Bald River Cascades, Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. July 25, 2013.
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In late July Betsy and I took a day off from working in the yard and drove down to Tellico Plains and the Tellico River. We drove along the river until we came to Bald River Falls, where we hiked along Bald River above the falls.
When I experiment with trying to capture the motion of water in my photos, I usually take several shots at the same place with different exposures. I often don’t know for sure what I get until I look at the pictures on my computer once I get home.
I took the photo above with a 5 second exposure, and the one below with an 8 second exposure. While there is not much difference in the cascade itself, I was struck by the difference in the ripples below the large boulder on the right.
Bald River Cascades, Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee. July 25, 2013.
I’m glad I decided to keep both versions.
Senior Moments 
January 27, 2014 at 8:03 am |
i like the green lichen on the rocks and the whirlpool ripples
January 27, 2014 at 10:09 am |
Beautiful shots and yes,both are keepers.
January 27, 2014 at 10:36 am |
They look a little more pronounced in the second image. Both are beautiful and I love all the green surround them!
January 27, 2014 at 1:42 pm |
I think you were able to capture the movement. The flow seems very fast in the last one.
Linda
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January 27, 2014 at 4:36 pm |
Your water action photos are always marvelous. Interesting to compare the two!
January 27, 2014 at 6:15 pm |
Both beautiful shots. Everything sharp except the water. Well done!
January 27, 2014 at 7:10 pm |
What a pretty peaceful photo.
January 27, 2014 at 8:44 pm |
They are both beautiful! (Sure wouldn’t mind if it was that time of year again, either.)
January 27, 2014 at 8:52 pm |
I love them both George….you are the master with silky water!
January 27, 2014 at 9:29 pm |
I always love your water photos, George. These are both beautiful.
January 27, 2014 at 10:15 pm |
Fascinating results! Both are great shots!
January 27, 2014 at 11:58 pm |
Really gorgeous shots of the river!
January 28, 2014 at 2:02 am |
I like the way you made the water shimmer. Really nice shots. MB
January 29, 2014 at 12:48 am |
I like them both. I feel photographically inadequate with my point and shoot.