More sunrise sat Lake Lanier on cold, breezy mornings typical of winter in Georgia. It was cold enough to sting my cheeks, but not cold enough for frostbite. On the first morning the light wasn’t great, but this was the last chance before several days of clouds and rain. We’re getting enough rain to bring the lake back from 8 feet below full pool to only 3 feet low, with more rain on the way.
On the second morning, after several more rainy days, it was more of the same. The lake is now up to just a foot or so below full pool. The forecast was for partly cloudy, but the partlies never showed, so I photographed the trash cans just on a whim.
At this time of year he sun is getting to an awkward position with respect to vantage points for good compositions. Good images may be hard to find for six weeks or so.
A hike on Sawnee Mountain and a couple of sunrises at West Bank Park. The fungi was plentiful on the mountain, but not much else to photography. I had one sunrise on a clear morning, so I looked for nice lighting on things. The other morning we had excellent color, the best we’ve had in some time. All done with either the 85 mm macro lens or the 35 mm prime lens. No zoom lenses this year is the plan.
Starting the new year. I got up regularly to watch the sunrise, and the results were better than most. The first two images are from New Year’s Day sunrise. A few of us from the photography club boated to an island where the eagles nest. Along the way we were treated to a wonderful sunrise. Sort of made up for the less than great sunset the night before. The other images are from a few mornings at West Bank Park.
This is posted late, but things got busy over the holidays. TMost are images from various mornings at West Bank Park. One is from a hike at Sawnee Mountain, and the last one is the final sunset of 2023 at Warhill Park with the North Georgia Photography Club.
Not a lot of photography so far this month. I did get up to the lake for a nice sunrise, and did a couple of hikes with the Sonny Day Hikers.
The period after Thanksgiving into the first part of December was not a time for much photography. We got a few days of much-needed rain, and I had other obligations to handle. Still, I did get out a couple of times for very interesting mornings at Lake Lanier. The lake level is 8.4 feet below normal, so I could get to vantage points that are usually under a few to several feet of water. And there was some mist on the lake, so the images have some added interest.
This wasn’t the best of times for me, photographically speaking, but I did find some remaining fall color and some sunrises.
We traveled to Tims Ford State Park northwest of Chattanooga, TN for a couple days of hiking, eating and games. It was a great time, 22 folks attended, and I got a few pictures to boot. Happily, the fall color was still there, and while the mornings were chilly, the hiking was good. The food was excellent too. All in all a great time.
Folks from the photography clubs visited several spots in north Georgia seeking fall color or wtaerfalls or both. We haven’t had a lot of rain recently, so the water as not a good as in years past, but it was adequate. The color was maybe a little past peak, but that was more than adequate. Because this was on a weekend we were among thousands of leaf peepers clogging up the parking areas. But we persevered.
At Helton Creek Falls, in particular, the parking was far worse than I’ve ever seen it, and people were all over the pool below the upper falls. So I chose not to take any pictures of that falls. Instead, I went down below the lower falls and found some good reflections.
An assortment from a good sunrise, blooms in the yard and a hike at Hard Labor Creek State Park.