Roaring Fork - Unnamed Falls

Posted by E.J. Peiker on Mon May 31, 2004 8:25 pm

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Unnamed Falls - Roaring Fork - Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
EOS 1Ds, 24-70 @ 55mm, 2 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100

The hike to Rainbow Falls in the Roaring Fork area of the Smokies has many opportunities. These falls are not named on any of the maps but are just below Rainbow Falls. I found them uncommonly beautiful.

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by AndrewC on Mon May 31, 2004 8:36 pm

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Lovely falls and perfect exposure but I find the foreground rock too domineering. I don't know what your other framing options were but I would have preferred seeing the foreground cupping the falls or just less obtrusive - a slight crop off the bottom.

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by Paul Klenck on Mon May 31, 2004 10:30 pm

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These are lovely falls, wonderfully captured. Remarkable sharpness at 5.6.

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by gigo on Mon May 31, 2004 10:35 pm

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it's perfect as it is

excellently done

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by E.J. Peiker on Mon May 31, 2004 10:54 pm

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Paul Klenck wrote:Remarkable sharpness at 5.6.

Only f/3.5 was needed for adequate DOF but I chose f/5.6 to be safe. I think the DOF mode on the 1Ds is really useful in scenes like this - for some reason they eliminated that on the 1D Mark II.

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by Neil Fitzgerald on Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:48 am

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I kinda agree with Andrew. The top and bottom both fight for my attention I find myself flicking from top to bottom in a slightly uncomfortable way. It is still very nice, and it is likely that when I come back to look at this after a sleep it will appear quite different.

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by Paul Skoczylas on Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:47 am

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Beautiful!

The composition works for me--I don't have a problem with the foreground rocks.

My only (minor) nits are the twig at the top of the falls, and the log at the top of the frame...

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by Dan Creighton on Tue Jun 01, 2004 11:57 am

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Very nice intimate scene EJ.

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by dfrench200 on Tue Jun 01, 2004 2:18 pm

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Great photo EJ! I feel the forground rocks offer a bit of an optical illusion. The falls themselves have the appearance, at first glance to be towering then the large rocks in the forground bring them back into scale. I'm mezmorized by the appearance of shifting scale...

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by Neil Fitzgerald on Tue Jun 01, 2004 2:25 pm

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Hmm, yep, after a sleep it is much easier to look at. I probably shouldn't comment on images with tired eyes, it's just that the only time I really can is after the little one has gone to bed.

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by jimtom on Tue Jun 01, 2004 11:54 pm

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E.J.,

I wouldn't change a thing. A beautiful shot, perfectly exposed under difficult conditions.

Very nice!

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by Wil Hershberger on Mon Jun 07, 2004 10:52 am

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Works for me the way it is. Nature as you find her!
Excellent work.

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