Old Albatross

This site is dedicated to waterfalls, mountains, an old aviators memories, with lots of poetic liberties, some just plain made up, and interesting places to visit.


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Ol' Swimming Hole1708 viewsBeing near Tennessee Tech University it is welll used as a swimming hole. I don't know of any better. Deep hole at bottom with a diving platform of eight feet.

BTW, if you are incapable of logical decisions, the State Park Service provided a Ranger to make them for you. Don't be the Dummy that everyone speaks of in past tense .
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Ozone Showing Off In Winter1706 viewsLots of water and few tourist.
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Different view of squirt1699 views
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Upper-11692 viewsStanding on the top of Joe Mills Upper Falls. Look at the whirl at the bottom enhanced with a time exposure.
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First Glimpse1686 viewsAfter descending into the gorge, then going back upstream, this is my first view of Cummins.
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Lower Puncheon Falls1682 viewsAs you can see Lower Puncheon is the remains of an old mill.

Tennessee has many of these old mills and I just wish spillways could talk.
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Great Falls?1681 viewsThe power company was not generating so, the river was very low. I think this is the non-generating version of Great Falls.

Just below this is Twin Falls which had lots of water.
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Blow Down1680 viewsanother pretty pool with lots of laurel leaf covered rocks and moss.
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Spruce Thicket Cotton1678 views
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Trick1678 viewsWaterfalls don't really look like this. A local photographer is confident enough in his own work to share this trick.

Rotate the polarized filter for the least glare. Close the aperture as much as possible.(I use f-11) With the shutter speed as low as possible, (shoot for a full second if possible), start experimenting until you get just the photo you are looking for. I prefer mine a little dark so I can process them using Picasa 3. The silky look is directly tied to shutter speed and a cloudy day doesn't
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Go arround1677 viewstoo slick to go up andover
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Long Branch Falls1676 viewsThis hike was about two miles, one way, with 0.5 miles of laurel bushes.

Classify this one as moderate to tough.
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