Great Smoky Mountains NP

param · Dec 5, 2012

param · Dec 6, 2012

Green Water Cascade by param_s, on Flickr

Bitter Jeweler · Dec 6, 2012

The first post is beautiful!

Compositionally, I am not fond of the very thin tree line, nor the very thin cloud line at the very top.
I think a little more tree line would help, but am not sure how to deal with the top, and how it would relate to the tree line.

By its still beautiful, and not an everyday perspective.

And, hey! Welcome to the forum!

snowbear · Dec 6, 2012

I like both of these, but I am partial to the second.
It has been nominated for December POTM.

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...hoto-month-nomination-thread.html#post2790518

laynea24 · Dec 6, 2012

These are awesome!

afoto · Dec 6, 2012

i love the shade of green in the second photo! the over exposed bits of water are a little distracting though

WesternGuy · Dec 7, 2012

param, welcome to the forum. This is a nice start. I really like the first one, although I might be tempted to crop out the trees at the bottom. The second one seems to be a bit oversaturated and the exposure was probably a little long to produce the typical "smooth water" that a lot of folks like. My 0.02¢ FWIW.

WesternGuy

param · Dec 7, 2012

Thank you guys for welcoming me and the feedback! In the first image I did try cropping out the treeline but decided against it for it just felt like it belonged. The dead trees are one of the first images that come to my mind when ever I think of Clingman's Dome, dense rolling fog and amazing sunrises being some others.

param · Dec 7, 2012

Mountain Range 2 by param_s, on Flickr

param · Dec 7, 2012

Waterfall Autumn by param_s, on Flickr

sleist · Dec 7, 2012

These are all wonderful. Waterfall Autumn and Mountain Range are the strongest in my opinion. The blown highlights in #2 are a bit distracting as is the the thin treeline in #1 as was mentioned above.