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Early Morning in Cades Cove

It was early one fall morn­ing when we headed into the Smoky Moun­tains for sun­rise pic­tures. I know this is sev­eral hours after sun­rise, but I liked the way the sun­burst formed through the tree. The gen­tle­man walk­ing by just added to the scene. He hap­pened to walk by when no cars were pass­ing in front of my lens. If you have ever been to the Great Smoky Moun­tains, espe­cially the Cades Cove loop, you know it can be bumper to bumper most days, all day long. The fog in the back­ground was begin­ning to burn off, but enough remained to add the “smoky” look to the mountains!

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February 11, 2011 - 1:16 pm

For­rest Tainio - I must say my wife and I abso­lutly love your work! Espe­cially the land­scape though all of your cap­tures are spec­tac­u­lar! Keep up the great work.

Cheers, For­rest & Camel­lia Tainio

February 11, 2011 - 1:53 pm

Kathy Smith - Thank you so much For­rest and Camellia!

February 14, 2011 - 11:06 pm

Matt Mer­cer - Really Lovely Photos!

Lensbaby and Photoshop Blending Modes

This image of the Ger­ber Daisy was taken back in the sum­mer before any thoughts of snow.  I used the Lens­baby Com­poser with the dou­ble optics at f/2.8 to cap­ture this image.  After not being totally pleased with the out­come I added a few lay­ers in Pho­to­shop CS5 using blend­ing modes to achieve the trans­par­ent areas.  I turned  the Ger­ber Daisy into an inter­est­ing image with just a few layers.

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Senior Collage

Using Pho­to­shop CS5, I placed images of Alex in a Col­lage.  The free trans­form func­tion allowed me to rotate the images to a some­what pleas­ing layout.

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Portraits — Tori

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Senior 2011 — Alex

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