Waterfall
So I ended up in Glencoe twice in the one week, first trip I didn't bother coming here as I knew when I came up on the Sunday my friends would want to stop here. That became an absolute definite after we ran into a snow storm on the way in which gave a nice fresh dusting of snow everywhere and was a total transformation from my trip on Wednesday, which was a beautiful Spring day.
I think the best time to visit Yosemite is February. There is still some snow around the valley. The trees and the snow shine mystically because of the sun rays through the patchy clouds. Certainly a sight to behold.
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Another shot of our recent photo trip to Iceland. This is the place known as Kirkjufell in the area of Grundarfjordur, west Iceland.
In this case I used an ND64 filter to make a long exposure shot (2 minutes) and obtain a blur effect of the clouds. GND 2 stops Hitech filter to reduce the sky luminosity.
Roadtrip in Iceland summer 2015 - Roadtrip en Islande été 2015
This long exposure shot (1.3 seconds) is processed with the new pipeline suggested with the arrival of Darktable 3.0. So, in the first stage were applied plugins like White Balance, Denoise modules, Lens correction, Tone Equalizer, Contrast Equalizer, Color Balance and RGBFilmic with "Linear Rec2020 RGB" profile. In a second stage were applied tone curve and Velvia specific color adjustments with "Abobe RGB Profile".
In conclusion, interesting new pipeline in Darktable 3.0
A Haida Neutral filter of 6 steps was used.
Aldeyjarfoss, Iceland
After a short but sharp rise to the top of Skogafoss waterfall, you see an amazing view.
- John Locke.
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Upper Latourell falls trail is a pretty easy 2 miles hike in the Columbia River Gorge which take you to two of the most stunning waterfalls I have ever seen. I spend a quite a bit of time to get a clear shot of the waterfall from this angle as there were many people enjoying this stunning waterfall. When I started out in landscape photography, I would grow completely impatient when people walked into the shot. But now I have learned to enjoy spending my time there witnessing the moment and do a bit of people watching.
Lighting for this was particularly challenging as sun was directly above use and there were super bright spots created by the sunlight filtering through tree foliage. I got away from it by shooting multiple images and creating a mini composite image as time was a bit limited.
The rather nice Scale Haw Force
Pančava waterfall right after sunrise with clouds down in the 'Labský důl' valley.
- Jack Welch.
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In yesterday's post, I talked a bit about changing my approach to photography. The main reason why I embarked on this general change in thought process is partially due to some of the photo trips that I took while on the north coast. I used to take a lot of shots and used to come up with very few keepers, this approach continued after the move to the west coast as well, but gradually, I started to bring some of the practices that great photographers often employ to great success.
The first step was a change in approach towards my photo trips. I started to look at them as a first trip on many as opposed to thinking that this is my only chance to visit. The second step was to familiarize the area before taking out the camera itself. Many great photographers followed the practice, and it helped me immensely in getting over the FOMO. We started to spend more time exploring, hiking and generally enjoying the spots before waiting for the right conditions for taking photos. My wife helped with this immeasurably by acquiring a phone gimbal and by taking out short videos of our trips. It has helped me a lot in making meaningful images rather than spraying and praying for good shots.
This shot is taken on a road trip to Vermont, shortly before I moved to the west coast. The Moss Glen Falls is a popular roadside attraction and draws a lot of leaf peepers. I had to wait a good amount of time to get the fall all to myself. This type of event would have frustrated me a lot in the past, but I had allocated enough time into the plan, and this allowed me to relax and plan the shots that I wanted.
I getting seriously sick of the amount of dog poo and poo bags on my travels lately....However the human variety complete with used bog roll in the lay-by really annoyed me..........
Chosi Ootaki Waterfall (銚子大滝), Oirase Stream (奥入瀬渓流), Towada (十和田市), Japan
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Dettifoss is the most powerfull waterfall in Europe.
This is one of those wiil-it-work / won't-it-work shots. A strong wind from the sea made it difficult to stand upright, along with never-ending groups of tourists clustering around which made it impossible to set up the tripod, left me with one option: drop the ISO as low as possible, set the f/stop as small as it would go, brace myself against the fence and hope for the best. For a hand-held Long Exposure in such adverse conditions, I'm quite pleased with the result.
Many thanks to SkyeBaggie and SkyeWeasel for all the hints and tips, and it was great to have the chance to meet you both.
Is it reality or inside "Lord of the rings" world?
- Ansel Adams.
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Today’s shot is an interesting one. In the winter of 2014, my wife and I had a chance to visit Yosemite Valley over a long weekend. The goal was to try and get some classic shots of Yosemite Valley in all its winter glory. Unfortunately, the year was extraordinarily dry, and we didn’t see even a bit of snow. But as we drove around the park, we saw park rangers putting up new parking signs on some locations. A quick chat reminded us that it was the time window for the firefalls phenomenon. If you have never heard about the firefalls, it’s a tiny waterfall within the Yosemite Valley where the setting sun lights just the waterfall in warm light against the towering granite walls. Firefalls only happens for two weeks in February and only when there are no clouds on the horizon. In the past, they used to pour hot embers from the top of Glacier Point to the valley 3,000 feet below. From a distance, it appeared as a glowing waterfall. But that practice is no more, and you are dependent on nature to provide the show.
On a whim, we decided to check it out and assumed an excellent position early enough waiting for the sunset to approach, There were a lot of people visiting the park for just this event, and we all quickly settled down waiting for the perfect light. We didn’t get a good firefall event that day as some clouds moved into the horizon, diffusing the intensity of the sun. I was still grappling with my photography at the time, so I didn’t believe that I got a good shot. I chalked it up as a bad day and moved on. Recently I was looking at the images realized that there were quite a few useful ones due to my bracketing habit. Now my ability to process an image has improved drastically from 2014, and I was able to select a faster exposure that showed more intense colors. Lesson learned, expose for your subject than for the whole scene, and don’t be afraid of shadows in your images.
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Jewel is a shopping mall between the terminals at Changi Airport. The skytrain for transfers between terminals 2 and 3 goes through it. Taken before the COVID-19 pandemic.
I hadn't been to White Owl Falls for many years before this autumn. That tree trunk left of the falls is the reason why. Fallen from a storm years ago, I found my way down here shortly afterward to find that intact tree occluding the face of the falls, hiding its beauty... but that's not what makes it hidden.
Heading south on North Carolina Highway 281 (Whitewater Road) toward South Carolina, there’s a pulloff on the right that fits perhaps a few cars just past Brewer Road. It’s a short hike from there though not exactly an easy one. The hike gets interesting just beyond the beginning of the guardrail across from the pulloff… there’s no definitive trail from that point. There is a concrete chute, however, that indicates you’re in the right place. Follow that chute down from the road, and be careful, as it can be slippery, and you don’t want to shoot out of the chute! Continue in the same direction paralleling the road, not further down. This seems to confuse a lot of folks, yet the faint trail becomes more evident as you move along it, as does the roar of the falls.
I wore my high Bogs boots on this hike, as I planned to work out every composition I could eke out of White Owl. Fortunately, Thompson River here isn’t quite like the Hudson River, other than the fact it’s wet and it’s a river… I can traipse around the falls in my Bogs without getting my feet wet. It was fascinating to me to be standing amid such beauty while hearing cars whizzing by overhead, with drivers and passengers oblivious to this scene.
The camera got a good workout there and I had other waterfalls to get to in my limited time there in the Blue Ridge. Yet, having packed the camera for the hike out, I just had to sit there and enjoy the reverie of this hidden beauty.
The State Funeral of President George H. W. Bush (41) just ended and the theme of “hidden beauty” throughout it struck me. There are problems here in America, but at times like this, it's evident decency is still the core value of Americans. I teared up along with President George W. Bush (43) as he eulogized his dad… the things he related to his dad spoke volumes about my dad as well, whose funeral I had eulogized a year and a half ago. That was one of the hardest things I have ever done, and I broke down as well… my heart went out immediately to 43 when he choked up, as that’s not weakness... it’s humanity at its best. The issues he stated of note: “He looked for the goodness in others, and he usually found it.” “He put character before pedigree." And, “Hatred corrodes the container it’s carried in.” Would it be too much to ask for Christmas that we all embody these things?
Ruisseau du Cap de la Fée, St-Donat de Montcalm, Québec
I took this photo in Iceland during a recent trip along this amazing country. This cascade is Svartifoss, one of the most famous cascades in Iceland, located in the Skaftafell National Park. It is a singular waterfall due to the basaltic formations that surround the cascade.
In this case I placed my tripod in the center of the water stream to capture the water flow and used a long exposure to obtain that nice effect on the water.
A must see place if you travel to Iceland
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Two portraits shots panorama in autobraking (0Ev; -2Ev; +2Ev) processed as HDR with Darktable. The panorama was processed with Enfuse. Additional improvements by means of plugins like Tone Curve, Highpass filters, Lowpass filters, Channel Mixer, Global Tone Map, and others were managed also with Darktable.
Finally, a personalized Orton effect and few Dodge and Burn retouches were applied.
Dettifoss waterfall, Iceland
While walking to Gullfoss.
Gluggafoss is a lesser known Icelandic waterfall, but its situation make it fun to compose with! It's a 2 jumps waterfall, and we can climb over the lower jump, we can see the Eyjafjallajökull form the location.
This is a really nice waterfall. Possibly a bit ordinary by Icelandic standards, but there are some interesting compositions possible and this one from a cave is the most unusual in my opinion.
Photo tips: A bit tricky to capture, since even my 10-24mm (15mm full-frame) wasn't wide enough. So I opted for 3 frames panorama later stitched in Lightroom, which worked pretty well.
Getting there: Just turn off the main road to a small dirt track and park there. A good 4WD vehicle could easily get right next to Skútafoss, but I'd say it's better to walk the last few hundreds meters and enjoy the scenery.
Since it's easily accessible, you can expect other people during the day.
- Salvador Dali.
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Today's photo is one of the most iconic scenes of the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. This is the famous Crystal Mill which also goes by the name Old Mill and is an abandoned wooden power mill built in 1892. The mill is located on an outcrop over a waterfall on the Crystal River. As fall peaks, this mill provides visiting photographers with one of the most iconic scenes of America’s western mountains.
While this is a famous location and we visited during the popular fall season, due to the remoteness of the location we were actually the only people here for about 2 hours and on our way back we met another couple who were hiking to the mill. So, its safe to say that it's not a tourist haunt like the Maroon Bells. By the time we reached the mills, the sun was out in full force but thanks to the location being in a Canyon and this being Colorado, there was no shortage of clouds that came in to block out the sun so that I could make my long exposure shot of the waterfall.
Technically this was a challenging location to shoot as being an iconic location finding unique compositions I almost an impossible task. Another difficulty is caused by the fact that the owner of the property has installed fences to discourage people from taking shots by the edge of the cliffs making limiting many compositions. Then comes the need to prioritize the various aspects in the scene regarding lighting, generally fall colors look better under diffused lighting while waterfall look better in the shade and dark wooden structures don’t look good in shade. So, I had to wait for the correct lighting and manage the rest with my filters. As you can see even after my best efforts, the mill is still in its own shadows which were something that I could not avoid due to the time of the day. But I paid special attention not to overblow the waterfall and still get good light on the fall colors.
Taken on a misty day, the water is low at this time of the year, but come Spring it will be very full and lovely.
Henline Falls is a broad curtain type fall, dropping 126 feet over the side of a narrow alcove. During periods of lower water levels Henline Creek will split into two or three more distinct channels of water and spray into the cove in multiple distinct sheets of droplets.
Henline Falls was named after the creek, which was in turn named for a settler of the area who had come in search of the rich prospecting in the area. Immediately to the right of the base of the falls is the Silver King Mine. Remnants of a tramway leading from the mine are visible as the trail near the falls. The adit itself is dry, so exploration is possible, but do not enter the mine alone.
One highlight of our Mauritius travel, the beautiful Rochester Falls, a half hours walk away from Gris Gris at the south coast of the island.
Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Waterfall!
Most notably Sandeep Thomas, Christian Barret, Bonnie Moreland, Jiri Hajek, Clive Griffiths, Fer_SG, Þorsteinn Stefán Jónsson and Lenis Las.