Showing posts with label Waterfall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Waterfall. Show all posts
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Digging in the Archives
Took some time tonight to dig through some unprocessed images looking for an undiscovered gem. This shot came from several dozen images I took at Church Falls in Brevard, North Carolina. The post processing on this image was done with Alien Skin's Exposure 2, in particular, a Tri-MAX 400 emulation. You be the judge.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving
I’ve been unbelievably negligent in both photography and blogging in the last month. Things have been hectic in most every regard. It’s so amazing how life comes crashing in at times and creates frenzy and chaos that consumes hours and drives out opportunities to stop long enough to contemplate what we have. It’s Thanksgiving morning, and I had a chance to get out and walk the forest. I was alone but surrounded—squirrels and wild turkey were all around. As I stood in the falling leaves and soaked in the solitude, it was easy to realize what the noise of the last few weeks has obscured. I have a lot to be thankful for. We all do. A 
kind and generous God. A loving family. Great friends. A good job. God given talent to create. A country where freedom is still celebrated. And a group of soldiers I’ve never met still willing to fight to keep it that way.
I wrestled a Sunday afternoon away from the hubbub recently to go shoot some autumn leaves. And for the therapy of looking through a camera lens. One of my favorite places to photograph near my home is a giant slab of granite (think part of Stone Mountain big), a creek, and a series of small waterfalls. It’s out in the county, lost in hundreds of acres of forest. Unfortunately, the water in the creek was very low, so the usual waterfalls were minimal. To get this shot, I had to lower and spread my tripod as far as it would go and submerge it in the shallow creek, with only the ball head and camera above the water. It’s a 1.3 second exposure at f16. As you might image, I got wet and muddy. But with any luck, this shot will end up on a magazine cover in the next month, my fourth cover in the last two years.
For all of you who find yourself on this blog, Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you can find some quiet time to contemplate what you and all you have been given. And if you’re consumed by the photography bug like me, find some camera time soon.
kind and generous God. A loving family. Great friends. A good job. God given talent to create. A country where freedom is still celebrated. And a group of soldiers I’ve never met still willing to fight to keep it that way.I wrestled a Sunday afternoon away from the hubbub recently to go shoot some autumn leaves. And for the therapy of looking through a camera lens. One of my favorite places to photograph near my home is a giant slab of granite (think part of Stone Mountain big), a creek, and a series of small waterfalls. It’s out in the county, lost in hundreds of acres of forest. Unfortunately, the water in the creek was very low, so the usual waterfalls were minimal. To get this shot, I had to lower and spread my tripod as far as it would go and submerge it in the shallow creek, with only the ball head and camera above the water. It’s a 1.3 second exposure at f16. As you might image, I got wet and muddy. But with any luck, this shot will end up on a magazine cover in the next month, my fourth cover in the last two years.
For all of you who find yourself on this blog, Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you can find some quiet time to contemplate what you and all you have been given. And if you’re consumed by the photography bug like me, find some camera time soon.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Long Creek Falls
There’s something magical about the North Georgia Mountains. The color of fall’s leaves bring visitors to the Blue Ridge Georgia area in droves. And summers in the mountains offer a multitude of outdoor activities—kayaking, 
rafting, and hiking the Appalachian and Benton McKaye Trails to name a few. But this weekend, I had a chance to spend a winter weekend in Blue Ridge and photograph one of my favorite waterfalls.
Long Creek Falls is a short climb off of the Appalachian Trail in the Three Forks area, just a half-hour drive from Blue Ridge. For the past two
years, north Georgia has endured a bad drought. But now record rainfall has filled the creeks and rivers, giving a new look to familiar waterfalls. Unfortunately, the mountains were above the clouds this past Saturday. A heavy fog hugged the trees, making the thick forest was very dark and ensuring that every shot was taken from a tripod, some as long as sixteen seconds.
Blue Ridge and Fannin County is a great place to visit and a wonderful jumping-off point for so many great outdoor adventures. And the quaintness of the small town is wonderfully understated. In my opinion, they do tourism right. Do yourself a favor and visit this great town and the mountains all around soon.
rafting, and hiking the Appalachian and Benton McKaye Trails to name a few. But this weekend, I had a chance to spend a winter weekend in Blue Ridge and photograph one of my favorite waterfalls.Long Creek Falls is a short climb off of the Appalachian Trail in the Three Forks area, just a half-hour drive from Blue Ridge. For the past two
years, north Georgia has endured a bad drought. But now record rainfall has filled the creeks and rivers, giving a new look to familiar waterfalls. Unfortunately, the mountains were above the clouds this past Saturday. A heavy fog hugged the trees, making the thick forest was very dark and ensuring that every shot was taken from a tripod, some as long as sixteen seconds.Blue Ridge and Fannin County is a great place to visit and a wonderful jumping-off point for so many great outdoor adventures. And the quaintness of the small town is wonderfully understated. In my opinion, they do tourism right. Do yourself a favor and visit this great town and the mountains all around soon.
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