Rattlesnake Overlook, Savage Gulf TN, late fall 2023

[Jon Buffington]

I have begun documenting some of my photo outings. As any nature/landscape photog knows, sometimes you come away with the goods and sometimes not. It is all dependent on mother nature. Back in the late fall of 2023, I was hoping to catch some late fall colors and good light as the skies looked promising. I ended up getting out late and ended up at a subpar overlook, lacking time to get another mile into a better spot (this year!). In addition, the leaves were all done and dropped on this northern gulf. I did walk away with a couple images you can see at the end of the video. I plan on getting out more this fall and have some more planned projects in the works. These currently are more me just out with a gopro documenting what I do and what I am shooting with that day (film or digital and what camera/lenses).

 

[JimFox]

Another really nice and informative video Jon! It's great to see someone else doing these kind of video's.

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice visual tour. Bummer about the pines and the beetles. We are seeing similar problems in the Pacific NW but not on the same scale as what you showed. The trail looked like a fairly level path which makes sense if it's an old rail bed.

 

[Jon Buffington]

Beautiful falls in your B&W images overlaid within the video. You mentioned that this is a low water flow time of year at the Rylander Cascades which did have some nice delicate drop offs in your still images. How much more water would be flowing over Virgin Falls during a wetter season? that looked like a pretty fast flow already. What were the bugs swarming your GoPro during the hike? They looked rather persistent. What would hiking this trail look like with fall colors?

I did have some issues trying to hear your narrative over the music and waterfalls starting around the 9 minute mark FWIW.

Another really nice and informative video Jon! It's great to see someone else doing these kind of video's.

Thank you All a work in progress.

 

[Jon Buffington]

Nice visual tour. Bummer about the pines and the beetles. We are seeing similar problems in the Pacific NW but not on the same scale as what you showed. The trail looked like a fairly level path which makes sense if it's an old rail bed.

Forests are going back to hardwoods slowly so everything is in transition due to the pine beetle. There is a secret stand of virgin pines but I am not sure if the park service is protecting them or not.