by hankinslawrenceimages | Jun 30, 2017 | Ericaceae Family, North Carolina, Tennessee
I’m back from a wonderful week photographing in the mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. This is one my favorite regions of the country to visit and photograph, so I was thrilled to be back in the area. Usually when I’m in the area, I mainly photograph wildflowers. This trip was a little different, I spent my time photographing the landscape. I thought I’d share a few of my photos from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Pisgah National Forest with you today.
Smoky Mountain Stream
Smoky Mountain Stream © 2017 Patty Hankins
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron © 2017 Patty Hankins
Newfound Gap
Newfound Gap © 2017 Patty Hankins
Clouds at Clingman’s Dome
Clouds at Clingman’s Dome © 2017 Patty Hankins
Rhododendron at Roan Mountain
Rhododendron at Roan Mountain © 2017 Patty Hankins
Deer in the Creek © 2017 Patty Hankins
Water Rushing Over The Rocks © 2017 Patty Hankins
Rocks and Trees © 2017 Patty Hankins
Mountains and Clouds © 2017 Patty Hankins
Woolyback Overlook © 2017 Patty Hankins
I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing my photos of this amazing part of the country.
by hankinslawrenceimages | Aug 24, 2016 | Ericaceae Family, Flowers, North Carolina, Tennessee
I love seeing the dogwoods blossom (Cornus Florida) in the spring – particularly when the trees are blooming in the woods surrounded by other trees. I realized I had several sets of dogwood photos that I’ve never edited. So today I thought I’d share some of my favorite photos of dogwood blossoms in the woods of North Carolina and Tennessee.
American Dogwood © 2013 Patty Hankins
Dogwood at the Ogle Cabin © 2014 Patty Hankins
Dogwood – cornus florida © 2016 Patty Hankins
Dogwood – cornus florida © 2016 Patty Hankins
Dogwood – cornus florida © 2016 Patty Hankins
Dogwood – cornus florida © 2016 Patty Hankins
Dogwood – cornus florida © 2016 Patty Hankins
Dogwood – cornus florida © 2016 Patty Hankins
Dogwood – cornus florida © 2016 Patty Hankins
Dogwood – cornus florida © 2016 Patty Hankins
Dogwood – cornus florida © 2016 Patty Hankins
Dogwood – cornus florida © 2016 Patty Hankins
Dogwood – cornus florida © 2016 Patty Hankins
Dogwood – cornus florida © 2016 Patty Hankins
Dogwood – cornus florida © 2016 Patty Hankins
Dogwood – cornus florida © 2016 Patty Hankins
by hankinslawrenceimages | Oct 12, 2015 | New Photos, North Carolina
Smoky Mountain Stream © 2015 Patty Hankins
I’ve recently added a new photo – Smoky Mountain Stream – to my BeautifulFlowerPictures.com website.
One of my favorite things to photograph in the Smoky Mountains in the spring is the water rushing down the hillsides. In the summer, some of the streams are mere trickles of water – in the spring they are overflowing with water roaring over the rocks on the hillsides. I photographed this stream last spring on the North Carolina side of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I’d been out photographing when it started to rain. Fortunately it was just a drizzle so when I spotted the stream surrounded by the green trees with the water tumbling over the moss covered rocks I was able to stop and photograph it. Every time I return to favorite photo locations in the Smokies I always find something new to photograph there – I can’t wait to see how this stream looks next spring.
Smoky Mountain Stream is available as a matted print on my website.
