Sun and ridges, Great Smoky Mountains, e.g. North Carolina
Claudia and I just got here back from Tennessee and From the great smoky mountains Photo conference. Technically, this was not our first visit to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, since we landed briefly in Cherokee, on the park in North Carolina, after going to the south -western termination of Blue Ridge Parkway. But for all practical goals it was our first time discovering the park and I definitely visit the Tennessee website for the first time.
And we liked it. Well, most of them. Gatlinburg is … something. And movement in Cades Cove could be crazy. But the park itself is gorgeous. I really like forests of wood smokies, that are so just like the forest wherein I played as a toddler growing up in the northeast. These forests were particularly wearing their vivid spring greens, with speeding streams and cascade rivers under the branches of trees.
There are also “arranged” ridges for which smokies are famous. With the right view you’ll be able to see one covered with Ridgeline tree after one other stretching. It just isn’t at all times easy to seek out good statement points through abundant trees, but the views you discover are striking.
We were lucky that we had interesting weather to enhance a few of these views. Well, possibly luck didn’t have much in common, since it is a wet a part of the world wherein rain and storms are common. When weather systems undergo, sometimes you’ll be able to stand up to the clouds and fog along the highest ridges. And after these frequent rains, you’ll be able to often find fog and fog in the valleys, with the possibilities of descending and seeing trees in the fog or going to the fog – something that I really like to do.
Here are a few of my favorite photos from the higher viewpoints in Smokies and around them, taking a look at these ridges. In the last post I talked about how desert environments, reminiscent of dunes and Badlands, are suitable for creating interesting projects. But the same rules apply to each environment. With these views of Ridgeline in Smokies, I often worked with repeated horizontal and diagonal layers and elements that at all times appear to accompany the diagonal, reminiscent of triangles, pyramids, shapes of the letter letter letter V and zigzag. Can you notice a few of these design motifs in these photos?
I also took a variety of photos in Smokies only trees and cascading water, and even wild nature, so I could have to interrupt down and publish a few of these photos later.
The conference itself was really cool, like all these From Chicago The events seem. He had his headquarters in Towsend, Tennessee, which is way quieter and prettier than Gatlinburg and nearly lots of the most photogenic places of the park.
I used to be my teaching partner in off -road sessions Michele Sons. She may be very nice, she was great at work and is an incredible photographer with A relaxed, ethereal style Everything to her. And it was great to be prevented by another instructors and participants, in addition to meeting latest people. Once again, thanks to Chris Smith and the whole team from Chicago for establishing one other great conference!
Claudia and I are already planning to return to Smokies. Maybe in autumn, if we are able to manage crowds or again in spring, but we won’t wait to look at this area anyway.
Arranged ridges at sunset, Great Smoky Mountains, e.g., North Karolina
Sunrise Mist, Foothills Parkway, Tennessee
Fog and spring colours, Great Smoky Mountains, e.g., North Karolina
Foggy ridges, great smoke mountains, e.g. North Karolina
Clouds and ridges, Great Smoky Mountains, e.g., North Karolina
Clearing Storm, Great Smoky Mountains, e.g., North Carolina
Trees, hills and sun, Great Smoky Mountains, e.g. North Carolina
Clouds, fog and colours of early spring, Great Smoky Mountains, e.g., North Karolina
Hills with early spring colours, Great Smoky Mountains, e.g., North Carolina
Ridges at sunset, Great Smoky Mountains, e.g. Tennessee
Related posts: along Blue Ridge Parkway; Appalachów waterfalls
Michael uses light, weather and design to take photos that capture the mood of the landscape and convey the beauty, power and mystery of nature. His works have received many awards, including the North American Nature Photography Association 2023 Award for a chunk in nature photography. Michael’s photographs appeared in publications around the world, and he’s the writer and/or the principal photographer of several books, including digital landscape photography: in the footsteps of Ansel Adams and the great masters of the photographer PO Yosemite photographer.
Michael likes to share his knowledge about photography through articles, books, workshops, online courses and his blog. He taught over 200 workshops focused on landscape photography, night photography, digital image and printing.
