Hey everyone. I finally got to see Cumberland Falls yesterday. I live in Southern KY and I just never had time to make the 3 hour drive before. I couldn't really go during the best light. I had to be back home before dark. I shot these in the middle of the day which was difficult to say the least. It was mainly a trip for me to "be there" and enjoy the day and maybe get a couple snapshots along the way.

I'm suprised at how well my mark 3 brought stuff out of the shaddows. These cleaned up pretty nice with little post work.

Stuff I used: canon mark 3, canon 16-35mm f/2.8, canon 70-200mm f/2.8, lots of sweat

Enjoy. Critique if you want, but I already know the light is bad. Plus everyone has seen a waterfall, right?


1: For scale:

Neat photos. You need to go back and shoot the moonbow.

The flower is mountain laurel, kalmia latifolia.

Thank you, for the ID and compliment.

I wonder if any of our FM friends have photos of the moonbow....They had some on display at the park but they weren't very good.

to FMers
Post 'em if you got 'em please.

Kelly Phillips wrote:

6: Not sure what kind of flower this is but I like it.

Lovely shots, I haven't been there since 07 but want to go back.
Thanks for sharing.

I like #2!

Looks like a great spot Kelly and you've come away with some nice shots. 3 and 4 would be my picks

Anthony

Good job Kelly! Looks like you had plenty of water going over the falls.

I like #1 because of the scale. That's something that is hard to capture in most of the shots I've seen from here. Most shots look like a not-so-large falls until you see something like this!

Still looking forward to seeing you at a Sunny 16 club meeting. Let's get out and shoot sometime.

Thanks for all of the comments. It was tough lighting but I did come away with some I'm proud of.

I keep meaning to join sunny 16, but man, I just have no time anymore.

Understood about the time thing I know how you feel!

Come by the club forum sometime and share some shots with us (it's not just for members). I know the admin very well (me ) and I'm sure he'll let you in. Here's the link:

http://www.sunnysixteen.org/forums

Gotta register to post (dern spammers). Anyone else here that would like to vote in our monthly contest can do so without registering. We would appreciate the input!

All things considered as you have mentioned... still a nice series Kelly.
3 and 4 are my favorites... very nice use of foreground, nice comps.
Well done for midday.

Kirk

nice shots, next time you go make sure you take time to take the 3 mile round trip just around the corner from cumberland falls to eagle falls...it's a bit of a sneak with steep steps and a trek at the bottom of the steps over logs jammed at the bottom but keep on the visible path and its just around a rock outcropping at the bottom...its a gem.

Kevin.

Very cool location and nice takes in the harsh conditions. I like your compos a lot!
Any chance to shoot with morning or evening lighting?
Really like the stop action of the 2nd, and the comp in the 4th is excellent!

Barry

Thanks Kirk, Kevin, and Barry.

Kevin, I wanted to take the Eagle falls trip, but I just ran out of time. I did see the falls from the other side of the river. It was a rough trip going over logs and huge rocks along the river's edge, but I loved it.

Barry, I will be going back for sure. It's only 3 hours from home and I really enjoyed the place. I would think that mornings are nicer than evenings there. I will have to camp out next time.