Very nice. You keep tempting me with the early morning light on these falls. It's hard to get good shots of them during daylight hours since they get so much direct sunshine combined with deep shadows.
It's the only way to go, for me. Downsides are a) for Panther falls, it's 1.75 hours from home to trailhead, so with a 0530 sunrise, I need to be out the door around 0345, in the fall, it's better to go in fall so you can sleep later b) lower light levels before any direct sun means longer exposures/higher ISOs are needed. But the upsides are a) even lighting - skylight only, no direct b) you have the place to yourself, and this makes for the absolute best experience whether you're making photos or just watching the water!
You make a compelling case for early light in mid winter when I can still keep getting my beauty sleep which I obviously need
Wonderful shutter speed choice for these falls. How did you get so far below the falls for this shot? I am used to shooting them from up on the bridge looking down at them.
There is a trail of sorts which follows the river on the other side of the bridge.
Sweet! I love a drone's eye perspective on scenes like these since it allows us to have a tripod in the air we can't hike to
How are people accessing the pocket hole to swim in the scene shown in the first image? Ropes? Delightful series!
After the spring runoff, access is climbing up the rocks on the right side of the pothole looking upstream. There’s a ledge next to the pool that you can’t see in the picture. Thanks!Sweet! I love a drone's eye perspective on scenes like these since it allows us to have a tripod in the air we can't hike to