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Little River

by Richard Siggins

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 4, 2012231 views5 comments
This is the Little River in the Great Smokey Mountains NP this past weekend. I drove along after a rainstorm looking for Dogwoods across the river with some white water as a foreground. The Dogwoods I found weren't all that great but the water was fine due to several days of afternoon rains.

This was taken about 45 minutes before sunset with clearing skies. I used Nik Color Efex 4 to add a little glow to the trees and a little sunlight to the forest floor.

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on April 4, 2012 at 9:02 PM
This image makes me want to stop and linger awhile and listen to the sound of the river. Beautiful moment you captured. I like the blooming dogwood contrasted by the beautiful greens of spring and the subtle light on the forest floor brings out the reddish brown nicely.
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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on April 4, 2012 at 11:23 PM
Lovely scene. I think I know what you were looking for, but this more subtle dogwood looks fine to me. The suble photo art effects add a nice touch to the scene, but I think that light line around the edge detracts from the lovely image.
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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on April 5, 2012 at 11:51 AM
A lovely scene Richard. This sure does have that spring look we all seem to enjoy. I agree with Wayne in thinking that the line around the edge detracts a bit. I have to make it there one of these years in the spring!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI
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Comment posted by Philip Southard on April 5, 2012 at 10:46 PM
Beautiful image Richard. It has Appalachian spring written all over it. :cool:
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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on April 6, 2012 at 9:50 PM
Lovely scene. Whites in the water maybe seem a bit hot. A little more texture would be nice.
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