Great Smoky Mountains Photo Contest

"Details"

The results are in! Tremont’s 2007 Photo Contest was a huge success. The images we received were nothing short of amazing. The subject matter was incredibly diverse – streams and cascades, critters and their homes, fungi and lichens, flowers and leaves. It was wonderful to see how people took and fairly simple theme like “Details,” and express it in such myriad ways. This is not only gratifying from an artistic standpoint, but it does a fabulous job of showcasing the diversity of life (and photographic opportunities) inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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The top five winners are:

First place - Jo Ellis, Stone Mountain, GA

Frosty Trap

“This image was taken last fall shortly after sunrise in Cades Cove.  This particular morning the whole Cove was covered with this thick frost.  It was beautiful, and I was thrilled to find this wonderful spider web.”

Second place - Marlon Ignacio, Houston, TX

Charlie’s Bunion
“This was shot along the famous
Appalachian Trail. From a distance,
this craggy promontory has a knobby
appearance thus giving rise to its name
“Charlie’s Bunion”, specifically that of
Charles Conner, a local mountaineer
of the early 1900s."

Fourth Place - Julie Tallman, Athens GA

Little River Waterfall at Tremont
“What drew me was the way the leaves demonstrated
the opposite swirl of the water in the eddy below the
waterfall. I love fly fishing, and am alert to how trout
use eddies as food collectors. This looked like a natural
demonstration of what happens with the water within an eddy.”

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Third place - Susan Milinkovich, Cincinnati OH

Seeds of Life
“We had stopped to take pictures of the dew on the grasses sparkling in the morning light close to the mill in Cades Cove. As we wandered around the field and into the tree line we found the ground littered with these beautiful pink seed pods. The colors were beautiful, but also the striking contrast between the dead wood and leaves and the new signs of spring and rebirth – nurtured by the decay of the previous years.”

Constance Mero, Mooresville NC

Tremont Creatures
“I was walking along the Middle Prong enjoying the rushing waters when I found a dead log. I was intrigued by how much life was being sustained from this dead log. And so I took this shot. When I show it to friends, I simply call it ‘Tremont Creatures’ and have them try to figure it out.”