Great Smoky Mountains - Fall 2005

Dixie · November 1, 2005

Well I just returned from my three week photo trek in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I'm one whipped puppy. I experienced it all from days in the 80's, to sub-freezing and even six inches of snow in the higher elevations of Clingmans Dome.

Here is a sampling from the trip and the rest can be viewed at:

Great Smoky Mountains NP in the Fall

Click on the images for the EXIF info.

As always - comments and suggestions are welcome.

The Tipton House in Cades Cove in the early morning mist.

Turbine grist mill in front of the Reagan House on the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail in GSMNP.

Snow on road to Clingmans Dome, GSMNP.

ginger_55 · November 1, 2005

Hi, Dixie, I wondered where you went.

I really like the Cades Cove photo, or the first two photos and I am not crazy about Cades Cove (just a quirk of mine I guess, I have been there with a gazillion tourists: you get the time of day right).

Cool about the snow!

Nice photos. As I said, I like the Cades Cove one (s). Best ones I have seen you do of that place, IMO.

ginger

Phil U. · November 1, 2005

Great stuff Dixie.

TristanP · November 1, 2005

Great work there. Those sunset/rise shots are stunning. The Tipton house and waterfall shots make me very jealous. Thanks for sharing your trip.

Dixie · November 1, 2005

Thank you, Ginger, Phil and Tristan.

PS to Ginger, I will send you a PM later to let you know what happened during my last trip to Charleston.

Sam · November 1, 2005

Great shots! looks like you had a good time, and the post processing looks very nice,

Sam

Dixie · November 1, 2005

Sam wrote:

Great shots! looks like you had a good time, and the post processing looks very nice,

Sam

Thanks Sam. I've started playing around with nik Color Efex Pro 2.0 and liking what I see so far. I still rely most heavily on my settings in the RAW conversion and curves and levels once in PSCS2.

pathfinder · November 1, 2005

Very nice series of images Dixie!

Stef · November 1, 2005

Wow!
What else can I say, except I want to be able to do that?

Love them all!

T4Tots · November 2, 2005

We go to the smokies every year at least once and stay near Townsend and Maryville. These are great. We sat in quite a bit of traffic last time we went in the Fall. This year we were there in June...I think the fall is definitely prettier

Fabulous shots.

Owen · November 2, 2005

Your pictures are always so perfectly saturated, so perfectly contrasted, so perfectly composed...

Wonderful. Honestly.

shaman · November 2, 2005

Again Dixie, pure excellence!!!

We decided not to go there this Fall, the peak color is running very late this year and we had scheduling problems...
We hiked closer to home, took a 3 day weekend and explored Eastern Kentucky. The weather and colors were pretty darn good.
I always love to see your Smokies shots, it's my favorite hiking/photo spot!

blackwaterstudio · November 2, 2005

Dixie when you were in Catalocchee you were close to me here in Maggie Valley. Wish you would have let me know you were coming we could have grabbed a bit to eat somewhere

Angelo · November 2, 2005

WOW, Dix!

Fantastic series of shots in that gallery. You're an inspiration.

Dixie · November 3, 2005

I want to thank everyone for their very kind comments. They are appreciated.

Harryb · November 3, 2005

Marvelous images Dixie. I have been using the Nik Color Efex Pro for awhile no and its my favorite plug-in.

Dixie · November 3, 2005

jdsphotography wrote:

Dixie when you were in Catalocchee you were close to me here in Maggie Valley. Wish you would have let me know you were coming we could have grabbed a bit to eat somewhere

Wish I had known that you were that close. I went through Maggie Valley three times during the two and a half weeks I was there. I stayed in the Townsend area in a camper and made my day trips from there.

Last Saturday, I actually ate breakfast at about 8 AM at Joey's in Maggie Valley. I had to fortify for the six mile hike with about 30 pounds of camera bodies (2), tripod (1), lenses (3 - and 2 of them were BIG telephotos), and a couple of snacks and four bottles of water along with a coat and a sweat shirt (32 degrees when I started) which ended up in the backpack (67 degrees by the time I reached the far end). I hiked from the gate on Big Creek Road by the Hannah Cabin, the Little Cataloochee Church, and the Cook Cabin and exited near the Palmer Chapel down in the main Cataloochee area.

I haven't processed the photos from the hike, but I'll post a few when I get them done. I especially like the way the ones of the Cook Cabin looked in RAW.

I usually make a post about my trips in case anyone wants to join in, but I've been on the road so much since August that I may have forgotten to do so about this trip.

I'm really sorry that we didn't get a chance to get together.

Dixie · November 3, 2005

Harryb wrote:

Marvelous images Dixie. I have been using the Nik Color Efex Pro for awhile no and its my favorite plug-in.

Thanks Harry. I just started using the nik filters, but I really like them. I bought the complete set.

Are you ready to put up with me the first week in December? I remember from a previous post that your son was home for a visit during November and didn't want to infringe upon that time so I adjusted my schedule to go to Florida the first week in Dec.

Do you mind PMing me a couple of suggestions for motels in the area of the wetlands? We can make plans to get together for a few sessions while I'm down if you have the time. I haven't checked for sure, but in addition to a few sessions in the wetlands, I also want to shoot a few of the lighthouses which I believe are within 50 miles north and south of where you are located.

LadyhawkVA · November 3, 2005

Beautfiul photos. Thanks for sharing.

Dixie · November 3, 2005

Thanks you Ladyhawk. Your comments are appreciated.

Great Smoky Mountains - Fall 2005

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