ADVANCING TREES

I took this shot of the Roaring Fork Nature Motor Trail in Tennessee the last week in October. I used a slow shutter speed with a mid-range zoom handheld for the effect.

HIGH POV DEER

I took this shot of a deer relaxing on the grounds of Rock City in Chattanooga, Tennessee back in early June. I used Olympus' native software to apply a “diorama" effect that helps exaggerate the high POV the shot was taken from.

CADES COVE FORREST #2

Here's another shot of the green forest as seen from Cades Cove Loop Road in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park in Tennessee.

TENNESSEE BARN #3

Yet another Tennessee barn from our recent trip.

YOU MIGHT BE A REDNECK IF

You might be a redneck if.. you spot an old piece of mystery equipment in a Tennessee field and wish you had it in a flower bed at home!

BALD RIVER FALLS #2

Here's another view of the Bald River Falls at Tellico Plains, Tn. with a more stylized approach.

TENNESSEE BARN #2

Another old barn near Tellico Plains, Tennessee photographed a few weeks ago.

BALD RIVER FALLS

Bald River Falls near Telleco Plains, Tn.

BARN NEAR TELLICO PLAINS, TN

 

One of many old barns scattered along the roadside in rural Tennessee.

HARDWICK WOOLEN MILL

This old shuttered mill in Cleveland Tennessee was built in 1890 and is experiencing a renaissance of sorts.  It was purchased by an investor in 1999 and is now being utilized for multiple uses including an event center, apartments and office space.

Gatinburg Bubble Boy

Another shot from our June vacation to the Great Smokey Mountain National Park in Tennessee. This shot was taken in nearby Gatlinburg at the downtown Ripley's Aquarium.

Cade's Cove Cabin

Another shot of one of the great historic building located on Cade's Cove Loop in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park in Tennessee. This was what I considered my "A" shot for last Tuesday's BAPC "Honors Night" assignment "Monotone". As it turned out my "B" shot, posted yesterday, turned out to be the judges pick!

Gatlinburg Dude

I took this shot last June while on vacation in Gatlinburg, TN. On this shot my wife and I were sitting on a curbside bench when this young man walked up and assumed this position across from us. He was preoccupied with something else in the area while I swung my camera around and took several shots of him. I shot from the hip so that it would not be obvious what I was doing and I think that decision paid off in his casual demeanor. I entered this shot in last nights BAPC Honors Night program under the assignment of "Monochrome" and was awarded a high Gold that tied for first place and "Photographer of the Month."

John Oliver's Cabin

This is the John Oliver Cabin preserved on Cades Cove Loop inside of the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. It is a black and white conversion with a sepia monotone treatment originally shot on our Tennessee vacation in June of this year.

John Oliver’s Place. The Oliver’s settled into Cades Cove in 1826. This home remained in the Oliver family until the Park was established in the late 1920’s.

Black Bear in GSMNP

One more shot of a Black Bear at Cade's Cove in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park in Tennessee.

Gatlinburg Self Portrait

This self portrait was shot on the Gatlinburg Sky Lift in Gatlinburg, TN on our trip to the Great Smoky Mountains for the first week of this month. The ride isn't that high of the ground but for me it was plenty high enough. When I wasn't shooting photos I spent the rest of the time trying to figure out how secure the TINY connection point to the cable for these lift chairs could possibly be!

Another one of the old restored buildings located on the Cade's Cove driving tour at the Great Smokey Mountains National Park.

Another feature of the Cable Mill display of Cades Cove is the preserved Cantilever barn, a design in which the upper story was larger than its base. This design allowed animals which were normally outside to stand underneath the over hang in order to get out of the sun or rain.

Cade's Cove Bears

My wife and I spotted this momma bear and three cubs on our last trip through Cade's Cove in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park a couple of weeks ago. These bears were on the back side of meadow between two and three hundred yards away. We pulled off the road and watched the group for about 45 minutes before they wandered back into the woods. A nearby park ranger said these three cubs were born somewhere around the middle of February.

I shot these images with my Oly E-3 [2:1 crop factor] and Sigma 50-500 telephoto on a monopod.

And yes, the cub in the upper left portion of the three-shot is setting on it's haunches batting the flowers from paw to paw. [awe-factor of 10+!]

Painter at Cade's Cove

Not everyone was taking pictures at Cade's Cove, this gentleman was capturing one of the scenes with paint. He must not have access to a camera! :)

Old Mill at Cade's Cove

About this Great Smoky Mountains National Park landmark:

John P. Cable’s mill was not the first in Cade's Cove. However, by 1870 or so the population was large enough to support several such businesses. As a rule millers were also farmers anyway, and John Cable was no exception. A large bell used to be mounted atop a pole beside the mill; customers rang it to call the miller in from the orchard or fields. Jim Cable, John’s son, inherited the mill and operated it well into the twentieth century.