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Cool Cascade – Smoky Mountain National Park

By Tom Baker | Published July 17, 2012

I found this really cool cascade driving along one morning on the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, just outside of Gatlinburg, TN. It was really early and very cloudy so I was able to shoot a long exposure without putting my ND filter on. I climbed down into the water to get a nice vantage point and then set my camera to expose for 20 seconds at f/16. The water was nice and silky and the surrounding land around it wasn’t underexposed. Overall I was very pleased.

I hope everyone has a good day.

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The Sinks – Great Smoky Mountains National Park

By Tom Baker | Published July 16, 2012

I’m just getting back from my vacation in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. It was an excellent time, other than the rain. There were things I didn’t get to do because of the weather, but the upside is the rivers and streams were flowing fast and full. I spent a lot of my trip wading in the water to work on my “slow water” shots. Not something I had a lot of chance to do in Florida.

This was taken at a place called The Sinks about 1/2 between Cades Cove and Gatlinburg. It’s more of a large cascade than a waterfall, but a very cool spot none the less. I wish I had been brave enough to get down to river level like some of the teenagers, but then again they were not carrying a backpack and camera.

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