available to all who visit ForestWander Free Nature Picture Photography.