Posted by Steve Wachtel on April 25, 2006 at 1:12 PM
Anyone have any thoughts or first-hand reports on how the flowers are looking THIS week (now).
The forecast is looking icky again for the upcoming weekend, so I am considering bugging out of work and heading up there for a couple days before the weather moves in.
Posted by Steve Hamley on April 25, 2006 at 3:01 PM
Steve,
If the weather is foggy/rainy, i'd probably try to put something together with the fog/rain and dogwood/sarvis on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The sarvis (service tree) blooms were good up to about 4500 feet and there were good dogwoods at lower elevations. A little swirling fog and the right light can make some magic.
My notes show May 2nd as good for the sarvis at Graveyard Fields, so this weekend isn't out of the question for a good shot.
Steve H
Posted by Steve Wachtel on April 25, 2006 at 4:19 PM
Good idea, but I'd rather go after small scenics - maybe water, maybe flowers. I don't seem to be able to find things I want to shoot on the BRP. I think I simply manage to continually hit it in the wrong places at the wrong times. And I am reluctant to test my less-than-stellar luck there with my gas-hog truck at $3/gal.
Any ideas for trails or roadsides in the Smokies themselves, or am I piddling up the proverbial tree for the park anymore?
Posted by Thomas Biggs on April 25, 2006 at 6:19 PM
One thing I have learned about the Smokies, when you can't find anything else to shoot there is plenty of water!! :)
Posted by Lori Kincaid on April 26, 2006 at 6:03 AM
Steve,
I returned from the Smokies Monday night and there's still plenty to photograph there. You can still find that beautiful emerald-colored spring green along the creeks, even at the lower elevations, and trees are just starting to leaf out at the higher elevations. There are also plenty of wildflowers left, but you'll have to look harder to find stands of some of the earlier spring wildflowers. I saw lots of wildflowers along the road on 441 above the Chimney's picnic area. You might try some of the mid-to-higher elevation trails like the lower end of the Chimney's trail or Alum Cave. I'd say go for it!
Lori
Posted by Steve Wachtel on April 27, 2006 at 12:19 PM
Thanks, Lori... appreciate the encouragement.
Well... I am going to make a second "plan" to head up there tonight for the weekend.
If anyone is around there, keep an eye out for the Expedition with Colorado tags and a Wisconsin Badger plate frame and hitch plug. Pop over and say hi.
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5 repliesThe forecast is looking icky again for the upcoming weekend, so I am considering bugging out of work and heading up there for a couple days before the weather moves in.
If the weather is foggy/rainy, i'd probably try to put something together with the fog/rain and dogwood/sarvis on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The sarvis (service tree) blooms were good up to about 4500 feet and there were good dogwoods at lower elevations. A little swirling fog and the right light can make some magic.
My notes show May 2nd as good for the sarvis at Graveyard Fields, so this weekend isn't out of the question for a good shot.
Steve H
Any ideas for trails or roadsides in the Smokies themselves, or am I piddling up the proverbial tree for the park anymore?
I returned from the Smokies Monday night and there's still plenty to photograph there. You can still find that beautiful emerald-colored spring green along the creeks, even at the lower elevations, and trees are just starting to leaf out at the higher elevations. There are also plenty of wildflowers left, but you'll have to look harder to find stands of some of the earlier spring wildflowers. I saw lots of wildflowers along the road on 441 above the Chimney's picnic area. You might try some of the mid-to-higher elevation trails like the lower end of the Chimney's trail or Alum Cave. I'd say go for it!
Lori
Well... I am going to make a second "plan" to head up there tonight for the weekend.
If anyone is around there, keep an eye out for the Expedition with Colorado tags and a Wisconsin Badger plate frame and hitch plug. Pop over and say hi.