{"id":3304,"date":"2011-05-11T08:28:28","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T13:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/?p=3304"},"modified":"2011-05-11T11:33:26","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T16:33:26","slug":"superbikes-in-the-smokies-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/superbikes-in-the-smokies-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Superbikes in the Smokies, Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello back!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0738.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3306 [ftmt_id]\" title=\"Superbikes in the Smokies - Day 1\" src=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0738-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Been a little bit out of context with my blog, last week I went to Georgia, especially Helen, to spend some quality time riding motorcycles and doing some photography.<\/p>\n<p>We left last Wednesday early in the morning, traveling to Helen wasn&#8217;t a problem, we created a convoy of 6 cars all loaded with motorcycles and bikes related stuff, the trip was really fun, we were using walkie talkies, with no profanity on air, RULE #1, Public Safety agents can listen this frequencies and you can get in trouble.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0645.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3336 [ftmt_id]\" title=\"Superbikes in the Smokies - Day 1\" src=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0645.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0645.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0645-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0645-800x532.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We Started here, in Our Headquarters:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0690.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3337 [ftmt_id]\" title=\"Superbikes in the Smokies - Day 1\" src=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0690.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0690.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0690-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0690-800x532.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->First day, ready to ride, we rally over a water park in Helen, talking about what you should do and what you shouldn&#8217;t, after a few minutes of talking we decided to hit the roads.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0725.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3305 [ftmt_id]\" title=\"Superbikes in the Smokies - Day 1\" src=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0725.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0725.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0725-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0725-800x532.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Counting in my original plan of 75% of time for photography and 25% for motorcycling, I have to say I was so wrong, when you get there, that roads get into you like a powerful drug, the most you fight of getting out of the bike, the most of time you want to be riding, is just like that, just realize that my original plan \u00a0wasn&#8217;t that good, so I ended going the same direction of the river!,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0762.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3309 [ftmt_id]\" title=\"Superbikes in the Smokies - Day 1\" src=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0762.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0762.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0762-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0762-800x532.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We had some hardware stuff going on, one of the riders got a flat tire, so we have to wait for a while over a small town, then we head to Deals Gap, a Mecca of motorcycles over the Smokies, the place was packed with tourist from Quebec and theirs T-Rexes, and of course good looking girls:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0877.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3316 [ftmt_id]\" title=\"Superbikes in the Smokies - Day 1\" src=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0877.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0877.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0877-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0877-800x532.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The scenery, oh the scenery, what I have to say!!!, nothing I think, so beautiful I can not even describe it!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0857.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3314 [ftmt_id]\" title=\"Superbikes in the Smokies - Day 1\" src=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0857.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0857.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0857-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0857-800x532.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I wish I could have more time to stop for more photos, but like I said before, these road get you hard, so I am going to end the talking and get straight to the imagery, here is a little\u00a0selection of the first day of Superbikes in the Smokies, more to come soon.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3304 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon 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class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0810.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0810-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0840.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0840-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0870-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0877.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0877-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0883.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0883-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0895.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0895-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0899.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0899-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0915.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0915-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0917.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0917-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0929.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CDD0929-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Glad to be back on track, have a great day!<\/p>\n<p>Cesar Out!<\/p>\n<p>Note: Pictures taken with Nikon D700 using Sigma 24-70mm f\/2.8 \u00a0APO DG EX on Lexar UDMA Professional Digital Film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello back! Been a little bit out of context with my blog, last week I went to Georgia, especially Helen, to spend some quality time riding motorcycles and doing some photography. We left last Wednesday early in the morning, traveling to Helen wasn&#8217;t a problem, we created a convoy of 6 cars all loaded with &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/superbikes-in-the-smokies-day-1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Superbikes in the Smokies, Day 1&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[132,21,28,29],"tags":[309,300,291,95,9,293],"class_list":["post-3304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sportsmotorcycles","category-personal-photoshoots","category-trips","category-vacations","tag-nikon-d700","tag-nikon-gp-1-gps-unit","tag-personal-photoshoots","tag-sigma-24-70mm-f2-8-ex-dg","tag-speed-triple","tag-weekends"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Superbikes in the Smokies, Day 1 - Finding Light in Every Dark Place.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cesardphoto.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/superbikes-in-the-smokies-day-1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Superbikes in the Smokies, Day 1 - Finding Light in Every Dark Place.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hello back! 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