Cades Cove in the great Smoky Mountains National Park

Wishing you a great day - and weekend. Be safe and God bless. :)

I used a very fast shutter, given the lighting conditions, as I wanted a "noisy" background; I like how it turned out.

A very colorful sunrise in Great Smoky Mountains NP.

Happy Fence Friday

Taken in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee.

Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountain National Park.

An alpine lake at 9040 feet elevation in the Smoky Mountains north of Ketchum, Idaho

Beautiful Lake in the Smoky Mountains of Idaho

Just after sunrise as the foggy haze was clearing from the early morning rain.

From Look Rock off of the south section of the Foothills Parkway GSMNP.

Laurel Falls trail is the easiest trail in the Smoky Mountain National Park

On the way back from Cades Cove to Gatlinburg, there were plenty of pull-over places you can park your vehicle and walk down to the tranquil streams like this. Many of them are not crowded so it allowed you to setup tripod and take as many long exposure shots as you like. I remember I had to use a ND4 filter to compensate for too much light. No post processing.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tremont)

Tennessee

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Hello Flickr friends and family! Just got home this morning from a week in the Smoky’s and surrounding areas. Shows, pictures, shopping, family time, and lots and lots of driving. Sorry, didn’t miss Illinois or work at all. Anyway, good to be home. I’ll be posting more once I get a few chores out of the way.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

What I really wanted was to capture this exact view at sunrise, but didn't get a chance to do so. Hence, I had to make best use of the conditions available to me at the time.

Greenbrier area, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

I drove by this area on my last trip to the Smoky Mountains and she is long gone now.

Great Smoky Mountain National Park in Cades Cove, near Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Great Smoky Mountain NP. TN

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Pigeon Forge, TN

Cabin in the Smokies

This is one of the many beautiful places in "Roaring Fork". Capturted this one during this summer's trip to the Smoky Mountains.

Had some weather trouble (consistent rain) just about the entire week. We got this shot during a 20 minute window of opportinuty and had to rush out of the there to take cover as the rain came hard after this.

This is a single file using a CP filter.

In post processing I applied dodge & burining, added contrast with levels in CS4 and used a soft focus filter applied locally. Sharpening done with Nik Filters.

Hope you folks are having a nice weekend.

Thanks for stopping by and looking, as always I appreciate your comments and critiques.

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Tennessee

Fall leaves, New Found Gap TN Side

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Horses are just barely visible through the trees.

Great Smoky National Park, Tennessee