Waterfall Wednesday 6/24/2026

AlanLichty

AlanLichty

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My offering for this week's episode of falling water is a study in capturing motion in rapidly flowing water. In some of my early efforts at finding my way around the Columbia River Gorge I decided to try exploring Bridal Veil Creek above the main waterfall area. Turns out there was no trail and access was sketchy at best through the thick underbrush so I had to settle for a stretch of some steep rapids for my efforts. My goal for the day was trying out different shutter speeds and f/stops to see what kinds of textures I could get with the scene. I think I tried just about every combination from 1/60 up to 2s. This example was from an exposure of 1/4s at f/8.0 with ISO 100. I liked this particular capture which smoothed out some of the churn but still showed the speed of the steep rapids.

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Pile on with whatever flowing/falling water you have.
 
AlanLichty

AlanLichty

Moderator
Michael13 said:
Alan, you picked the right shutter speed, but those OOF twigs on the left are crying out to be removed.

My offering this week is from Clearwater Falls in Southern Oregon.

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I like your small scene here with the long exposure.

I've never processed the shots from Bridal Veil Creek just because of all the twigs on the left hand side. There was no place I could access that had a clear view of the creek from the moment I left the roadway to head upstream. The only good news about that excursion was a lack of blackberries along the banks.
 
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