Waterfall Wednesday 10/18/17

Kyle Jones

Kyle Jones

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Ben Egbert said:
Thanks for starting this. It reminds me of devils Post Pile near Bishop CA.
Here is mine from this week. Fern Falls is a waterfall in the North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene river drainage in the Idaho Panhandle.
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Definitely similar to the post pile as well as Abiqua in Oregon with the basalt columns. I really like the feathery water at the base of Fern Falls in your shot. Nicely done.
 
Kyle Jones

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MonikaC said:
Very nice, Ben! I like how the logs up top reflect the leading lines of the logs at the bottom.
Here's another Upper Yosemite Falls pic. Had to sit & wait with a chamois over my lens until there weren't any contrails in the sky.View attachment 2168
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That's a really neat framing of Yosemite Falls. I haven't seen that angle before!
 
JimFox

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MonikaC said:
Very nice, Ben! I like how the logs up top reflect the leading lines of the logs at the bottom.
Here's another Upper Yosemite Falls pic. Had to sit & wait with a chamois over my lens until there weren't any contrails in the sky.View attachment 2168
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That's a unique shot Monika!

Your story reminds me of shooting Bridalveil Falls from the base and literally having to stand close to my camera set up on the tripod. I composed the scene, then covered the camera and tripod with the poncho I was wearing, I could loosen the pano adjust and swing the camera away from the falls, and then I kind of ducked into my poncho, wiped the lens dry, swing the camera back into the shooting position. Then at the same time as I quickly pulled the poncho off from the camera, I would fire continuous shots with the remote release. The lens was covered with drops of water spray immediately, but I would get 1 shot before it got the drops. I stood there and repeated that procedure for maybe 10 or 12 times t make sure I got a good variety of shots. But wow, what a crazy time!

Jim
 
MonikaC

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Kyle Jones said:
That's a really neat framing of Yosemite Falls. I haven't seen that angle before!
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I had crawled under a slab right at the base of the falls trying to find shelter from the spray. It was Presidents Day weekend & an absolute zoo on the trail. I completely forgot there were tons of people around in that little hideaway!
 
MonikaC

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JimFox said:
That's a unique shot Monika!

Your story reminds me of shooting Bridalveil Falls from the base and literally having to stand close to my camera set up on the tripod. I composed the scene, then covered the camera and tripod with the poncho I was wearing, I could loosen the pano adjust and swing the camera away from the falls, and then I kind of ducked into my poncho, wiped the lens dry, swing the camera back into the shooting position. Then at the same time as I quickly pulled the poncho off from the camera, I would fire continuous shots with the remote release. The lens was covered with drops of water spray immediately, but I would get 1 shot before it got the drops. I stood there and repeated that procedure for maybe 10 or 12 times t make sure I got a good variety of shots. But wow, what a crazy time!

Jim
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After that story, Jim, you have to post one of the images you got from that!
 
JimFox

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MonikaC said:
After that story, Jim, you have to post one of the images you got from that!
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Oh man Monika... Well... Here goes to diving into the archives, if you guys don't hear back from me within a few hours I might need rescuing as it means I got lost down in the archives.... :eek:
 
JimFox

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I finally found a photo from what I described earlier when I was shooting in Yosemite a few years ago, 2005 to be exact with my Nikon D70s. The spray was so bad, it might as well have just been raining, toss in the wind that was madly blowing the water, it made for crazy shooting conditions. While I did capture this I am not totally happy with it, it's got a zillion flaws so I had never processed it. A little bit more to the back story, of the 10 photos I took, only 3 came out exposed okay. After this shot, while I was spinning and cleaning the camera under my poncho, I accidently moved the exposure, so the last 7 photos are almost totally dark, probably a good 5 stops underexposed. Sigh... It was so hard to operate while working inside my poncho, I got so focused on the cleaning, that I didn't realize until later that I had changed the exposure. At least I did get 3 that worked.

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Here is a quick snap shot of the surrounding area as I wanted to document just how wet the viewing area was. (I have no idea who the guy is, it was a super quick snap)
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Ben Egbert

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JimFox said:
I finally found a photo from what I described earlier when I was shooting in Yosemite a few years ago, 2005 to be exact with my Nikon D70s. The spray was so bad, it might as well have just been raining, toss in the wind that was madly blowing the water, it made for crazy shooting conditions. While I did capture this I am not totally happy with it, it's got a zillion flaws so I had never processed it. A little bit more to the back story, of the 10 photos I took, only 3 came out exposed okay. After this shot, while I was spinning and cleaning the camera under my poncho, I accidently moved the exposure, so the last 7 photos are almost totally dark, probably a good 5 stops underexposed. Sigh... It was so hard to operate while working inside my poncho, I got so focused on the cleaning, that I didn't realize until later that I had changed the exposure. At least I did get 3 that worked.

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Here is a quick snap shot of the surrounding area as I wanted to document just how wet the viewing area was. (I have no idea who the guy is, it was a super quick snap)
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That's quite a story Jim, the inadvertent setting change is a common problem and happens to us all.

AlanLichty said:
This is Lower South Falls from Monday evening at Silver Falls State Park in Oregon.

Lower South Falls

Lower South Falls

Lower South Falls at Silver Falls State Park, Oregon.
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Lovely Shot Alan.
 
AlanLichty

AlanLichty

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JimFox said:
Hey Alan,

Welcome back! We sure missed you.

This is a really nice shot, a great composition for that falls.

Jim
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Thanks - that's actually not one of the better images I got - more to come as I get a chance to process them and stitch some panos.
 
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