Smoky Mountain Stream

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 25, 2014184 views8 comments

I captured this stream early one foggy morning in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Processed using Photoshop CS3, Neat Image and LightZone. Comments and critiques welcome.

Canon 5d Mark II
Canon 24-105 f4 L IS
f22
1.6s
ISO 100
Focal Length 40mm

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on August 25, 2014 at 6:29 PM

The greens are wonderfully vibrant. I'm one who prefers a little more detail in the water.

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on August 25, 2014 at 9:24 PM

The lush greens are really nice as is the mist in the BG, Jerry. My only suggestion would be to crop or clone out the bit of greenery in the LRC. Nicely done.

Ed

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Comment posted by Peter Cross on August 25, 2014 at 11:08 PM

Very peaceful and soothing image. I can visualize just sitting there listening to the brook babble and enjoying the calming of all the green. The foggy, gray day makes for nicely saturated colors. Nice.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on August 26, 2014 at 9:36 AM

I like the composition of this image. This really presents the feeling of the Smoky Mountain area. Very nice.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on August 26, 2014 at 9:44 AM

Jerry, What a wonderful scene and it sure captures the feel of the Smoky Mountains with the fog and mist. I like the comp but would probably crop or clone out the rock near center on the bottom edge and then also that first lone leaf to the right of the rock on the bottom edge. I'm ok with the ones in the corner. Nice capture and quite enjoyable to look at.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on August 27, 2014 at 12:48 PM

Very peaceful scene with very nice light throughout Jerry. My eyes are pulled into the scene very nicely by your comp. Very nice job. Others have mentioned the leaves.

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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on August 27, 2014 at 3:42 PM

Very nice light and color, here, Jerry. I agree with the suggestion to remove that leaf and rock along the bottom edge. I think that if the leaves in the lower right corner were burned down some, they would be less likely to catch the eye.

--P

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Comment posted by John Williams on August 27, 2014 at 9:19 PM

The fog add so much Jerry; lovely stream.

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