Darren Koobs Photography

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Small brook flowing in front of a crib at the Tipton Place in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains, TennesseeNikon Z6ii, Ni...
08/18/2026

Small brook flowing in front of a crib at the Tipton Place in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee

Nikon Z6ii, Nikon Z f/4 24-120mm S lens
29mm, f/10, 1/20sec, ISO 1600

The deer family return every few days. Actually, I might be misspeaking. It's probably more that we see them every few d...
08/18/2026

The deer family return every few days. Actually, I might be misspeaking. It's probably more that we see them every few days and that they are there a lot more often than that. They remain alert but not fearful like this fawn is being.

Nikon Z6ii, Nikon Z f/5.6-6.3 180-600mm lens
600mm, f/6.3, 1/250sec, ISO 12800

White-tailed deer fawn keeping an eye on us from behind a fig tree in our yard.Nikon Z6ii, Nikon f/5.6-6.3 180-600mm len...
08/18/2026

White-tailed deer fawn keeping an eye on us from behind a fig tree in our yard.

Nikon Z6ii, Nikon f/5.6-6.3 180-600mm lens
600mm, f/6.3, 1/250sec, ISO 12800

08/18/2026

Featuring both the North Carolina and Tennessee sides of the Great Smoky Mountains. Cherokee, NC and Cades Cove, Tennessee

Cuban brown anoleNikon Z6ii, Nikon f/5.6-6.3 180-600mm lens 600mm, f/8, 1/400sec, ISO 3200
08/17/2026

Cuban brown anole

Nikon Z6ii, Nikon f/5.6-6.3 180-600mm lens
600mm, f/8, 1/400sec, ISO 3200

Oakworm moth caterpillarNikon Z6ii, Nikon Z MC 105mm VR S Macro lens, Flashpoint (Godox) on-camera flash set to TTL fill...
08/17/2026

Oakworm moth caterpillar

Nikon Z6ii, Nikon Z MC 105mm VR S Macro lens,
Flashpoint (Godox) on-camera flash set to TTL fill
f/10, 1/125sec, ISO 100

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08/17/2026

Circular polarizers are the one filter that is necessary for photography. Keep them on your lens because they can be rotated when you don't need it. Your photography will be improved with this one item in your kit.

08/16/2026

Dion skipper and black-eyed Susan. This, believe it or not, is at a grocery store display.

Bull elk eating in a field just past Mingus Mill in the Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina.Nikon Z6ii, Nikon Z f/5.6-...
08/16/2026

Bull elk eating in a field just past Mingus Mill in the Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina.

Nikon Z6ii, Nikon Z f/5.6-6.3 180-600mm lens
600mm, f/6.3, 1/400sec, ISO 1250

Bull elk eating in a field just past Mingus Mill in the Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina.Nikon Z6ii, Nikon Z f/5.6-...
08/16/2026

Bull elk eating in a field just past Mingus Mill in the Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina.

Nikon Z6ii, Nikon Z f/5.6-6.3 180-600mm lens
600mm, f/6.3, 1/320sec, ISO 1250

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