Landscape Waterfall Thread

[GvilleRick]

I don't see a thread specifically for waterfall photos so thought I would see if we can get one started. On our way home from a vacation near the Great Smoky Mountains we too a route that included a couple of waterfalls. Here are a few shots to get things started.

Our first stop was at a falls we have visited before. Dry Falls near Highlands, NC, USA is easily accessed with a set of steps where you can get views from the falls from several angles. This shot is at the top of the final descent.

• ILCE-7RM5
• SAMYANG AF 35-150mm F2-2.8
• 35.0 mm
• ƒ/16
• 1/6 sec
• ISO 160

Zoomed in from a little lower showing folks on the trail behind the falls.

• ILCE-7RM5
• SAMYANG AF 35-150mm F2-2.8
• 35.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 250

After crossing under the falls you can get a shot from the other side.

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS
• 16.0 mm
• ƒ/16
• 1/6 sec
• ISO 160

Shot taken from behind the falls.

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS
• 16.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 100

We then drove another 45 minutes or so to see Upper Whitewater Falls. This waterfall claims to be the highest falls east of the Rockey Mountains at 411 feet. Down the river a bit is the is Lower Whitewater Falls in South Carolina which drops 200 feet. The Upper Whitewater Falls are easily reached by a paved path to the first viewing deck and then 154 steps down to a lower deck. The total distance is only a quarter mile or so. This shot is from the upper deck.

• ILCE-7RM5
• SAMYANG AF 35-150mm F2-2.8
• 45.0 mm
• ƒ/18
• 1/8 sec
• ISO 100

Here's a shot from the lower deck zoomed in on the upper section of the falls.

• ILCE-7RM5
• SAMYANG AF 35-150mm F2-2.8
• 105.0 mm
• ƒ/22
• 1/8 sec
• ISO 100

Another shot from the lower deck of the full cascade.

• ILCE-7RM5
• FE 16-35mm F4 ZA OSS
• 26.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/250 sec
• ISO 125

 

[Richard A]

Very nice. I have been doing a bit of research on some waterfalls to visit on my trip to Sydney in a couple of months. Hopefully they will all have a bit of water in them.

 

[Richard A]

These two photos are of Fitzroy Falls in the Southern Highlands of NSW. The falls are about 81 metres high. Ideally, because of the bright sun and deep shadow, it would have been preferable to bracket exposures here. It was so windy though that it would have been impossible to align them during any blending process but the A7RV handled it pretty well. I used a 6 Stop ND to get a longer exposure to blur the water.

• ILCE-7RM5
• 70.0 mm
• ƒ/16
• 1.6 sec
• ISO 100

• ILCE-7RM5
• 70.0 mm
• ƒ/16
• 1.6 sec
• ISO 100