Ruby Falls Part 2: Under the mountain we go

It's time to see the Falls with Kendall, Kate and PB.

I promise he's excited, he just hides it well.

Still not the best at pics on they fly, but I'm getting the hang of it.

 

                                             This little thing right here tells you how far down

                                        you are going. Yeah, I   didn't need to see that.

 

 

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Here we go! Under the mountain. It gets a little close in here!

 

These were the only times I used the flash. It was a lot harder to get a good picture for a newbie like me, but I didn't want to use the flash down here. Just seemed like it didn't belong. That's how I ended up taking almost 600 pictures and only kept about 250! But I guess that all goes with photography.

No we didn't have to walk through this, this is an above the head shot. A girl could get claustrophobic down here.

 

For whatever reason this picture looks like sunrise out in a field somewhere.

I promise this is in the mountain. It just came out wicked frikkin' cool! Of course if you blow it up it's just a blurry picture of some rocks. But like this, sunset, under a tree, in a field.

It really is beautiful. The way they have set up the lights and you hear the running water.

When it's not dripping on your head.

 

We're getting closer!

 

This was also pretty high above our heads. It was hard for  me to get a good shot with the lenses I have. But maybe Sandy Clause will help me with that this year ;0)

 

 

And then you come around a corner, through this corridor and..........

 

 

 

This was definitely on the fly and not the best picture. But you only have a few minutes to get through the crowd and try and get a few pictures.

 

 

 

I have a few more pictures I will upload in another post.

I hope you like them. It has all been a learning process for me. ;0)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ruby Falls in pictures: Part1 The road trip

 

 
 

It was a wonderful day for a six hour road trip!
The weather had been threatening rain all week without a drop falling.
Until it as time to leave for Tennessee. Then, of course, the roof fell out!

The rain slowed to a drizzle but it looked like it was threatening to start all over again at any minute.

 

 

Well I wasn't going to drive in that weather!

 

I couldn't pass this sign up without taking a picture!

Roll Tide!

 

It wasn't a bad trip at all. Once the rain stopped we started making pretty good time.

I had brought some knitting I intended to finish on this trip, in the end I spent the whole trip looking around for anything that might be picture worthy.

We finally made it to the boys house.

 

I am not good enough at all my manual settings yet to take pictures on the fly. As you can see this one isn't that great. But it was a quick smile and shoot. It is what it is.

 

 

 







My Next Few Victims

I am slowly getting my head around the whole f stop, shutter speed, light thing with this camera.
Well, honestly, I think I have it for a hot minute and take a great picture, and then turn right back around and take fifteen that absolutely suck!
I guess I am just going to have to practice........

 

No! To dark! Practice..............................

 

 

Getting better. Practice.....................................

 

I was trying to show the vapor blowing with a slow shutter speed. I think I did like 3 seconds. But apparently I moved while I was holding the camera "still" and this one blurred. Practice............

 

Finally! A good picture, with great focus. Of course it was when the boy had finally gotten so tired of it all he stopped looking at the camera.

 

So then I recruited Shiloh. He has always taken great pictures. But every time I whispered his name or whistled he would come to me instead of perking his ears up. We walked a circle around the yard before he finally figured out I wasn't really calling him.

 

"Hey Mom, which is my good side? This one?"

 

"Or this?"

 

 

And the absolute bestest picture of the day. And one I am going to have made into an 8X10 for the wall!!!!!

 

 

 

 

I love this dog! He's so patient, and photogenic.