Photographs and commentary by Dick Snoke
I went to Old Car City in White, Georgia on my own since the weather was nice and I had the time. I had hoped this would be a camera club event, but the weekend weather recently has been miserable. The place had deteriorated…
Got in a couple of outings late in the month. One was a hike along the Appalachian Trail from Woody Gap wet to the top of Ramrock Mountain. This is not a terribly long hike, but the climb up the mountain was more than…
On January 16 we had snow, something we get here about three times every two years or so. It was a wet, heavy, sloppy snow. Good for building snowmen but not so good for pictures since it weighed down the branches and clumped up….
I did not get out much in the first half of the month for a variety of reasons, most of which had to do with weather. But I did get a couple outings. First, a few of us from the camera club went to…
I did not get out a lot in the second half of the month, but I did get a few nice results. We drove to Raleigh, NC for Christmas with the family, but aside from one hike with the Sonny Day Hikers, I was…
These are my favorite shots taken in 2021.
A fabulous sunrise at West Bank Park to start the month. Shot with my hiking lens, the lightweight 18-55 mm lens that came with my D40 years ago. Still does the job. Then the weather turned to not so good, and the pickin’s were…
I got up early on a chilly Thankgiving Day to watch the sunrise, something I had not done for three weeks. The light was good until 10 minutes or so before sunrise, so I hustled to another part of the park to see what…
15 of us traveled to Oconee State Park near Mountain Rest, SC for a couple days of hiking, eating and conversation. It was a great time and presented great photo opportunities as well (with one marked exception). I managed to let my D7500 and…