New Hampshire

Located in Jackson, New Hampshire, we stayed in the hotel next to this bridge. I was hoping to get some nice shots of this being so close, and was a...

Did a little southern New Hampshire waterfall trip with Justin yesterday. We hit Garwin, Purgatory and Senter Falls. This is a shot of the latter, in...

• Mother Teresa.

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Crystal cascade is rated as one of the best waterfalls in NH and I wanted to visit the falls before I left for New York. Most of the directions posted online for the falls state that its located just a short walk from the Appalachian Mountain Club Pinkham Notch Visitor Center on the way to White mountain auto road. So naturally, on my way back from there I went to the falls.

The nice lady behind the information counter told me that it's just a short distance from the parking lot, the distance was indeed short but was a little steep. I was really tired from a whole day of driving especially the nerve-racking Mt Washington drive and was in no condition for a climb. It took me almost 40 minutes to cover what other people were covering in 10 minutes but the waterfall was worth the effort, there is a nice viewpoint but getting to the base of the fall requires some skills and is impossible with a DSLR and a hefty tripod.

The Glen Ellis Falls is quite close to this one and is equally majestic. you will have to stop at the parking lot and take a tunnel to cross the highway and there is a beautiful pathway that will help you make it to the bottom of the falls.

A little change of pace from the norm.

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• Richard L. Evans.

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In my early twenty’s, I moved to Boston to pursue my master’s degree. Along with the intensive semester load and my TA, I had very little spare time. I didn’t think about photography until I started my first job. I was living close to New Hampshire, and there was a waterfall a few steps away from my apartment. Now armed with my past experiences, I thought I was ready. I hiked up to the waterfall and composed a shot on my brand new D5000. The result was a shaky mess of a photo and left me even more confused.

I spend quite a bit of time to resolve the issues I faced. My gorilla pod was not sturdy enough, so I had to be very careful with how I activated the shutter. I managed to overcome that with the self-timer functionality. I used a small aperture of f18 to compensate for my 2-second exposure and finally got an image that looked good on the camera LCD. I rushed back home and started post-processing. The photo didn’t look as good on the bigger screen highlights were blown where light shafts peeked through the foliage, and the diffraction at f18 made the image very soft. It took me a while to understand why it was happening, but I kept on returning to the waterfall to perfect my technique.

Finally, after several tries, I managed to get a recipe for a successful waterfall shot. The ideal shutter speed is between 1-4 seconds and aperture between 5.6 to 11. I use the lowest iso available on the camera and an ND filter if necessary. A 2-stop ND Grad 150x100 filter is one of the most useful accessories that you can add to your camera gear. It took me way more time to make a good composition of a waterfall, though, but that’s a subject for whole another post.

Below in comments are the links to my other attempts at the same place.

Along with Lower Purgatory, one of the better waterfalls within an hour+ of Boston. Stopped by here Saturday after my afternoon suddenly freed up. My...

From the foggy Maine coast I got to beautiful and sunny North Conway in New Hampshire with its lovely covered bridges.