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Here is a composite image I made at Franklin falls on the Snoqualmie river. We went to a waterfall day trip immediately after returning from Olympic peninsula before leaving for Mt Rainier National Park. We did some moderate hikes and generally relaxed before the long drive to Mt Rainier. Visiting the pacific northwest and its waterfalls is one of our favorite roadtrip traditions.

The first thing that strikes you about the waterfall in the incredible size of the falls and the power of the falls as a massive ravide drops of a sheer cliff. The water spray near the fall was equivalent to standing in a fancy shower, a very cold shower at that. From my experience I have learned that this kind of massive falls ooks better when the motion is frozen rather than using a long exposure method. But the streams in the foreground usually looks better as a long exposure. So, this is where a composite image looks better, this one is a combination of along exposure and a faster shot taken without the ND filter to freeze the motion of water, this way I can better capture the power of this stunning waterfall. Care should be taken to focus manually and not to move the tripod while switching the ND filter but other than that these shots are straightforward to make and its just a matter of alingning the phots and using a layer maek to select the bits you want in the final photo.