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Mike Sullivan - December 2002

Smoky Mountain Cascade

Smoky Mountain Cascade by Mike Sullivan:

I came upon this stream while hiking out from a photo shoot of a waterfall in the Smoky Mountains, about 1993. The green canopy overhead made low light reading. I captured this scene with a Pentax K1000 35mm camera mounted with a 135mm Takumar 2.8 lens with polarizing filter and stabilized on a Velbon tripod. A cable release was also utilized to permit an undisturbed time exposure. I made multiple exposures at various settings. The film was Fujichrome Velvia, ISO 50. Everyone that’s seen this image asks, “How can I get there?” I can only reply that it was off trail and I’ve been to so many places in the Smokies, that I probably couldn’t get back to this one if I had to.

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