Suddenly Still
March 21, 2014
I love nature, I love the landscape, because it is so sincere. It never cheats me. It never jests. It is cheerfully, musically earnest. I lie and relie on the earth. – Henry David Thoreau
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Spent the majority of my final full day up in the Smoky Mountains hiking to the waterfall pictured above, Abram's Falls. It was a fairly decent hike; about 2.5 miles each way but worth the view at the end.
It seems we arrived and left at just the right moment because we passed a lot of people heading towards the falls as we were heading back up the trail. It would have been difficult to get quiet and tranquil photos with all those people around.
I know this panorama isn't perfect, in some spots the focus is off. But still; having shot this long exposure freehand I'm pleased by the results and decided I may as well go ahead and use it for today.
I had changed my image settings to capture this photo and managed to frustrate myself to no end by forgetting to reset the settings to my preferred means of shooting; so the majority of my photos for today were a little more difficult than usual to process.
But; all that aside, it was still a great day. Tomorrow will most likely be in the city until it's time to venture to the airport so that I can return to snow... I mean reality.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
+1 in collage in the comments.
Click "L" for a larger view.
Suddenly Still
March 21, 2014
I love nature, I love the landscape, because it is so sincere. It never cheats me. It never jests. It is cheerfully, musically earnest. I lie and relie on the earth. – Henry David Thoreau
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Spent the majority of my final full day up in the Smoky Mountains hiking to the waterfall pictured above, Abram's Falls. It was a fairly decent hike; about 2.5 miles each way but worth the view at the end.
It seems we arrived and left at just the right moment because we passed a lot of people heading towards the falls as we were heading back up the trail. It would have been difficult to get quiet and tranquil photos with all those people around.
I know this panorama isn't perfect, in some spots the focus is off. But still; having shot this long exposure freehand I'm pleased by the results and decided I may as well go ahead and use it for today.
I had changed my image settings to capture this photo and managed to frustrate myself to no end by forgetting to reset the settings to my preferred means of shooting; so the majority of my photos for today were a little more difficult than usual to process.
But; all that aside, it was still a great day. Tomorrow will most likely be in the city until it's time to venture to the airport so that I can return to snow... I mean reality.
Hope everyone has had a good day.
+1 in collage in the comments.
Click "L" for a larger view.