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CADES COVE SUNNY DELIGHT

CADES COVE SUNNY DELIGHT

I just love it when pictures unexpectedly come out prettier than I thought they would! This is one of those times. I was actually aiming for the tiny black-eyed...
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I just love it when pictures unexpectedly come out prettier than I thought they would! This is one of those times. I was actually aiming for the tiny black-eyed-susans in the background as my husband drove us through Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

However, since the car was moving as I tried capturing them, what I got instead were these small, delicate, green leaves in the foreground with the subtle yellows of the susans behind them which give the photo a radiant appearance.
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SONY NEX-3N

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Aperture 63/10 ISO 1000 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 2100/10

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Sep, 2017

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