From Inside the Grotto


Posted by E.J. Peiker on Sat Jun 19, 2004 7:12 pm

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Grotto Falls - Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
EOS 1Ds, 24-70 @ 28mm, ISO 160
Inside Grotto exposure - 3.2 sec @ f/5.6
Outside Grotto exposure - 0.8 sec @ f/5.6

I just returned home after 3 weeks of solid travel and have tons of images to process in the next week before I'm gone again. Until I do, here is one from my Smokies trip a month ago.

When I posted my first shot from these falls, someone asked if I took any shots from inside the grotto - of course I did :) The only way to get any detail at all inside the grotto behind Grotto falls without using a flash is to do the two exposure technique which I did here, one for the inside, purposely keeping it dark so that it doesn't look fake and one for the outside.

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by Neil Fitzgerald on Sat Jun 19, 2004 9:10 pm
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Good work combining them. Super shot.
 

by balazs on Sun Jun 20, 2004 8:15 am
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Oh my, what a great shot this is! I think the best inside shot i have seen, mostly because of the extended dynamic range.
 

by robert hasty on Sun Jun 20, 2004 8:16 am
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by DMcLarty on Mon Jun 21, 2004 5:14 pm
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The double exposure is excellent. I like the way the top has the natural reflection, whites and greens, of the falls below.

The falls seem to beg you to look out and up wards to see where all the water is coming from.
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by Steve Sage on Wed Jun 30, 2004 7:54 pm
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I think this is very effective and well executed. It makes a powerful composition from this angle.
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