When I first got a camera, I looked down my nose at waterfall photos. It seemed like everyone was taking them, and for some reason it just didn’t make sense to me. I wasn’t interested. But they grew on me. I go back and forth between preferring the “spaghetti” look vs. capturing a high speed […]
Waterfalls
One of the great things about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is the number of waterfalls you can find. It’s a great place for outdoor photographers to build their chops. Once you get below the bridge, it’s hard to find any. Even into Ohio, I find I have to drive a few hours South or East to find any. Waterfalls are probably my third favorite thing to photograph, after Lake Superior shoreline and sunsets.
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Blue Hen Falls
I’ve been out waterfall hunting toward Cleveland a few times, and probably the smallest and least exciting was Blue Hen Falls. However, I was fairly happy with this shot. It was trick on this particular day (a few years back) because I hadn’t had a lot of experience shooting waterfalls at that point, it was […]
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Icy Falls
The typical waterfall shot is best done on a cloudy day with a tripod and a long exposure. But I often have fun doing a fast exposure shot for a much different effect. Instead of smooth spaghetti water you get a sharper more frozen look. Especially good on a day when the sun is bright […]
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Winding Water
One of these days I will get some waders. I always find shots like this that would have been so much better if I could have moved about a foot sideways into the flow. Download: Winding_Water-Asgard_Photography-IMG_1839.jpg Camera Settings F-stop: f/22 Exposure: 1/2 seconds ISO: 200 Focal Length: 70mm Location
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Roots & Water
I’ve ended up focusing on this corner a few times, while visiting the remains of the Canal Locks in Maumee’s Side Cut Park. Depending on the previous rainfall, you can get some interesting shots of the man-made waterfalls at several spots, but I really like the combination of the green and roots and water. Download: […]
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River Roots
The “smooth” waterfall shots always look better to me when you have something that has a hard edge contrasting within it. In this case, the roots do that a little bit at the top left. There are very few waterfalls near Toledo, so I try to visit frequently to catch different water levels and conditions. […]
Water Buddha
I really like when I take a photo but end up finding out the best part about it only when editing them. In this case, it was the face of a laughing Buddha just left of center in the water stream. You gotta love pareidolia. The main thing I’d been going for with this was […]
Falls on the Wall
One of the stops on a day long photography group outing I took part in was in Elyria, Ohio. The two things I remember about Elyria, were this waterfall with the crumbling infrastructure, and the house nearby that had (among many other things) a singing Big Mouth Billy Bass on the outside of their house […]
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Water Walls
When I first looked at it on the map, I didn’t think I would enjoy O’Shaughnessy Reservoir as a photo stop. I prefer natural water falls to dams. But I ended up finding a lot that fascinated me. In particular, the left corner next to the main wall of the dam, had several stepped areas […]