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Bays Mountain Park & Planetarium in Kingsport, TNBays Mountain Park & Planetarium is a beautiful wildlife park surrounding the old Kingsport Reservoir near Kingsport, Tennessee. The park features many wildlife habitats where you can view the animals, a large lake for fishing, a planetarium for special shows, and plenty of hiking/jogging/biking paths. I spent a day at that park, exploring the many [...] |
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Steel Creek Park in Bristol, TennesseeBristol, Tennessee has many attractions: the racetrack and Bristol Motor Speedway, a drive-in theater, shopping in the historic downtown area on State Street, as well as being recognized as the home of country music. But my favorite attractions are always outdoors and I found that at Steel Creek Park. This massive park built around a [...] |
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Norris Dam State Park in Lake City, TennesseeNorris Dam State Park is a beautiful park surrounding Norris Lake, a product of the Tennessee Valley Authority many years ago. The park offers enough to keep anyone busy: camping, cabins, fishing, boating, nature hikes, and of course Norris Dam which can be driven or walked across. While I was heading back to my “home” [...] |
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How I Got the Shot: A Grill as Large as a MountainA long time ago I learned the focal length of a shot is more complex than just using a telephoto lens to shoot an object far in the distance. Focal length is a tool and you must determine the right tool for the job. When I found this lakeside picnic area at Watauga Lake near [...] |
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Cheraw State ParkCheraw State Park is a beautiful park near Cheraw, South Carolina. I spent a couple of days here while in the Florence area shooting a Civil War reenactment. The park is divided into two main areas: the campground on one side of Lake Juniper (seen in the photo above) and the hiking trails, picnic areas, [...] |