Waterfall Wednesday 4/24/2019

AlanLichty

AlanLichty

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Good morning - time for another Waterfall Wednesday.

My image is one I shot in March in the lower part of Sequoia N.P. This is an unnamed waterfall along the Middle Fork of the Kaweah River. Not the best lighting conditions to be honest.

Middle Fork of the Kaweah River

Middle Fork of the Kaweah River

An unnamed waterfall along the Middle Fork of the Kaweah River, CA.

Pile on with whatever you have showing falling water.
 
Ken Rennie

Ken Rennie

Well-Known Member
More from Skye. The water levels were low worryingly so for April but you can only take what nature provides. This is the Allt Dearg Mor, (Great Red Stream) for those of you not fluent in Gaelic. When I took this shot I thought that it was terrific but it just goes to show that the screen on the camera can give a false impression as it turns out a pleasant but unremarkeable image
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Lastly the most famous of the Fairy Pools, again the water levels were very low, this is usually an arc of small falls twice this width and many times the volume of water. There was a Japanese group on a photo workshop here and although they took well over an hour to get their images it was pleasant to find a comfortable place to sit and wait and enjoy the occassional touch of sunshine.
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There have been stories of Skye being overcrowded especially the famous photo spots but the Japanese group aside I didn't have to fight for space or wait. In fact for the sunset shot al Elgol there were only 2 photographers and Neist point lighthouse had 3 at the water's edge and 6 on the cliffs for sunset although the higher vantge point probably had another dozen but we could spread out for 1/4 mile so no crowding.
 
JimFox

JimFox

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Staff member
Ken Rennie said:
More from Skye. The water levels were low worryingly so for April but you can only take what nature provides. This is the Allt Dearg Mor, (Great Red Stream) for those of you not fluent in Gaelic. When I took this shot I thought that it was terrific but it just goes to show that the screen on the camera can give a false impression as it turns out a pleasant but unremarkeable imageView attachment 17750

Lastly the most famous of the Fairy Pools, again the water levels were very low, this is usually an arc of small falls twice this width and many times the volume of water. There was a Japanese group on a photo workshop here and although they took well over an hour to get their images it was pleasant to find a comfortable place to sit and wait and enjoy the occassional touch of sunshine. View attachment 17751

There have been stories of Skye being overcrowded especially the famous photo spots but the Japanese group aside I didn't have to fight for space or wait. In fact for the sunset shot al Elgol there were only 2 photographers and Neist point lighthouse had 3 at the water's edge and 6 on the cliffs for sunset although the higher vantge point probably had another dozen but we could spread out for 1/4 mile so no crowding.
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Very nice Ken! Both of those are great additions. That’s good that it’s not too crowded over there. I think we tend to think that crowding from tourism is our own personal local issue, but you bring to light that it’s a world wide issue.
 
JimFox

JimFox

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Staff member
This is not a natural waterfall, but it is a waterfall... :rolleyes:

I was experimenting a bit with the new Sony A6400 and the 18-135mm lens. It’s a stabilized lens so I was wondering how slow of a shutter speed that I could hand hold. This is at 100mm and at 1/10th of a sec and is really sharp. I shot a couple a little slower and I could see some softness creeping in. But just knowing I can hand hold at 1/10th at 100mm really helps to make this a very versatile setup.

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