Falls Creek falls

[Jameel Hyder]

Went for a hike to this falls this past weekend with my wife and family friends. This waterfall is treat at the end of an approx 2 mile hike near Winthrop WA. The flow was much less than what would be normal for this time of the year. The creek throughout the hike has nice areas to capture except that there is no access to them and the growth along the trail obstructs the view.

When we reached there, the sun was out and a challenge to photograph. Patience pays off as some patches of clouds were drifting and provided a few opportunities to capture without the DR challenges with the sun shining directly.

Two versions with and without an ND filter.

C&C Welcome

 

[Ben Egbert]

Good work and your patience paid off. I like the second.

 

[JimFox]

What a cool reward at the end of the hike Jameel!

I prefer with the ND filter the best. With #1, I think you should have gone with a faster shutter speed to actually then freeze the water. Your #1 image is in what I call no man's land, it's between a fast and a slow shutter speed, and for me I don't like the look. Maybe others do. My thinking is you either need to go fast or slow with water, the middle ground is not where you want to be.

 

[AlanLichty]

One of my favorite sets of falls along the road leading north from Carson and has been featured in a couple of different Waterfall Wednesdays. I prefer shooting those falls with a low water flow as it brings out more details of the cascades dropping down. In the spring it just looks like a firehose with none of the smaller ledges visible. I like the ND version as well. Its closer to the version I have hanging on a wall.

How in the world did you get from Winthrop to Falls Creek? The Falls Creek Falls trailhead is along the Wind River Highway just north of the Trapper Creek Wilderness.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Good work and your patience paid off. I like the second.

Thanks Ben

What a cool reward at the end of the hike Jameel!

I prefer with the ND filter the best. With #1, I think you should have gone with a faster shutter speed to actually then freeze the water. Your #1 image is in what I call no man's land, it's between a fast and a slow shutter speed, and for me I don't like the look. Maybe others do. My thinking is you either need to go fast or slow with water, the middle ground is not where you want to be.

Thanks Jim. I agree with you about the faster shutter speed on the first. I was juggling compositions and looking for when a cloud would cover the sun to shoot. Most of the time I had the ND filter on.

One of my favorite sets of falls along the road leading north from Carson and has been featured in a couple of different Waterfall Wednesdays. I prefer shooting those falls with a low water flow as it brings out more details of the cascades dropping down. In the spring it just looks like a firehose with none of the smaller ledges visible. I like the ND version as well. Its closer to the version I have hanging on a wall.

How in the world did you get from Winthrop to Falls Creek? The Falls Creek Falls trailhead is along the Wind River Highway just north of the Trapper Creek Wilderness.

Thanks Alan. My bad, I meant to say Carson, not Winthrop. I was also over near Winthrop recently and had them mixed in my head

 

[Raymond]

Very beautiful, How I wish we could see the exif settings

 

[pepper]

second one for me too. great photos, looks like a beautiful area.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Very beautiful, How I wish we could see the exif settings

Thanks Raymond. The EXIF is there in the image. One way is to add an EXIF viewer extension in your browser. I have it in both Edge and Chrome.

For the first image, f8 @ 1/40s ISO 100 28mm (using 24-105 f4 lens)
For the second image, f10 @ 1/6s ISO 100 28mm (using 24-105 f4 lens)

 

[Jameel Hyder]

second one for me too. great photos, looks like a beautiful area.

Thanks Pepper. It is indeed a very nice area to hike and photograph.

 

[Alisa]

Beautiful!! I too prefer the 2nd one!

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Beautiful!! I too prefer the 2nd one!

Thanks Alisa.

 

[Kyle Jones]

Very nice. That one has been on my list for a while. I actually like it with a little less water than some of the photos I've seen before. Kind of makes it less messy. I'll cast another vote for the ND filter version.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

I think that either one of these works, Jameel. Maybe a slight nod to the second one.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Very nice. That one has been on my list for a while. I actually like it with a little less water than some of the photos I've seen before. Kind of makes it less messy. I'll cast another vote for the ND filter version.

I think that either one of these works, Jameel. Maybe a slight nod to the second one.

Thanks Kyle and Doug.