GSMNP Fall Colors - C&C welcome

tony0778

This is my first C&C request on the forum. I'm just getting back into photography after selling my 35mm gear five years ago. We vacationed in the GSMNP last week and I photographed Cades Cove, Tremont, and the Roaring Fork Motor Trail. Hopefully, the link will work!

http://cmd.shutterfly.com/commands/pictures/slideshow?site=hathcocksphotojournal&page=hathcocksphotojournal&album=56

I know I have a lot to learn but I'm having a blast!

Picture North Carolina

Nice shots in there. #4 has great lighting!

kdog

You'd get a lot more comments if you presented a few pictures in this thread, rather than directing folks to another website, especially a Flash based one. I have a flashblocker on my browser, so that's the end of the trail for me.

Regards,
-joel

Eia

These are beautiful but that pic of the deer is really great! I hope you post the pictures here vs. a link; I think you would get a whole lot of response with these wonderful images!

tony0778

Thanks
Thanks for the feedback. I posted the link in a rush. I'll study up on how to post within the thread.

tony0778

Joel,

I'm sure I'm missing something but maybe you can help. My photos are posted on my shutterfly site. I have downloaded and studied the tutorial on embedding photos but have been unsuccessful.
This is all I get.

Any advise?

dvaughn

Good Photos.
I live in East Tennessee and visit these sites often. I haven't been there this fall yet and it may be too late for me to go. I can't decide between the cabin and the deer. I liked them both.

tony0778

Thanks Dale
I enjoyed your website. We also have a Mini-Schanuzer, "Calvin", in our family. Wonderful dog! You're fortunate to live near such a beautiful area. It's about a 3 hour drive for us - not too bad- but far enough that I can't go as often as I would like.

kdog

tony0778 wrote:

Joel,

I'm sure I'm missing something but maybe you can help. My photos are posted on my shutterfly site. I have downloaded and studied the tutorial on embedding photos but have been unsuccessful.
This is all I get.

Any advise?

Tony,

I just spent a fair amount of time in your shutterfly gallery to see what's up, and basically you're screwed. Shutterfly has gone to great lengths to make it extremely difficult if not impossible to hotlink your images. The best you can do is use the Download function to save the image to your hard-drive, and then use the Manage Attachments feature on the Dgrin post composition window to upload copies to the dgrin server.

Shutterfly is awful anyway. All those ads and popups are hideous. My recommendation would be to ditch shutterfly completely and open yourself a Smugmug account. I used to manage my own photo server (based on Coppermine), but finally gave up and went to the dark-side with Smugmug. No advertisements, zillions of features, and YOU are in control. You just can't beat it.

Regards,
-joel

tony0778

Thanks Joel
Joel,

Thanks so much for your time reviewing my problem.
I agree with your assessment of Shutterfly and plan to switch over to SmugMug when I have a few more decent photos to share.

Thanks again for your help!

tony0778

w/photos - GSMNP Fall Colors
OK....I joined SmugMug (and I like it already!). I would really appreciate your C&C on my prints. Last week was the most time I have spent on photograpy in years. These shots were taking in Cades Cove, Tremont, and Roaring Fork.

Equipment: Canon XSi, 18-55, 55-250, Manfrotto 3001 w/pan/tilt.
1) Middle Prong of Little River - Tremont
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2) Roaring Fork Motor Trail - Ogle Cabin
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3) Early morning in Cades Cove
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4) Buck in Cades Cove
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5) Morning mist in Cades Cove
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6) Middle Prong of Little River - Tremont
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karlabbott

Hey Tony -- you have some wonderful compositions here. I especially like 1,3, and 6. Great Job!

Karl

grimace

Nice series!! #1 and #4 are my favorites.