Photos from Smokies Trip

[Simone]

Hi all, I wanted to share a few photos from my trip to the Smokies last week. Finally had a chance to get through them...They are in the Smugmug gallery below, if you would like to browse through.

To enlarge a photo, you can click twice. At the 2x size, it shows the detail a bit better....
http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/2941081

Here is one of the bunch that kinda like... (the background is Orton..)
Mossy Stream
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1gayiw5SFt82XHzhgBFj6cY5YRzdbK_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1gayiw5SFt82XHzhgBFj6cY5YRzdbK)

I would love your input as far as any you particularly like? Then I might put a few in my Gallery.... Thanks :-)

[AngelicKim]

Simone, the photos are all so beautiful. I couldn't pick a favorite. I thought I did and then I would click the next one and it was just as beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

[karen donnybrook]

Simone,

I tried picked a couple of favourites but after the first three or four images, gave up. All the photos are wonderful. Please pick some and put them in your gallery.

Karen :)

[kevq]

Simone,
great photographs. Pick your favourites and put them in your gallery.
Kev.

[Chuck S.]

Simone, thank you for sharing your trip with us! The photos are spectacular!

[Cmcburnett]

Great photos Simone. I love the Smokies and I visit there often. You have captured the beauty of the mountains. Thank you for sharing:)

[JulieM]

Simone: Every one of those is beautiful but I'm particularly taken by the sunset. Thanks for showing me part of the country I've never seen...

[Simone]

Thanks for looking and thanks so much for the kind comments. :)

This is, indeed, a beautiful area, quite unusual in the look of the hills/mountains. I normally think of "mountains" as the rocky,craggy type as in the Rockies, but these have a completely different look and with the heavy forestation it makes for some cool photo opps ... Thanks again.... I'll pick a few for the gallery...

[westiemom]

Simone,
They're all great, but my favorite is the cabin with the split rail fence - just beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

Anita

[DebCam]

Your pictures are great! You were in my backyard. If you happened to have passed through Maryville, that's where I'm from. You captured the beauty on the smokies very nicely. Unfortunately I don't have time to get up to mountains much. Life gets in the way, I guess.

[billz]

Wonderful shots Simone ... thanks for sharing the beauty of the Smokies and the link to your gallery.

Bill

[Wendy]

Hi Simone ...

What wonderful shots ... I really enjoyed looking at them :)

Wendy

[kroberts]

Simone,

Your photography is AMAZING! I can see any or all of the images enlarged, framed, and displayed or used on brochures advertising the beauty of the Smokies!:)

Thanks so much for sharing!

[Simone]

I so appreciate your taking the time to look, and for the additional replies. I'm glad y'all enjoyed them.

For a chuckle, I finished processing this one- it was the "Best Find" of the trip. A tiny place with decent coffee! A Latte or Espresso in the mountains! Rustic to say the least, but it saved my life...:D

"Thunderhead Perk"

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/10zcHRFs0b5vYvMqY9Vi8VsQNHWJ1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=10zcHRFs0b5vYvMqY9Vi8VsQNHWJ1)

[kayser]

Simone- They're all great! I love the Smokies; I have great memories of trips there both as a child and with my husband. Where did you stay?

[Simone]

Kay, I stayed in Townsend, on the TN side. Rented a little house from the Tally Ho Inn very close to the park entrance. Rather rustic but did nicely.

Debcam, yes I did go through Maryville! And met several people touring the park that were from there. Actually another photobug carting a tripod around, who lived in Maryville. You certainly have lovely surroundings. :)

[SenorSlick]

Simone the photos are stunning. Takes me back to the yesteryears when I used to spend a great deal of time hiking through the mountains. Thanks so much for sharing them with us. Harvey

[April]

Love the Smokies and love your photos! Especially like "fog just after sunrise . . ." and "mossey stream . . ."