Travel Photo Thursday
I have to remind myself that the great sweeping panormas that I see as I travel may not translate into a good photograph. Tiny details, however, may capture a place very well.
I took these photos in the forests of Upper Peninsula Michigan and Tennessee’s Great Smoky National Park.
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Tags: Great Smoky National Park, nature photography, Tennessee, travel photography, Upper Peninsula Michigan
I like the idea of featuring the details to illustrate the story. Love the last shot of the stones – I always bring stones back even on short trips.
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I like your detailed photos. My kids would see that striped rock in the last picture and want to take it home. Then, I’d have to remind them to “take nothing but photos.”
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You’ve certainly got a good eye for doing close up shots. Love the composition of these pics & the way the red of those berries jumps out.
Vera, these are lovely. The red really stands out (especially that “Canadian” maple leaf)
I don’t have a macro lens but find that the macro setting on my camera works quite well. It’s always fun to play around with it.
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Thanks, Nancie. Yes, and I have found that the macro lens performance varies a great deal from camera to camera. One of my point and shoot cameras does great with macros and the other is better at distance. Now if I could just remember which is which.
Hi Vera,
You’re exactly right. As I travel with a compact camera, I do struggle to take good pictures of landscapes, so I focus on the details and end up not only with beautiful photos but also with images that are often unique, because not everyone bothered with the small details.
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I have had tremendous fun with a macro lens too – getting really close to stamens and bugs and capturing the details. And getting close makes you really focus on something interesting.
Have you recovered from the snowstorm?
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Ha, Ha! Yes, we’ve not only recovered from the snowstorm, the temps are reaching 80 degrees. Fast recovery around here!
Since I don’t use an SLR camera, I can’t get the astounding bug pictures that some people do, but have to be satisfied with however close my little snap and shoot will go. My hiking companions must get tired of me stopping in the middle of the path to lean over a leaf!!
Love the detailed nature shots! I find that I try to capture the sweeping panoramas only to realize after that the photo just does not do justice to the scene. Will definitely take your advice and try some close-ups too!
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Thanks, Lisa. When I’m gazing at one of those all-encompassing scenes, it is hard not to be able to capture it on film, though.
I agree! It’s always the smallest details that tell the greatest stories. I actually prefer photos of smaller items as opposed to the sweeping panoramas.
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Whew and I thought I was the only one that had a hard time taking panoramic pictures! Sometimes you just can’t capture it with a camera (or at least I can’t).
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I agree, Debbie. The camera just doesn’t have the capacity to capture things as the human eye sees them–on a large scale. On the other hand, when I focus in close, the camera frequently captures things I totally missed with my eye.
I love that first picture! You are so right, it sometimes is so hard to capture the whole landscape of a place and it doesn’t always tell the whole story. It’s sometimes that little stuff that makes a place. I have not been to the UP or Great Smoky Mtns in quite awhile. Looking forward to going back to them someday.
I like the first shot best – I’ve always been drawn to these types of fallen trees in the woods.
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Bob: Actually, this is an artful use of old wood for a bridge railing along a nature path in the Great Smoky National Park. But close up, it does look like a fallen log, doesn’t it?
Who would think that a spray of red berries could lift a scene and tell a story. Lovely.
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