Pancake Ninja: smokies

Summertime is a great time of year. I never know what to say when people ask what my favorite season is, I like them all for different reasons.
Abrams Falls in August is no exception.

Kanyon thought it was just a good place to stick his feet in the water and eat an apple.

Actually he’s a cute little imp who totally stole my attention and I’d invite him and his family over anytime if they weren’t just visiting for the weekend and didn’t live so far away.

I think this was after he bit his tongue he gave his best

Others got in the water with style

while others like to go in at their own pace and no amount of heckling will make them change their mind. I’m with those people!

Then it started to rain, not just a little but a lot!
Kanyon’s rain coat was in the car so he said he’d just use his towel for a rain coat.

Aw, I wish I had a second rain coat for him to borrow.

This is the falls that I don’t know the name of. It’s not on the trail map. It’s one of those falls you learn about from talking to people.

The trail is simply called falls trail. Original, I know. It starts at the back edge of the parking lot at Tremont.

The trail isn’t very long, a little steep in places but not real steep.

There’s a little bit of rock hopping but not too much. Before you even get to asking “Are we there yet?”, you’re there.

I Guess I had a bunch of dust on my lens. I’ve never taken a picture like this before.

It may not be on an official trail map but it’s a nice falls just the same.

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A few photos from Porters Creek last week. When ever I see a stream I always think of Paul’s friend Duane saying “Ya, know I think the better angle is across on the other side.”

So now I have to go out in the water to see if there’s a better angle. Sometimes there is and sometimes it’s just an excuse to get my feet wet.

f/20 0.77 sec ISO-200

f/18 1/4 sec ISO-200

f/2.7 1/125 sec ISO-485 (Point and shoot on auto)

I was just reading yesterday an article on upgrading camera equipment or not. It was great, he said if you have to ask the answer is no. If you really need to upgrade you’ll know it and wont go ask anyone.

f/18 0.77 sec ISO-200 on aperture priority

f/2.7 1/45 sec ISO-160 on landscape mode

f/2.2 1/160 sec ISO-200 on Aperture priority

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1. To see the shades of morning.

2. To see the sun before it rises.

3. To walk out into fields and not care how wet the dew is.

4. To have wet shoes and pants before 7am.

5. To try an HDR image.

6. To take 4 pictures and learn how to stitch them together to make a panoramic.

7. To Realize that there are Two deer not just one right behind you and all the cars that stopped are not stopping to look at you and think you are cool just because you didn’t hit snooze at some ridicules hour this morning.