LIFEPhotos: Reader's Eye 2017Samuel T. Foust photographed Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge on Oct. 27, 2017.Submitted By Samuel T. FoustBill Stoess created this photo illustration for the Soup Kitchen volunteers at Church Street United Methodist. The illustration is a mosaic of 1000 images of the volunteers at work to create an image of the church's bell tower at night.Photo Illustration Submitted By Bill StoessJohn Barker photographed fall foliage from the Foothills Parkway in the Smoky Mountains in November 2017.Submitted By John Barker79-year-old photographer Betsy Robinson took this picture of a monarch butterfly resting on daisies in her garden in Clinton, Tenn. on Nov. 7th, 2017.Submitted By Betsy RobinsonRichard Harrington photographed a train traveling across the bridge where the Holston and French Broad rivers meet. The photo was taken in August 2017 from the Will Skelton Greenway Trail in South Knoxville with a Canon SX60 camera.Submitted By Richard HarringtonThis photo was taken by Bill Ramsey inside a forest of fall colors on the Trillium Gap Trail in the Smoky Mountains on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017.Submitted By Bill RamseyJeff Weaver photographed these fall colors on Sunday October 22, 2017, on The Foothills Parkway, in Blount County.Submitted By Jeff WeaverMike Kennedy took this photograph of a bald eagle in flight near Douglas Dam on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. For more photos by Mike Kennedy, go to www.mikekennedyphotography.smugmug.comSubmitted By Mike KennedyMike Kennedy photographed this Maryville sunrise over a field of fresh cut hay in July 2017.Submitted By Mike KennedyRobin Wright photographed hummingbirds feeding at a cabin on the Emory River in July 2017.Submitted By Robin WrightLynda Bryan took this photograph of bees enjoying a sunflower at Forks of the River wildlife management area on June 11, 2017.Submitted By Lynda BryanBill Ramsey photographed the sunrise at Myrtle Point, Mount LeConte in June 2017.Submitted By Bill RamseyAllan Cox photographed his daughter on a cruise ship at sunset in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska in May 2016.Submitted By Allan CoxMike Kennedy photographer this sunrise on the Foothills Parkway in July 2017Submitted By Mike KennedyBill Ramsey took this photograph while hiking the Noland Creek trail in the Smoky Mountains in July 2017.Submitted By Bill RamseyJeff Weaver photographed this sunset from Blount County in July 2017.Submitted By Jeff WeaverJohn Barker photographer the Toronto skyline from a dinner cruise on Lake Ontario.Submitted By John BarkerTyler Trimnal took this photograph just below Grotto Falls in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park in July 2017.Submitted By Tyler TrimnalJürgen Dopatka took this photograph during a celebration for which Lahmacun, a thin crisp Turkish flatbread, was prepared and then baked in a wood fired oven. After the baking was done, Mikael and Farid, twin sons of Rashad and Farida Mahmudov, were having fun rolling and kneading some leftover dough to make their own Lahmacum.Submitted By Jürgen DopatkaJohn Barker took this photograph of wild ponies at Grayson Highlands State Park in Grayson County Virginia. The park is known for it's wild pony population and has delighted visitors since the 1950's.Submitted By John BarkerJohn P. Kernodle photographed Jeff Shepherd and his Formula 2 SST 120 powerboat from the Gay Street Bridge during the feature race of the 2017 Visit Knoxville Powerboat Classic. After his retirement as a TVA attorney, More of Kernodle's work can be seen at www.kernodle.photography.Submitted By John P. KernodleLynn Freeny photographed this sunrise over the Great Smoky Mountains National Park while on the red eye to Chicago from McGhee Tyson Airport. Freeny is a full time photographer for DOE in Oak Ridge. Find more of Freeny's work at lynnfreeny.blogspot.com/ and rlfreeny.wordpress.com/Submitted By Lynn FreenyTraci Thornton took this photograph at an overlook at Fort Dickerson Park in June 2017. To submit a photo for Reader's Eye consideration, email your high resolution photo to jennifer.dedman@knoxnews.com. Put "Reader's Eye" in the subject line.Submitted By Traci ThorntonEd Barrett took this photo, captioned "The Last Junction," last fall at Old Car City, in White GA. The auto graveyard has origins going back to 1931. There are over 30 acres of woods chock full of over 4,000 old cars. A thick canopy of pine trees shelter most of the cars. The trees grow around and through many of these vehicles.Submitted By Ed BarrettJohn Barker photographed these Northern Pintail Ducks while at the Gupton Wetlands in Roane County. The wetlands is at the Kingston Fossil Plant where the coal ash spill occurred. Barker is a regular Reader's Eye contributor.Submitted By John BarkerJeff Weaver photographed the setting sun from the Maryville High School Soccer Field in May 2017.Submitted By Jeff WeaverMike Kennedy took this photo at Cades Cove in April 2017. "There is beauty around every corner," says Kennedy.Submitted By Mike KennedyJim Barnhart took this photograph from Sharps Ridge when the trees were turning green in April 2017. It shows downtown Knoxville among the hills and mountains of East Tennessee.Submitted By Jim BarnhartJo Sweet photographed what he titled "Rails on Fire" in Gray, Tenn. as he passed over the tracks while the sun was setting immediately after a rain shower. He used a Nikon D80.Jo SweetMike Kennedy photographed the sunrise on the Foothills Parkway in the Smoky Mountain National Park on April 21, 2017.Submitted By Mike KennedyDavid Rudd photographed "Cajun Man" while on Royal Street in the French Quarter, New Orleans. Rudd concentrates on photographing people in public and in monochrome.Submitted By David RuddAaron Cate took this photograph at the boat docks by Concord Skate Park and Rink in Knoxville. Cate said, "I really liked this photo because of the amount of warmth and detail in the wood and the sunset in the background gives the perfect peek of backlighting." Cate is a senior at Christian Academy of Knoxville and an aspiring photojournalist.Submitted By Aaron CateState Sen. Ken Yager photographed the Tennessee State Capitol on Monday, May 8, 2017 after leaving for the day. Yager said, "We have a beautiful Capitol. Oldest working Capitol in Nation."Submitted By Ken YagerElaine Embree photographed this Eastern Bluebird on March 26, 2017 from her deck in Maryville. Embree used a Canon SX50, F/6.5 with 1/800 second shutter speed.Submitted By Elaine EmbreeJohn Barker took this photograph of Norris Dam from the west overlook in Andersonville, Tenn., in early April 2017. To learn more about Norris Dam and Norris Dam State Park, go to http://tnstateparks.com/parks/about/norris-dam.Submitted By John BarkerLexie Axley photographed a waterfall at Fall Creek Falls State Park. Axley said Fall Creek Falls was "a beautiful date with my boyfriend, spent exploring and hiking all over, finding some of Tennessee's biggest waterfalls."Submitted By Lexie AxleyPatricia Serio photographed the last trails of sunlight from Carl Cowan Park on Jan. 16, 2017. She used a Canon EOS Rebel T5, in Manual, ISO 100, f-13, at eight minutes 11 seconds exposure, with a 11mm-16mm wide-angle lens. The eight-minute, 11-second exposure caught the streak of a jet trail as it traveled over Knoxville.Submitted By Patricia SerioLynn Freeny photographed his friend, Dr. Tim Joseph, at Melton Hill Lake with a Canon FTB SLR Camera loaded with Fujichrome Velvia 50 film using a 200 mm 2.8 Canon Lens. "It was very early in the morning and it looked like cloud cover was going to block the sunrise but, as my friend started sculling toward the middle of the lake, the clouds opened up to reveal a beautiful sunrise." Freeny has been the photographer for the Department of Energy in Oak Ridge for 25 years.Submitted By Lynn FreenyNick Pride photographed this scenic shot while driving through the Great Smoky Mountain National Park headed to Cherokee in November 2011.Submitted By Nick PrideMaryville resident Elaine Embree took this photograph of the full moon from her back porch, March 12, 2017, using her Canon SX50 with a 1200 mm zoom lens. "I have only recently become interested in photography and now I am obsessed with it," Embree said.Submitted By Elaine EmbreePhotographer Mike Kennedy took this photograph in Cades Cove on March 14, 2017 after a snowfall in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.Submitted By Mike KennedyJohn Barker photographed this Great Blue Heron in the Gupton Wetlands in Roane County, Tenn near the Kingston Fossil Plant where the coal ash spill occurred. The area is now a wetlands with a 1/2 mile paved nature walk.Submitted By John BarkerJeff Weaver photographed Perry's Mill Dam in Walland, Tenn. in late January. Water runoff from the Smoky Mountains filled the Little River after heavy rains in the area.Submitted By Jeff WeaverSandy Vandenberg from Maryville took this photo of Sparks Lane on January 29, 2017. "We had just finished a hike to Spruce Flats Falls and decided to go to the Cove. The snow began on our way and made for a beautiful day," said Vandenberg.Submitted By Sandy VandenbergPhotographer John Barker took this photo of Knoxville from the River Bluff Wildlife Area on Jan. 18. 2017. "It is a very nice walk to a beautiful view of the city and the Tennessee River."Submitted By John BarkerJeff Weaver photographed the Smoky Mountains after a recent snowfall. This photo was taken from Look Rock near the Foothills Parkway in Blount County. Cades Cove is on the other side of these mountains.Submitted By Jeff WeaverHarriman photographer Paul Mashburn captured this St. Petersburg, Fla., sunset in November. See more of his work by searching for Paul Mashburn at fineartamerica.com.Paul MashburnDan Lupo of Rockford, Mich., photographed an Elvis Presley impersonator walking past the Tennessee Woman Suffrage Memorial at Market Square. "(My) wife and I were heading down to Gatlinburg and the Smoky Mountains for an early spring get away from Michigan and all the snow. We decided to visit the Knoxville area .... and I started photographing your beautiful city. Out of nowhere, Elvis essentially Photobombed the shot while I was getting ready to take a photo of the statue," said Lupo. See more of his photography at www.flickr.com/photos/djwolfman.Dan LupoTony Wayman photographed a frosty December morning in Cades Cove "as the rising sun gives light to a new day on the Cable homestead." See more of Wayman's photography at www.flickr.com/photos/alpimages/.Tony WaymanHenry Hild photographed a juvenile Cooper's hawk through a window of his Farragut home with a Canon EOS 20D and a 100-400mm lens. “I looked out our back window where I have several bird feeders and spotted this fellow in one of our Yoshino cherry trees. He was busily dismembering a blackbird of some type, which was not surprising: we'd had huge flocks of starlings and other birds, mostly robins, surging though our neighborhood … for weeks. My wife thought they may have been driven west by the wildfires,” Hild said in an email.Henry HildHolly Higgins photographed two young white-tailed deer at the Carter Shields cabin in Cades Cove. "I often prayed to Jesus, while photographing in the Cove, for opportunities to photograph God's creation, in order to share it with others, who might not have the opportunity to witness what I had the privilege to. He has never disappointed!," Higgins said. She is a freelance photographer who donates part of the proceeds from the sale of her photography to local charities. She welcomes your comments at hollyhigginsphotography@gmail.com.Holly Higgins