Frozen Fall Creek Falls

Fall Creek Falls in Middle Tennessee is the tallest waterfall in the Eastern United States at 256 feet. After a week if sub-freezing temperatures, this is what it looked like. The blue color at the bottom of the falls was really there.

Taken with a Canon 40D, 1/2s f/22.0 at 24.0mm iso125

It is a little intimedating posting here with all of the great photographers on the site. My goal for 2010 is to stop lurking and start posting more and try to apply all that I learn from the feedback.

Thanks,
Julie

Hi Julie, Very nice photo. I have never been there and didn't know it was the tallest water fall in the eastern US. I will have to go see it when it's warmer. Cade Cove was open last week except for Hyatt and Sparks Lane. They had a lot of flooding there. The park service will close Cades Cove to the public completely from March 1, to May 21 or later if weather hinders their time line for repaving. The are bringing in special equipment for the repaving and are also replacing some bridges. Should be much nicer when finished but I will miss Springtime in the Cove. www.yoursmokies.com may have additional info.

Grant

Julie...don't be intimidated...you've done a great job with this shot! Wish I could have been there to see it...it looks beautiful. And I'm sure it doesn't happen every year since this has been an especially long cold spell.

Jordan Lake was mostly frozen over last Monday at dawn due to the long, very cold spell.

Beautiful picture Julie!

Absolutely stunning capture. The texture provided by the ice adds a lot to an already strong composition. Wonderful.

Lovely shot Julie. How hard was it getting to this location?

Julie, an outstanding shot. I love the giant ice formations. By the way Whitewater Falls in South Carolina is the tallest waterfall east of the Rockies. Upper Whitewater Falls is 411 feet and Lower Whitewater Falls is 400 feet tall.

It was pretty easy to get too. They upper observation area is a very easy, very short walk.

Bill, not trying to be intentionally misleading. I got my information from the TN State Park Web Site http://www.tennessee.gov/environment/parks/FallCreekFalls/
now you have me wanting see Whitewater Falls

Julie, I understand completely and I cetainly didn't mean to imply that you were being misleading. If you google Whitewater Falls it will give it's height. I stated that it is in South Carolina but the upper falls is actually in North Carolina and the lower in South Carolina. Another source I checked says the upper falls is 411 feet tall and the lower falls is only 200 feet. So I'm not sure about the lower falls but I looked at several photos I've taken of both and I believe the 200 feet for the lower falls is correct. It is quite a bit shorter than the upper falls.

Really nice shot, Julie. I really like the perspective, which you can enhance even more by cropping down a bit more on the tree line at the top.

Have been doing most of my posting on the Rocky Mountain site but since I live in Virginia and spend more time in the GSMNP and SNP I will start posting here more and lurking less as well! Great shot!

Hi Julie - this is a great shot and the those icicles are amazing. with shots like this you should not be intimidated to post more images and give feedback to others. Nice work!