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Spruce Flats Falls

Spruce Flats Falls has got to be one of the most photogenic cascades in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The falls itself is interesting and somewhat atypic...
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Spruce Flats Falls has got to be one of the most photogenic cascades in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The falls itself is interesting and somewhat atypical, with the rivulets of water slowly spreading out as they reach the pool beneath. There are a couple great trees around the falls - namely, the large curved branch overhanging the left-hand side of the frame (a common shot I've seen of this falls is from behind that curved branch). The rocks and stream beneath the falls provide a multitude of possibilities for choosing a unique foreground.

I spent a great deal of time in front of the small cascade on the left-middle of the frame, but the 17 - 40mm lens just wasn't wide enough to form a composition that wasn't just straight-on. I took hundreds of shots from over there, but only a few of this particular shot. Lone behold, this is the one I actually ended up liking the best! I guess it pays off to try at least a few shots from different perspectives before you leave a place like this.
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