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Raper Creek Falls is located in north Georgia in the county of Habersham. The falls themselves are approximately 15 ft. high and unique in the aspect that the stream is running diagonal across a rock shelf before falling into the plunge pool below.

This is another image from back in the fall. I keep searching for the perfect way to show off the foliage hanging in front of the falls but I haven't found it yet. I would love to catch all the azalea blooming here but I haven't yet, maybe this year :)

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure: 5.0 sec at f/13, ISO 50
Lens: Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/50 ZE

Mountain View Park is located near Gainesville, GA on Lake Lanier. When the water is low, it is one of my most favorite places to shoot Lanier. It is quite popular with local bank fisherman as it has a nice secluded beach area from which to fish.

I believe this is the evening in which I discovered I had loaded a roll of film in my film camera backwards and had exposed nothing except the backing paper. :) It seems funny now but it wasn't too humorous to me that evening.

I remember almost not making this sunset, and was in quite the rush to find something remotely interesting for a foreground. The sky really lit up for a while, and while it didn't catch quite all the colors in the spectrum it got close :)

I haven't been around a lot over the past several days other than posting. I just returned home from dealing with some family issues in Tennessee. I hope everyone has had a great week, I'll be around to catch up to you soon. :)

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure: 6.0 sec at f/16, ISO 50
Lens: Zeiss Distagon T* 2.8/21 ZE

This image was taken off Pratt Road outside Jackson, Wyoming. This is what I assume is an irrigation ditch that I suspect runs to the nearby Snake River.

This is not an area that is considered part of the park, but looking back at all the images I took during the week I spent in the area, it is one of my favorite areas. The valley along here is very lush, scattered with cattle and horse farms all with the back drop of the Teton range. Hard to beat.

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure: 1/15 sec at f/16, ISO 50
Lens: Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 ZE

Horsetrough Falls are located in north Georgia in the Mark Trail Wilderness area at the headwaters of the Chattahoochee River as it flows off of Horsetrough Mountain. In approximately 500 miles, the water that flows over will dump into the Gulf of Mexico.

The falls are roughly 70ft. high and the surrounding area is thick with lush vegetation. Waterflow tends to be relatively light in all but the winter months or after a significant rain in the area.

This is very similar to a previous composition I posted. This one puts more concentration on the moss covered rocks in the foreground whereas the other concentrate more on the green leaves in the lower left. Personally I think I like this one better but while shooting I wasn't sure.

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure: 2.0 sec at f/16, ISO 50
Lens: Zeiss Distagon T* 2.8/21 ZE

Jenny Lake in the Grand Teton National Park was formed approximately 12,000 years ago by glacial movement. The lake is estimated to be well over 400 ft. deep and is over 1100 acres in size.

It is one of the major attractions in the park and has many activities both around it and nearby. Interestingly in today's world, there was a study done in 2005 which indicated Jenny Lake's waters have not been harmed by air or water pollution.

This image is from the "best" morning I had on Jenny Lake, as if it were possible to have a bad one on a shore as pretty as this. Watching the sun light up the mountains was just a spectacular experience.

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TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure: 0.6 sec at f/16, ISO 50
Lens: Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 ZE