Hawk Hollow

71 foot tall Lower Ken Smith Falls, three shot stitch.

I made the hike/swim into Hawk Hollow this morning to photograph Smith and McClure falls. I have never seen that trail covered with so much water, over a foot deep in a lot of places. Of course water is a good thing. I saw lots of poison ivy and no snakes, although I bet a few saw me. It is pretty thick out there right now. I was going to head down to Bowers on the way out but the sun came out and ruined everything.

Lower McClure Falls. three shot stitch
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Very nice Matt. I have no doubt you were swimming at times. I hope you weren't alone. You won't see the snake that bites you.

Really nice Matt. Youv'e been catching some great one here lately. Matt I think the other shot is awesome. i would crop the bottom and left side off and I think it would be even stronger.

Lovely.

Great job with a spectacular setting.

I'm with you on the crop Gale. I have some that were shot vertical that are probably pretty close to what you are talking about.

I wish I could have gotten past that stick on the left in the first shot. Footing was an issue. The ground was very soft, I slid down several shale hills involuntary. One spot I slid about 15 feet down voluntarily after I realized the ground was giving way and I really didn't have much option. At least there are plenty of trees to grab a hold of.

Thanks everyone else.

Beautiful! Have you converted many of your waterfall shots to black and white? Curious what this one would look like.

I need to hike in there sometime, looks like an awesome area. I hiked into Bowers last spring after a big rain and the trail was like a creek, my pants were completely soaked by the time i got to the falls.