CREEK AT ROARING FORK

This is a three shot HDR of a creek located off the Roaring Fork Motor Trail in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park near the Gatlinburg entrance to the park.  We were there during the last week in October and caught the fall colors at close to their peak.

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.

METHODIST CHURCH AT CADES COVE

I think this Methodist Church is probably one of the most photographed churches around. I did a GOOGLE IMAGES search on it though and I didn't see any shots I liked as much as mine. [Of course I could be a little biased!] It's taken from the Rich Mountain Road which is a 12 mile unpaved mountain side ride that runs one way from Cades Cove to Townsend, TN.

This shot was hand held with my Olympus O-MD EM1 and a 40-150 F2.8 telephoto all the way out.  Settings were F4.5 # 1/800 and ISO 1250 on auto.

MENNONITE FARM

This was one of my October entries in the OPEN division of the photo clubs Honor's Night program.  This farm was located in a Mennonite community in Tennessee and was photographed in July of this year.  I added texture an focus adjustment to give it an aged diorama appearance.

JAKE AND TOM

I entered these two shots in the BAPC Honor's Program as a diptych under the assignment of "WILDLIFE".  They were both shot at Cade's Cove in the Great Smokey Mountain National Park this past June.

VELVET CROWN

I photographed this deer off Cade's Cove Loop Road in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park in early June of this year.  I entered it in the Bay Area Photo Club of Clear Lake's Honor's Night program under the September topic of "Wildlife" and was awarded a bronze award.

CADES COVE DEER #4

This deer was standing in a grassy meadow off Cade's Cove Loop Rd in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park in early June.

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.

DEEP CREEK BRIDGE

This shot was taken along the trail at Deep Creek in the Great Smokey Mountain National Park just outside of Bryson City, NC.  I shot the low POV off hand at 1/30th of a second at f11 with a 22mm focal length [44mm equivalent] and ISO200.

JAKE'S CREEK NEAR ELKMONT

This shot of Jake's Creek was taken from a wooden bridge that crosses it near the Elkmont campground in the Great Smokey Mountain National Park.  I set up my tripod here hoping to capture some shots of the annual firefly show but it turned out to be better bug viewing down the trail.

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.

CADES COVE FORREST

This shot was taken in woods off Cades Cove Loop Road in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park in the first week of June this year.  I liked the lighting through the trees and the slightly surreal look of the scene, which I added to in post processing.

DOWN THE ROAD

This shot is from a low POV looking down the road at one of the iconic Pike Place Market signs in Seattle.

PIKE PLACE MARKET ENTRANCE

Here's a three shot HDR composite shot of the entrance to the Pike Place Market in Seattle.

WAIMEA VALLEY KAUAI

Here's a 10-shot stitched panoramic taken from the Waimea Valley lookout platform on Kauai.

BICYCLE POLO SEATTLE STYLE

While we were in Seattle we watched this group of locals playing several games of bicycle polo.  They weren't about to let a little rain slow them down!

SHOE ANGELS

The "Shoe Angels" repair shop in Seattle was around the corner from the restaurant our Nat Geo group ate at for the wrap up dinner of our work shop.  It had a fascinating collection of items inside and would have been a great place to photograph during working hours had there been time.

BENCH AT MADISON FALLS

While we were on a brief visit to Madison Falls, trying to outrun a storm, we stopped to photograph this bench at the foot of the trail in Olympic National Park in Washington.

SEATTLE WATERFRONT

Here's a shot of the Seattle waterfront taken from a restaurant pier near the hotel where we were staying.

A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT

This shot was taken at the trail head of the Madison Falls Trail in the Olympic National Park in northwest Washington.