Photos by Dick
Photographs and commentary by Dick Snoke
Early March 2026
Hiked Sawnee Mountain to start the month. Not much happening yet, but our warm weather is just beginning. Things will pop in the next few weeks. Also had one of the better sunrises we’d had for quite a while.
February 2026
Still not great weather for photography, and I did not find much.
Savoy Automobile Museum, 2026
The photography club did a field trip to the Savoy Museum in Cartersville, GA. This time the emphasis was on Corvettes, and there were many. I have a lot of trouble finding compositions on or of cars. So here’s waht I got.
January 2026
It was not the best month for photography. We had a snowstorm, we had some rain, and we had a few sunny days. I got out when I could, but I was not really inspired.
Best of 2025
The images I like best, either because of the effort required or because I like the results, or both.
A steam locomotive from the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, TN passing thrugh the Chckamauga Battlefield park in October.
A troll by Thomas Dambo, a Danish artist. One of five in the Raleigh, NC area and one of 168 in the US. Made of natural materials so they will eventually just decompose back into the earth.
Bald Cypress trees at George L Smith State Park in middle Georgia in late October.
Shortly after sunset at Hopi Point in the Grand Canyon National Park in September.
Sunrise at Lake Lanier. 2025 was not a great year for colorful sunrises, and I did not get out for sunrise as often as I have some years.
Nice light on a rock in the stream below Minnehaha Falls in northeast Georgia. This on a photography club trip in June.
A stream in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in April as the trees were getting their new growth.
And a flower. This an azalea bloom in the yard in April.
December 2025
For a variety of reasons, I took very few pictures this month. Only a few worked.
Late November 2025
A couple of things here. One is a few sunrise images, the first in a while. Second are images from Dix Park in Raleigh, NC. The trolls are by a Danish artist, Thomas Dambo. There are 168 trolls like this scattered arounbd the United States.
Old Car City, White, GA
A number of us from the photography club visited Old Car City on a nice November morning. I went looking for interesting details. Herewith the results.
More Fall Colors in Georgia
On Wednesday I hiked at the Jones Bridge Unit of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area with the Sonny Day Hikers. A crisp morning, but the hike warmed us. I did not expect much color, so I was pleasantly surprised. The first two pictures are from this hike
On Thursday I stopped by Gibbs Gardens to see the maples in the Japanese Garden. I was there midday in bright sunlight, so the colors were incredibly vibrant. The other two pictures are from Gibbs Gardens.
Bald Cypress color 2025
I attended a photography workshop at George L Smith State Park near Twin City, GA in late October. We got some very nice color in the trees. The water level was at least 5, maybe more, feet below normal, so much more of the root ball of each tree is visible. And we could walk to places that would usually require a kayak.
What we had was a lot of trees that all looked largely the same. The challenge was to find images that were not all the same. That was a challenge.