Photos by Dick

After a rainstorm in early March, I went out with the macro gear to work on close-up pictures of raindrops.

Went to find and visit a number of waterfalls:  Haven Falls, which I had never seen, Minnehaha Falls, the falls on Crow Creek, which I had only seen driving by, Bad Branch Falls and the falls on Joe Creek, the biggest  being Panther Falls.  With the recent rains, the trails were muddy and sometimes quite slick.  But I had a great time.

Photographically, the day was very bright, with not a cloud to be found.  So some of the shots had to be done using High Dynamic Range (HDR) processing.  That combines several images to produce a final result.

Two shoots today:  first the foggy sunrise at West Bank Park, and then our hike at Riverside Park in Roswell.  Good times had in both places.

The old Jones Bridge across the Chattahoochee River has fallen  down.  The support pylon in the middle of the river rusted through enough that it toppled, and that end of the bridge is in the water.  While I was there, I also took a few more pictures.

A compilation of from Jan and Feb 2018.  We had relatively a lot of rain and many cloudy days, so good photo ops were limited.  In addition, I’ve been more careful and intentional about my pictures.  Spending a bit more time and thought seems to be paying dividends  in better backgrounds, better compositions and better exposure choices.

A few pictures from the recent snowfall

Our last hike of this calendar year was to go south on the trail from Woody Gap to Rimrock Mtn and back.  It was a dreary day but a fun hike with a  great group.  I took no pictures on the way out.  What follows begins at our turn-around point.

That’s the North Georgia Photography Club y’all.  We thought we’d get to 4 or 5 falls, but we only  saw two,  The rest for another today.

All the pictures are here, but I’ve included a few teasers in this post.

A number of us spent a couple nights at Vogel State Park in far north Georgia hiking, eating and generally having a great time.  Our long hike was the Jarrad Gap trail, part of the Appalachian trail to the top of Blood Mountain, and the down the Slaughter Creek trail, a distance of something over 8.5 miles.  We also did a number of turns around Lake Trahlyta, but that’s only a mile or so.

I shot the sunrises, but only the first was really any good.  The first time around the lake on the first afternoon showed good color, but the last time around just before leaving was spectacular.  Buck and I stopped frequently to admire the view and decide a composition.  My thanks to Buck for some pictures I would not have see otherwise.

The first few pictures are from Dick’s Creek near Turner’s Crossroads.  Its on my way, so I left early and took time to look for reflections in the creek below the falls.  Some success there, but not as much as hoped for.

Herewith the pictures:

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Did a workshop by Bill and Linda Lane in Brevard, NC right after the remnants of tropical storm Nate blew through.  The waterfalls were flowing full-faucet, and the creeks were up, so far up many of the best photo ops were just not accessible.  Still a great time, fun people, and I learned something too.  🙂

I was disappointed in most of my waterfall shots because there was so much water most of the details were obscured, or I just couldn’t find a point of view I liked.  So I’ll return again to try again.

My favorite shots are toward the end:  the square picture of fog in the trees, and any of the sunrise shots.