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: 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: 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 Empty Patio
Along the front of the building at the Acworth Health Park, there was this small patio. It was late when I went by, so I was able to get a few shots minus the people. I did not stay long as it was one of the days Atlanta was colder than Anchorage, Alaska.
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Today’s Photo: The Sunsphere
This is another shot I took in Knoxville. This was my second walk around town and was completely taken by surprise when I ran across the waterfalls and fountains here. I had seen the Sunsphere on my first walk and made it my goal on the second. I spent a decent amount of time walking through the park this night. I just wish I had taken some shots of the Knoxville Convention Center. It was all lit up that night and I made the assumption that it would be that was another night. It was not.
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Today’s Photo: New Providence Presbyterian Church
Back in the fall, my family and I took a trip out to Cades Cove and the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. We made the trip through Maryville, Tennessee. I could not help but stop for a few shots of this church.
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Today’s Photo: Acworth Health Park
I was driving through north Cobb County and ran across this beautiful building. It is in a random spot with nothing else large around it. I could not think of why there would be anything of this caliber in the area. Then I remembered that I grew up near here several decades ago and surely there are more people living in this part of the county now. By the time I made it to this shot, I could hardly feel my fingers.
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Today’s Photo: Regal Riviera
I spent a couple of evenings around the Market Square area of Knoxville. The first evening, I barely made it out of Market Square proper and not at all along Gay Street. This shot is of the Regal cinema on Gay Street. The traffic was so bad that it took forever to get this shot with out cars driving along the street. I guess I could have waited until about 2 in the morning, but I’m not sure it would have been any slower then.
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Today’s Photo: Entrance to the Booth
The Booth Museum is a unique museum. It is the only Western museum in the Southeastern United States. This is the main entrance as seen from the second story of the museum. I was rather impressed with the amount of artwork that the museum housed. According to it’s website, the museum is the second largest art museum in Georgia. From the statues to the paintings, nearly every aspect of western life is depicted. When you get a chance, it is well worth the visit.
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Today’s Photo: The Sunsphere
Designed and built for the 1982 World’s Fair, the Sunsphere remains an iconic landmark in Knoxville, Tennessee. So, of course, I had to make a trip to visit. The World’s Fair park was impressive, but not so much the Sunsphere. It was neat to get to go to the observation deck and watch the city. I wanted to get some skyline shots from the observation deck at night, but the reflections from the lights inside the deck prevented that. So, I settled for a few shots from outside.