No visit to Great Smoky National Park is complete without the side trip to the top of Clingman's Dome. At the top of this mountain, a short hike from the parking lot, is an unique observation tower with a long spiraling elevated ramp. On a clear day, you can see something seven states from the tower, but the mountain top is more often than not in the clouds. Even when it's fogged in, the scene is anything but boring. All photographs taken with the OM-2S, Fujichrome 50 and the Zuiko 24mm F2.8 or 28 F3.5 lenses.

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 Sun burning through the fog

A criticism was made that the pictures I'm showing that were taken with the Zuiko 50mm F1.4 lens are all exploiting the narrow DoF characteristics but not showing the lens in other applications. On Saturday I had a few minutes so I went down to the old Spaulding Factory and did some experimenting with the L1, 50mm lens and B&W color filters. Here are four pictures from that outing.

Faded Signs and Door, Panasonic L1, Zuiko 50mm F1.4, Orange Filter

Abandoned Gas Station along the Lincoln Highway, Panasonic L1, Leica 14-50

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This photo essay is the visual documentation of the final days of the Stewart Library in Grinnell, Iowa. The day after the photography was completed, the library moved to a new facility.

Grand Tetons - Roof at Sunset. Olympus OM-4T, Zuiko 300/4.5 Lens.