Perfect Design and Execution by Nature

Peyton Hale - Great Smoky Mountains National Park

You may contract with a landscape architect and spend thousands of dollars with the best landscaping firm to execute the design and not even come close to what nature provides if just left alone. This excellent capture by Raleigh member Peyton Hale is proof of that fact. This scene was found on the Middle Prong of the Little Pigeon River in the Tremont region of Great Smoky Mountains National Park on the Tennessee side. The plentiful rain and mild spring this year led to a profusion of flowering dogwoods, spring green foliage and plentiful flows in the streams and rivers.
Peyton’s camera is a Canon EOS 5D Mark II full frame DSLR fitted here with the EF17-40mm f/4L USM lens zoomed to 25mm. He chose a slow shutter speed of .6 second to capture the gentle motion of the water’s flow and f/13 for sharp near and far focus. He added a Singh Ray LB Warming Polarizer to bring out the rich spring colors.

Peyton is scheduled to present the program at July’s meeting.