Photographs and commentary by Dick Snoke
A few from between trips out of town for graduations. A couple of very nice sunrises after several days of rain and flowers from various places.
Shortly after returning from NC, I flew to St. Paul/Minneapolis to attend Gabby’s college graduation and to visit family. I had a great time. I spent a couple hours one morning on the Hogback Ridge Trail from the Old Cedar Ave Bridge trailhead. A…
I drove to Gorges State Park in North Carolina since I had never been there before. Then I went on to Brevard to visit friends and take pictures. That’s what I do in Brevard. I stayed overnight and got up early to watch the…
I booked a trip with Backcountry Journeys (BCJ) to parts of Scotland I had not seen before. I had been to Scotland in 2014 with National Geographic, but that was a hiking itinerary adapted for photographers. The key failing of that trip was that…
I got out quite a bit and took many pictures. However, most of them did not turn out to be particularly inspiring. I was up regularly for sunrise, but we had only a few interesting skies or color. I also did a bit of…
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.
Still not great weather for photography, and I did not find much.
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.
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.
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,…