Hyatt Lane in Cades Cove by Richard Lewis 2014
What’s it like to spend a week in Smokey Mountain National Park on a photo tour? Add two very talented photographers, John Barclay and Dan Sniffin as leaders, 12 participants and it equals an amazingly creative experience. That’s what I was doing last week.
This image is from Cades Cove, a beautiful little valley within the park. The barn off in the distance first caught my eye. What really stood out after I set up my camera was how the wet road seems to glow in the soft, foggy light.
How I Did It – The Smokies got their name from the abundance of fog that rises from the valley floor and looks like smoke. Photographing fog can result in flat images that lack contrast. In this image, contrast was added selectively throughout the scene using multiple Curves layers in Photoshop.
More of the Smokies to come.
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Beautiful, I love the Smokies! Great work.
It is a great place. Thanks Lou!
Beautiful Rich! Cades Cove in the Smokey’s is one of my favorite places on earth. I’d live there in one of those little cabins if I could! I love your wide angle view here.
Thanks Denise. There were a few of those cabins that I could have easily moved in to.
Just a spectacular image!
Thanks Larry.
Really nice image, Rich.
Thanks Ralph
Hi Rich,
Cades Cove is one of our favorite places in the whole world. I’ve seen over one hundred deer at the same time grazing on the hillsides of Cades Cove. Some of those old homes are remarkably photogenic.
Hope you’re doing well. I love your work.
Blessings,
Kevin Wax General Manager, Wax Family Printing, LLC Pastor, Blackman Baptist Church Cell 615-429-7890
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Thanks Kevin. Nice to hear from you. I think that you were the first person to tell me about Cades Cove years ago.
Excellent first image Rich. For the life of me I could not understand which Barn you were speaking of in this shot. Glad you stopped and I was wrong… again….. still….. 🙂 Thanks for coming along. I look forward to more images.
Thanks John, for leading me to see this image. It was an eye opening trip and I’m loving the images you are posting as well.
Hey… this comp has it all… the road leading in… framed by the tree limb… drama on the ridge and down to the pot-o-gold (barn). This one sure stands out for me Rich. Looks like you had a great time.
Very nice image.