Waterfall Wednesday 3/6/2019

Ken Rennie

Well-Known Member
Unnamed waterfall in Eskdale, Cumbria photographed yesterday. Long exposure approx 1.5s it is a blend from 0.5s to 2.5s. Short exposure 1/125s. The last image is not a waterfall it is the main path running diagonally from bottom right to middle left. We had a storm pass through on Monday that dumped some snow and a lot of rain driven by 70mph winds. I thought that the waterfalls in this valley might be flowing nicely but the large ones were just a wall of white foam and despite racking the shutter speed up to 1/2000s they just look a mess
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AlanLichty

Moderator
Unnamed waterfall in Eskdale, Cumbria photographed yesterday. Long exposure approx 1.5s it is a blend from 0.5s to 2.5s. Short exposure 1/125s. The last image is not a waterfall it is the main path running diagonally from bottom right to middle left. We had a storm pass through on Monday that dumped some snow and a lot of rain driven by 70mph winds. I thought that the waterfalls in this valley might be flowing nicely but the large ones were just a wall of white foam and despite racking the shutter speed up to 1/2000s they just look a mess
That last shot may not be called a waterfall but it certainly has all of the characteristics of one :)

Most of the waterfalls in the Pacific NW are unattractive for photo purposes in the spring when runoff is heavy. What would be interesting displays of water winding its way down rock faces turns into featureless walls of white.
 

AlanLichty

Moderator
Here is mine from the San Gabriel River which is in the mountains just east of LA.
Nice shutter speed choice and processing. Slow enough to make it not messy water and fast enough to still add some muscle to the flow. Works well as a B&W.
 
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