Smokies in the Spring
Visiting the Cades Cove and Townsend areas last fall inspired me to revisit in the spring. It did not take much arm twisting to get Carl, Jerry, and John to join in. We all were eager to see the mountains in full bloom, however mother nature decided to expose the full splendor of her flowers much, much earlier this year. We were a few weeks late, but that’s OK. There are still plenty of streams and scenery to photograph.
Saturday afternoon we visited the river and cascades along the roadside between Cades Cove and Tremont. Nothing was “grabbing” me along the stream, so I decided to setup and shoot something a little different.
Tunnel on Laurel Creek Road - Great Smoky Mountains National Park
5D MkII, 50mm f/1.4, 10 secs. @ f/11, ISO 100
Jerry, John, Carl, and Mark - GSMNP Entrance near Townsend, TN
Love ’em!! It was fun watching you setup and shoot the first. As for the second image – send them all back to prison, I say!! 🙂
Really like the tunnel pic. Nothing like analyzing the poses in a picture full of photogs! Couple of “boxians” in the group and one ppa-er.
LOVE the rework of the classic tunnel shot – well done, my friend!! Print it large and hang it!!