Today’s Photo: Ayers Hall on the Hill
Another shot from my adventures in Knoxville. This was a challenging building to capture during the evening. It is all lit up and then everything around it is dark. Made for some fun time.
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Today’s Photo: Canopy Walk Lights
One of the paths at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens is a walkway that goes through the canopy of the trees. For the Garden Lights exhibit, they had wrapped many of the trees in Christmas lights. My wife and kids had gone ahead and I was trying to catch up to them. Unfortunately for them, it took me quite a while. There were a few good compositions up here.
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Today’s Photo: Balancing Rock Sunset
In all the travels I have made to Blood Mountain, I have always taken the Byron Reece trail to the Appalachian Trail and then to the top of Blood Mountain. I was surprised this last time when my brother asked if I have ever seen this balancing rock. I had not and he pointed me the opposite direction (North) on the Appalachian Trail from Blood Mountain when we reached the trail. Not more than a couple hundred yards down the trail is a massive boulder balanced on top of another. There is very little touching between the two. On our way back down from the summit of Blood Mountain, we stopped by the balancing rock just as the sun was setting behind the shoulder of Blood Mountain.
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Today’s Photo: Busy Knoxville
I was working my way around Neyland Stadium one evening and made my way to the top of one of the parking garages. The stadium was completely lit, but there was not a football game. I never found out why, but I did get this shot of Neyland Drive along the river.
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Today’s Photo: Waiting for an Alligator
After swimming at the beach at St. Andrews State Park, we decided to take a walk around some of the trails. I thought this was going to be a nice little walk through a small swampy area, but it just ended up being about 100 yards long. So, my daughter and I decided to take some photos. The water was shallow and relatively clear. I was hoping to see an alligator or two, but that never happened.
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Today’s Photo: Field of Flowers
With all the snow we have had lately, today and yesterday were quite a change. 70 degree weather just a week after several inches of snow and ice. Only in Georgia can you find that. In honor of the warm days, I went back through some older stuff and found this field of yellow flowers.
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Today’s Photo: Art Under the Sunsphere
One evening in Knoxville, I went exploring and had some company. We drove around for a little while before we found a parking garage beside Market Square and settled on starting there. As soon as we got out of the car and began walking, I found this shot. Initially, I was trying to get the sunset with the Sunsphere. After a few minutes the sunset colors began to fade and I was left with this captivating scene. I was explaining HDR and good situations to use it. This was perfect with the bright interior of the building and the comparatively dark streets.
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Today’s Photo: Fog Over the Creek
I was driving by Salacoa Creek the other day when I noticed a thick fog near the tops of the hills. I was hoping for more fog over the creek, but I was still pleased with what I found. The forecast and conditions lately are making for lots of water in the creek. I can’t wait for it to get warm so that I can get in the water for some shots.
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Today’s Photo: Barbed Wire
While I was out in the snow the other day, I stopped to take some photos of a couple of horses. They posed for me for one or two shots. Then this barn in the snow captured my attention. It’s always a work in progress when you are on a farm. The roll of barbed wire on the fence made me think of all the things I needed to do at home. Glad I was able to take a few minutes before getting back to reality. Which, of course, included some sledding with the kids.
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Today’s Photo: The Snowy Sunset
We don’t get snow often enough in Georgia to justify the cost of the infrastructure to handle major events like the one we just had. It is even worse when they happen in the middle of the day during a workday. Everyone decides it’s time to make scarce at the last minute. I was one of the guilty ones. I remind you, this does not happen frequently in Georgia and the worse seems to be when they are just predicting a “dusting”. However, the lack of equipment to clear the roads for extended periods of time make for some beautiful landscapes.