{"id":4301,"date":"2026-10-24T13:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T17:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/?p=4301"},"modified":"2026-10-24T13:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T17:13:18","slug":"great-smoky-mountains-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/great-smoky-mountains-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Smoky Mountains  2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I attended a workshop for 5 days in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and environs.  We were a bit too early for the peak fall color, but we did find interesting things to photograph.  The weather started out hot but cooled down at the end to near freezing, and we had either clear skies or rain, not much in between.  Most of the images were taken with my telephoto lens, something I don&#8217;t usually do.  It was an excellent trip<\/p>\n\n\n\n<style id=\"bwg-style-0\">    #bwg_container1_0 #bwg_container2_0 .bwg-container-0.bwg-standard-thumbnails {      width: 904px;              justify-content: center;        margin:0 auto !important;              background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.00);            padding-left: 4px;      padding-top: 4px;      max-width: 100%;            }        #bwg_container1_0 #bwg_container2_0 .bwg-container-0.bwg-standard-thumbnails .bwg-item {    justify-content: flex-start;      max-width: 300px;          }    #bwg_container1_0 #bwg_container2_0 .bwg-container-0.bwg-standard-thumbnails .bwg-item a {       margin-right: 4px;       margin-bottom: 4px;    }    #bwg_container1_0 #bwg_container2_0 .bwg-container-0.bwg-standard-thumbnails .bwg-item0 {      padding: 0px;            background-color:rgba(255,255,255, 0.30);      border: 0px none #CCCCCC;      opacity: 1.00;      border-radius: 0;      box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px #888888;    }    #bwg_container1_0 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              data-width=\"599.00\"                   data-height=\"400.00\"                   data-src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678582s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\"                   src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678582s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\"                   alt=\"Reflections in the Little River near the Townsend Wye\"                   title=\"Reflections in the Little River near the Townsend Wye\" \/>            <\/div>            <div class=\"\">              <div class=\"bwg-title1\"><div class=\"bwg-title2\">Reflections in the Little River near the Townsend Wye<\/div><\/div>                                        <\/div>          <\/div>        <\/div>                        <\/a>              <\/div>            <div class=\"bwg-item\">        <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"9674\" href=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/A678588s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\">                <div class=\"bwg-item0 \">          <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">            <div class=\"bwg-item2\">              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg_standart_thumb_img_0 \"                   data-id=\"9674\"                   data-width=\"600.00\"                   data-height=\"371.00\"                   data-src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678588s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\"                   src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678588s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\"                   alt=\"More reflections near the Townsend Wye\"                   title=\"More reflections near the Townsend Wye\" \/>            <\/div>            <div class=\"\">              <div class=\"bwg-title1\"><div class=\"bwg-title2\">More reflections near the Townsend Wye<\/div><\/div>                                        <\/div>          <\/div>        <\/div>                        <\/a>              <\/div>            <div class=\"bwg-item\">        <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"9672\" href=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/A678694s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\">                <div class=\"bwg-item0 \">          <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">            <div class=\"bwg-item2\">              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg_standart_thumb_img_0 \"                   data-id=\"9672\"                   data-width=\"600.00\"                   data-height=\"386.00\"                   data-src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678694s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\"                   src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678694s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\"                   alt=\"Morning light in Cades Cove\"                   title=\"Morning light in Cades Cove\" \/>            <\/div>            <div class=\"\">              <div class=\"bwg-title1\"><div class=\"bwg-title2\">Morning light in Cades Cove<\/div><\/div>                                        <\/div>          <\/div>        <\/div>                        <\/a>              <\/div>            <div class=\"bwg-item\">        <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"9684\" href=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/A678735s.jpg?bwg=1792860992\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\">                <div class=\"bwg-item0 \">          <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">            <div class=\"bwg-item2\">              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg_standart_thumb_img_0 \"                   data-id=\"9684\"                   data-width=\"600.00\"                   data-height=\"371.00\"                   data-src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678735s.jpg?bwg=1792860992\"                   src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678735s.jpg?bwg=1792860992\"                   alt=\"Later in the morning in Cades Cove.  I liked the layered trees\"                   title=\"Later in the morning in Cades Cove.  I liked the layered trees\" \/>            <\/div>            <div class=\"\">              <div class=\"bwg-title1\"><div class=\"bwg-title2\">Later in the morning in Cades Cove.  I liked the layered trees<\/div><\/div>                                        <\/div>          <\/div>        <\/div>                        <\/a>              <\/div>            <div class=\"bwg-item\">        <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"9685\" href=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/A678764a.jpg?bwg=1792861078\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\">                <div class=\"bwg-item0 \">          <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">            <div class=\"bwg-item2\">              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg_standart_thumb_img_0 \"                   data-id=\"9685\"                   data-width=\"600.00\"                   data-height=\"222.00\"                   data-src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678764a.jpg?bwg=1792861078\"                   src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678764a.jpg?bwg=1792861078\"                   alt=\"The view from the Foothills Parkway on a dreary morning\"                   title=\"The view from the Foothills Parkway on a dreary morning\" \/>            <\/div>            <div class=\"\">              <div class=\"bwg-title1\"><div class=\"bwg-title2\">The view from the Foothills Parkway on a dreary morning<\/div><\/div>                                        <\/div>          <\/div>        <\/div>                        <\/a>              <\/div>            <div class=\"bwg-item\">        <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"9688\" href=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/A678784s.jpg?bwg=1792861110\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\">                <div class=\"bwg-item0 \">          <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">            <div class=\"bwg-item2\">              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg_standart_thumb_img_0 \"                   data-id=\"9688\"                   data-width=\"500.00\"                   data-height=\"400.00\"                   data-src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678784s.jpg?bwg=1792861110\"                   src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678784s.jpg?bwg=1792861110\"                   alt=\"Along the Middle Prong Little River near Tremont\"                   title=\"Along the Middle Prong Little River near Tremont\" \/>            <\/div>            <div class=\"\">              <div class=\"bwg-title1\"><div class=\"bwg-title2\">Along the Middle Prong Little River near Tremont<\/div><\/div>                                        <\/div>          <\/div>        <\/div>                        <\/a>              <\/div>            <div class=\"bwg-item\">        <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"9676\" href=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/A678806s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\">                <div class=\"bwg-item0 \">          <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">            <div class=\"bwg-item2\">              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg_standart_thumb_img_0 \"                   data-id=\"9676\"                   data-width=\"500.00\"                   data-height=\"400.00\"                   data-src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678806s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\"                   src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678806s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\"                   alt=\"Light in the trees along the river\"                   title=\"Light in the trees along the river\" \/>            <\/div>            <div class=\"\">              <div class=\"bwg-title1\"><div class=\"bwg-title2\">Light in the trees along the river<\/div><\/div>                                        <\/div>          <\/div>        <\/div>                        <\/a>              <\/div>            <div class=\"bwg-item\">        <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"9678\" href=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/A678828s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\">                <div class=\"bwg-item0 \">          <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">            <div class=\"bwg-item2\">              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg_standart_thumb_img_0 \"                   data-id=\"9678\"                   data-width=\"573.00\"                   data-height=\"400.00\"                   data-src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678828s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\"                   src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678828s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\"                   alt=\"Along the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail.  Not sure what creek that is\"                   title=\"Along the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail.  Not sure what creek that is\" \/>            <\/div>            <div class=\"\">              <div class=\"bwg-title1\"><div class=\"bwg-title2\">Along the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail.  Not sure what creek that is<\/div><\/div>                                        <\/div>          <\/div>        <\/div>                        <\/a>              <\/div>            <div class=\"bwg-item\">        <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"9680\" href=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/A678831s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\">                <div class=\"bwg-item0 \">          <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">            <div class=\"bwg-item2\">              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg_standart_thumb_img_0 \"                   data-id=\"9680\"                   data-width=\"520.00\"                   data-height=\"400.00\"                   data-src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678831s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\"                   src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678831s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\"                   alt=\"Another view along Roaring Fork\"                   title=\"Another view along Roaring Fork\" \/>            <\/div>            <div class=\"\">              <div class=\"bwg-title1\"><div class=\"bwg-title2\">Another view along Roaring Fork<\/div><\/div>                                        <\/div>          <\/div>        <\/div>                        <\/a>              <\/div>            <div class=\"bwg-item\">        <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"9686\" href=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/A678836s.jpg?bwg=1792861110\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\">                <div class=\"bwg-item0 \">          <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">            <div class=\"bwg-item2\">              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg_standart_thumb_img_0 \"                   data-id=\"9686\"                   data-width=\"286.00\"                   data-height=\"400.00\"                   data-src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678836s.jpg?bwg=1792861110\"                   src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678836s.jpg?bwg=1792861110\"                   alt=\"A third view along Roaring Fork Nature Trail\"                   title=\"A third view along Roaring Fork Nature Trail\" \/>            <\/div>            <div class=\"\">              <div class=\"bwg-title1\"><div class=\"bwg-title2\">A third view along Roaring Fork Nature Trail<\/div><\/div>                                        <\/div>          <\/div>        <\/div>                        <\/a>              <\/div>            <div class=\"bwg-item\">        <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"9677\" href=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/A678876s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-10\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\">                <div class=\"bwg-item0 \">          <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">            <div class=\"bwg-item2\">              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg_standart_thumb_img_0 \"                   data-id=\"9677\"                   data-width=\"500.00\"                   data-height=\"400.00\"                   data-src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678876s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\"                   src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678876s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\"                   alt=\"A leaf in the LIttle River\"                   title=\"A leaf in the LIttle River\" \/>            <\/div>            <div class=\"\">              <div class=\"bwg-title1\"><div class=\"bwg-title2\">A leaf in the LIttle River<\/div><\/div>                                        <\/div>          <\/div>        <\/div>                        <\/a>              <\/div>            <div class=\"bwg-item\">        <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"9679\" href=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/A678959s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-11\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\">                <div class=\"bwg-item0 \">          <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">            <div class=\"bwg-item2\">              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg_standart_thumb_img_0 \"                   data-id=\"9679\"                   data-width=\"600.00\"                   data-height=\"222.00\"                   data-src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678959s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\"                   src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A678959s.jpg?bwg=1792860907\"                   alt=\"Reflections in the Little River\"                   title=\"Reflections in the Little River\" \/>            <\/div>            <div class=\"\">              <div class=\"bwg-title1\"><div class=\"bwg-title2\">Reflections in the Little River<\/div><\/div>                                        <\/div>          <\/div>        <\/div>                        <\/a>              <\/div>            <div class=\"bwg-item\">        <a class=\"bwg-a  bwg_lightbox\"  data-image-id=\"9683\" href=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/A679049s.jpg?bwg=1792860992\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-12\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\">                <div class=\"bwg-item0 \">          <div class=\"bwg-item1 \">            <div class=\"bwg-item2\">              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy bwg_standart_thumb_img_0 \"                   data-id=\"9683\"                   data-width=\"599.00\"                   data-height=\"400.00\"                   data-src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A679049s.jpg?bwg=1792860992\"                   src=\"http:\/\/seven-oaks.net\/dickspics\/wp-content\/uploads\/photo-gallery\/October_2026\/thumb\/A679049s.jpg?bwg=1792860992\"                   alt=\"Another cloudy sunrise along the Foothills Parkway\"                   title=\"Another cloudy sunrise along the Foothills Parkway\" \/>            <\/div>            <div class=\"\">              <div class=\"bwg-title1\"><div class=\"bwg-title2\">Another cloudy sunrise along the Foothills Parkway<\/div><\/div>                   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