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• Field Event - Douglas Dam

  • When
    12/19/2025
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    2:30 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Douglas Dam
  • Registered
    17 registrants

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  On Friday December 19, 2025, we will gather at Douglas Dam at 2:30 p.m. to shoot (with our cameras) birds until sunset.  Douglas Dam is a great place to see large birds such as Great Blue Herons, Night Herons, and American Bald Eagles fishing below the dam.  We will check the water release schedule as we get closer to the date to make sure of generating times.

  After we are finished shooting, we may gather nearby in Sevierville to eat dinner if you are interested.

  
  

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• Field Event - Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge

  • When
    01/08/2026
  •  
    2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge Birchwood, Tennessee
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  • Registered
    25 registrants

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  On Thursday, January 8, 2025, we will meet at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge observation deck at 2 p.m. to observe and photograph Sandhill Cranes and any other birds that may make an appearance that day.  This is two days before the festival so it should be prime viewing time.  If you are interested in attending the festival, we can send you information about that as well, and we may schedule a follow up field event during the festival if some plans to attend and can host.

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• Focus Session - Focus Stacking

  • When
    03/18/2026
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    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Cedar Bluff Public Library--Meeting Room
  • Spaces left
    15

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  Leader:  Jerry Whaley

  Phone:  865-453-1518

  
  

  Email:  jlwhaley@jerrywhaley.com

  
  

  Time:  5:00 PM - Plan to arrive at 4:45 for program start at 5:00 PM 

  
  

  
  

  Description of Event: We will discuss and share information on producing images in the field, using a tripod or handheld, for Focus Stacking. When to do it. How to do it. When not to do it. I will show examples of processing images in Photoshop and in Helicon Focus. We will all “do” a focus stack in Photoshop with images I provide at the meeting.
  

  
  

  Who should come: Anyone interested in having more control over the DOF (depth-of-field) of their images. Must be able to import images into their LrC catalog — or be able to load images directly into Photoshop as layers.

  
  

  What to bring: No experience necessary. Bring a laptop (fully charged) with Adobe Lightroom Classic & Adobe Photoshop installed. I will provide a folder with images on a flash drive for you to use to focus stack in Photoshop while at this FocusSession.

  
  

  
  

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• Focus Session - Star Trackers

  • When
    04/08/2026
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    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Cedar Bluff Public Library--Meeting Room
  • Spaces left
    15

  
  

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