Not all trips to Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains NP result in bear and large buck sightings. Understand that those are great experiences that I will never pass up the opportunity to photograph.
However, I recently joined a biologist photographer friend, and we got skunked on finding large mammals. Fear not, he had plenty of options for finding other interesting subjects. Our roadside stops revealed so many things that most visitors to the park drive past.
Make friends with a biologist or naturalist, and your world will expand. Enjoy these butterfly images.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Pipevine Swallowtail
Photographer Chris and painter Robin Rohwer each week share a painting or photograph that captured their interest in hopes that it will also capture yours. They have a small studio and gallery in the Phoenix Building at 418 South Gay Street, where you can stop and see their work. Their website is www.ChristopherRobinArts.com. All works are copyright-protected.
