Within the Great Smokies National Park, the Cades Cove loop is an 11 mile one way drive about one hour west of Gatlinburg (where A Boy Named Sue finally caught up with “the dirty, mangy dog” that named him Sue). There are many beautiful and historic old buildings that dot the trail. One building in particular that caught my eye was a one room cabin tucked in close to the forest edge and surrounded by a split rail fence. This collection of images shows the cabin from all sides, using a variety of techniques. The image of the lone tree is the view from the cabin of the hills that surround the cove.

Usually when I work on an image I’m thinking about filling the screen, edge to edge, with shapes and color from the original scene captured in the camera. This collection contains several examples where I deliberately omitted parts of the background, which I think have helped sharpen the focus of the image.