As Middle Prong of Little Pigeon River gets ready to brook the lower rapid near the Greenbrier entrance of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, it ponds behind the outcropped rock strata that stretches across the stream. There it turns to seek the relatively narrow openings where it can pass through to continue its journey to meet its siblings, East Fork and West Prong, all on their way to the great French Broad, Long Man. At the lip of the cataract the flow turns past the rock and drops over the 5′ ledge to the plunge pool below. I have long been attracted to to movement of the water here and spent some time with it earlier this spring when the late afternoon light cast its gold reflections across the scene. A telephoto focal length of 375mm gave me the abstraction I was seeking. An aperture of f/11 gave sufficient depth of field; and a shutter speed of 1/10th second at ISO 200 gave me an overall medium exposure and the texture in the water I wanted.
WOW!!! I love this photo!!!!
I love this one too.
Good Eye and creative. Love, love, love the deer and lupine. Thank you for sharing your words and work.
Another beautiful blue and gold abstract. It looks like liquid gold with a touch of sapphire at the top of a waterfall. The rock in the foreground is turning into gold where the water has splashed on it. Beautiful curves, lines and contrasts of color. My first glance at the image made me feel the tilt before I saw it. It was creating quite a conflict. Then I saw it was the water that was falling, not me. This would have been a challenge to decide on the horizon. I’m calling it “The Swish Conflict”.
A reverse “c”, opposing diagonals, juxtaposed warm and cool colors, depth and motion all wrapped up in an abstract image. Nice work.