Photographs and commentary by Dick Snoke
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…
Several of us from the North Georgia Photography Club went out on a cloudy, misty day to see if we could find some good fall color to photograph. My choices of where to go were lousy, to say the least. We went to Reedy…
A few from a quick run to West Bank Park on Lake Lanier.
The North Georgia Photography Club hired Earthquest to bring in a set of wild birds that can not be released into the wild again. We had a couple of hours to photograph them. We did this in the late afternoon, and as the sun…
Clara rode in one more equestrian competition, this time in dressage and stadium jumping but not cross-country jumping.
I hiked some miles in Cloudland Canyon State Park as the pre-hike for the Hearthstone Hikers. I was hoping for fall color and the waterfalls. One of the two materialized, but it was a good, strenuous hike. The fog was thick in the canyon…