Photographs and commentary by Dick Snoke
An annual event by the Head Balloon company in Helen, GA. This year the race start featured nearly no wind at the lower levels. The crews were expecting to have to get to 10,000 feet before they’d find the breeze they needed. That meant…
A trip to Yosemite Valley with Road Scholars in the last week of April and first part of May. It was glorious. The lone downside was that we had perfectly clear skies all the time. We had no clouds to incorporate as background to…
A few flowers and a sunrise. I did not do much photography outside the Helen balloon race and my trip to Yosemite Valley.
A variety of images from Lake Lanier and my yard.
Drove up to the gardens one morning before expected storms. Excellent tulips, and the Japanese Garden is always nice.
Two things here’ First a few from Congaree National Park near Columbia, SC. This is a preserved cypress swamp along the Congaree and Wataree rivers. When I was there only the boardwalk and one other trail were not flooded. So I walked the boardwalk….
I drove to Pawley’s Island to photograph birds and other stuff at Huntington Beach State Park and Brookgreen Gardens. It was a quick trip, only one day photographing, but it was productive.
A few sunrises and the blooms on the cherry trees at the subdivision entrance
It was an eventful couple of weeks. We had a lot of rain, and Lake Lanier rose to about a foot above full pool. One morning while watching the sunrise, I managed to dump my good camera into the lake, and that made the…
A couple of crisp late winter or early spring mornings at Lake Lanier. Not spectacular sunrise color, but pretty reflections and such.