Photos at large

This a project exploring photographing plants and other natural objects as portraits. I am exploring shape, light and texture as found in nature but not in the conventional sense nature photography. The current Show is based around the Great Smokey Mountain Park

Wall of a Thousand Drips

This is located towards the end of the Roaring Fork Motor Nature drive.

Crested Dwarf Iris

This is a white variation of a flower that is more commonly a rich blue or purple in color

Flame Azalea, Rhododendron calendulaceum

Flame Azalea or Rhododendron calendulaceum

Small Cascade on Rocky Spur Branch

Adjacent the road 100 yards or so south of “Roaring Fork Motor Tour Parking #5”

Roaring Fork Nature trail, Over look

Facing North at Marker 1 on the Roaring Fork Nature trail.
Great Smokey Mountain National Park

Squawroot

Squawroot (Conopholis americana) (also called “cancer root” or “bear cone”) is a non-photosynthetic plant that relies on a parasitic connection to the roots of host trees (most species of oak and also beech) for its nourishment. It is a perennial that lives up to ten years. Most of the plants biomass is found underground. The cone-like structures that we see are its small, specialized, flowering stems.