Yesterday's Greenbrier in Winter photo was so pretty that I had to do some more. Both of these are along the trail to Ramsay Cascades. The one above is the footbridge at the trail head, and the one below is on up the trail a bit. A nice wet slow that really clung to...
It has been frigid cold here in Gatlinburg! Temperatures in the teens for several days. The morning light has a watery winter translucent quality. Our little cabin stares into the face of a stern and slumbering Mt. LeConte. But it's also a warm time of year. A fire in...
In addition to a newly paved loop road for the Roaring Fork in 2010, the Reagan Mill got a brand new flume to carry the water to where the mill once was. So, although it is pretty and adds to the charm along the Roaring Fork, it is really just a "flume to nowhere"...
When you come down the hill at the end of the Roaring Fork Motor Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, stop in at Ely's Mill. It's a neat little gift shop that dates from the 1920s with local crafts, and honey taken from the hives that stand in the field...
Ephraim and Minerva Bales subsisted on 70 rock-infested acres along the Roaring Fork in the early 1900s. Walking around this homestead, it's hard to escape the sense of overwhelming difficulty that surely characterized the life here. Compared to some of the home...
Snow-capped Mt. LeConte with sun barely clipping the treetops. Cold! 25 degrees this morning here in Gatlinburg. This Smoky Mountain image was given a very quick-and-dirty tone-mapped treatment with a bit of painterly effect. It is also a stitched panorama of two...
Alfred Reagan lived along the Roaring Fork in the Smoky Mountains in the late 1800s and early 1900s. His home is different than the other settlers cabins in this area in that it is constructed with sawn boards and painted. Supposedly Reagan chose the colors from a...
A few days ago we had a thick fog in the morning. I headed out just before daylight to beat the traffic into the Roaring Fork Motor Trail. The fog was still thick when I started around the loop. But the leaf-lookers were still in bed, so there was no traffic! I...
This picture was taken along the Newfound Gap Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Just stopped the car along the roadside and took this random, typical shot of the woods held in the embrace of autumn. This time of year you can drive around the Smokies...
Here's a simple photography technique that can jazz up an image. You'll need to stop your zoom lens down as far as it will go, to F22 or more. The idea is to get a long exposure, of at least one second or more. Then while the camera is exposing the image, twist the...
Can't get enough of the autumn roads in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The above scene was along the Roaring Fork Motor Trail just outside Gatlinburg. The one below is along the Little River Road between the Sugarlands Visitor Center and Cades Cove, just...
Continuing the autumn road theme. The Greenbrier section of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is such a calm, cozy, and welcoming place. After the road turns to gravel, and you turn left over the bridges, the way leads up towards the Ramsey Cascades Trailhead....