I shot this black and white morning photograph from a scenic overlook on Chilhowee Mountain, located in the Cherokee National Forest, near Benton, Tennessee. Several prints are available in my gallery, including: canvas, framed, acrylic, metal, wood, art, poster and tapestry. Other items, too.
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This morning landscape scene is based on a photograph of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, as captured from an overlook in the Cherokee National Forest, near Benton, Tennessee. It’s been stylized, including sketchy painting and an added textural layer, to give it a vintage quality.
If you’d be interested, prints are available in my gallery on a variety of options. Customizations can be made on framed prints, as well. So, stop by and have a look around when you’re in the neighborhood. Thanks!
Shadows grow to consume the valley before sunset, as I approached the terminus of Thunderhead Prong Quiet Walkway. At this time of day, distant stumps in the forest begin to take the shape of bears, and sudden sounds are perceived with a heightened sense of interest. I’m aware that this trail is only hiked infrequently, and that I’m all alone in nature.
This is Thunderhead Prong in the Smoky Mountains, where the trail meets the waterway, at left, and a rocky incline, at right, becomes too steep to proceed.
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Water cascades over and around rocks along Thunderhead Prong, located in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Prints available. Thanks for stopping by!
PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.
Kind Hearted Woman, by Eric Clapton (2010 ) – see lyrics here.
Having read “A Leitura” (Portuguese, translated as The Reading), written by a very talented writer, beautiful woman and dear friend, Carla Milho – wherein she shares thoughts regarding emotion and perceptions – I was inspired to write this poem in response…
To see your eyes
As I awake
– my dream must have come true
Soothing, your smile
Warming, my heart
Together, here with you
© 2023 Phil Perkins
Message to Carla: Your green eyes captivate with a beauty so grand as to melt the hearts of those whose vision you enter. Were good fortune to cross my path, such that tomorrow would see us sharing time together, I would forever be blessed with your presence, to appreciate wholeheartedly the joy which you so humbly, yet abundantly, convey. You, my dear Carla, more than any other, have the power to make dreams come true.
PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.
She’s a Dream, by Average White Band (1978) – see lyrics here.
Following a heavy rain overnight, high water along Thunderhead Prong surrounds a tree and cascades over large rocks near the riverbank. Fine prints are available.
These three morning photographs were taken from scenic overlooks along the old section of the Foothills Parkway, located outside of Townsend, Tennessee, near the Smoky Mountains. If interested in an accent piece for your home or office, you can find prints available in my gallery. Thank you very much!
Prints available. This is Thunderhead Prong in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, following rain. It would look great in a frame on a wall in your home!
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This morning photograph features Thunderhead Prong, located in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Prints are available on my gallery. Thanks for visiting!
Following a stop to enjoy Fog on the Water, and then a very short hike to see Morning on the River, I next drove to the trailhead of Middle Prong Trail, keeping right at the split to hike along Thunderhead Prong Quiet Walkway. This is Thunderhead Prong, and, yes – I did have the trail to myself.
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Morning fog lingers upstream along Middle Prong Little River in the Smoky Mountains, as daybreak reflects on rushing waters. You can enjoy my landscape photography on a variety of prints, available when you visit these galleries:
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Morning fog lingers with mist from a full, fast-flowing cascades in the South Cumberland State Park of Tennessee, upstream of Savage Falls.
This aesthetic black and white photograph would make an excellent accent piece in your home, at work, or as a gift to give to family or friends. Many different print types are available, and I encourage you to visit my galleries to see more:
Video
Here’s a video filmed downstream while hiking the same day as I shot the (above) photograph, featuring the roaring 30-foot tall Savage Falls. I timed my visit to the park following a substantial rainfall…
Music
May This Be Love, by Jimi Hendrix (1967) – see lyrics here.
Captured with a zoom lens while hiking along Thunderhead Prong Quiet Walkway in the Smoky Mountains, this cascades waterway photograph might look nice on an empty wall in your home. To see prints and other products, please visit my shops at Pixels, Zazzle and/or ArtPal. Thanks, and enjoy the great outdoors!
A dry autumn ended with several successive days of rainfall, bringing beauty back to Thunderhead Prong. Located in the Smoky Mountains, you can enjoy these whitewater rapids on a wall in your home or workplace, when you visit my galleries at Pixels and/or ArtPal. Select from several options available – thanks!
Distant sunlight of daybreak streams through a valley along Emory River in the Obed Wild And Scenic River National Park, in Wartburg, Tennessee. Prints available.
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