Challenge: Your One and Only "Best Waterfall"

landscaper1 · Jul 19, 2020

Yes, post your very best (JUST ONE, please) waterfall, and do tell us where it is so some other can find it and try their luck shooting it.

Here's mine. It's located in the Blackwater Falls State Park in West Virginia. A word of warning, just about the only way to shoot this scene unobstructed means having to climb down a shallow gorge and then climb back out again afterwards. No trail to this beauty.

Elakala Falls, Blackwater Falls State Park, WV

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softmarmotte · Jul 22, 2020

GCam said:
snappyden said:

softmarmotte said:

i live in belgium, one of the flattest and lowest countries...how on earth am i going to submit a waterfall pic ? ;-)

vertical drop of at least 1 metre and a veritable flood of water, almost impossible to see through the mist

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Take courage! You have great beer, Bruges, Ghent, Dinant, moules/frites, waffles, the list goes on and on. Who cares if you don't have any waterfalls?

I love to visit your fine country.

Den

Santa Cruz, Ca

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You omitted Stella Artois Beer and Kim Clijsters, tennis player, but you're right, so much more. Never been there, but my brother worked there for 30 years and loved it all. gc

thanks guys...still upset about the lack of waterfalls :-(

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MVDH · Jul 22, 2020

softmarmotte said:
i live in belgium, one of the flattest and lowest countries...how on earth am i going to submit a waterfall pic ? ;-)

vertical drop of at least 1 metre and a veritable flood of water, almost impossible to see through the mist

I live in The Netherlands - which is even flatter and for large part situated below sea level.. so Belgium isn't that bad..

.. and you have the waterfall of Coo which actually is quite impressive in rainy season.

Timotis77 · Jul 22, 2020

Blind Bill said:

Beautiful.......Love it

gordonpritchard · Jul 22, 2020

softmarmotte said:
thanks guys...still upset about the lack of waterfalls :-(

Hah! You have at least one famous waterfall:

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snappyden · Jul 22, 2020

gordonpritchard said:
softmarmotte said:

thanks guys...still upset about the lack of waterfalls :-(

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Hah! You have at least one famous waterfall:

Gordon,

Quite well said (and shown)!

Den

StillLife · Jul 23, 2020

Slap Virge Sovenia

Slap Virge Slovenia. Cycled to the trail head from Kranjska Gore then a short hike to the falls. Samsung NX10 with 20mm lens.

softmarmotte · Jul 23, 2020

ha! you have the vaalserberg at 322m above sea level and the niagra of the veluwe waterfall ;-)

MVDH said:
softmarmotte said:

i live in belgium, one of the flattest and lowest countries...how on earth am i going to submit a waterfall pic ? ;-)

vertical drop of at least 1 metre and a veritable flood of water, almost impossible to see through the mist

Click to expand...

I live in The Netherlands - which is even flatter and for large part situated below sea level.. so Belgium isn't that bad.. .. and you have the waterfall of Coo which actually is quite impressive in rainy season.

BlueRay2 · Jul 23, 2020

beautiful composition!

AugieViking · Jul 23, 2020

Yellowstone with the rainbow. Almost missed it, as there were three tour busses at the site.

Reggie Stration · Jul 23, 2020

Iquazu falls on the border of Argentina and Brazil. This view from the Argentina side. One of the most impressive natural wonders that I've ever seen.

skysurfer5 · Jul 23, 2020

Awesome!

I'm just disappointed you didn't invite the rest of us on that trip.

Reggie Stration · Jul 23, 2020

skysurfer5 said:
Awesome!

I'm just disappointed you didn't invite the rest of us on that trip.

Ha ha, Thanks.

Then I would have had to fight my way through all your tripods to even get a glimpse of the falls.

cheers

Corelli · Jul 23, 2020

While not large, it's one of my favorites. This is just part of a bigger water landscape.

From here you can walk up the Baerenschutzklamm which takes you up a series of cliffside ladders (164!) through a narrow gorge with a constant rush of falling water, the highest of which is 310 meters.

Cheers

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Corelli · Jul 23, 2020

A classic. Congrats.

Corelli · Jul 23, 2020

Great shot. Perfect B&W subject. Should be in a book.

Cheers

Reggie Stration · Jul 23, 2020

Corelli said:
While not large, it's one of my favorites. This is just part of a bigger water landscape.

From here you can walk up the Baerenschutzklamm which takes you up a series of cliffside ladders (164!) through a narrow gorge with a constant rush of falling water, the highest of which is 310 meters.

Cheers

Gorgeous shot! Beautifully done.

7 Feathers · Jul 23, 2020

Everyone has the Wikipedia shot. This angle is not popular.

Cheers!

skysurfer5 · Jul 23, 2020

Thanks, both, for the compliments. This is one my favorites images. I do a lot of non-art with my cameras, so it's nice to do art once or twice in a while. For example, I'm a civil engineer and I take lots of photos at project sites before, during, and after construction, all for documentation purposes.

The day I made this image was only my second trip to Yosemite with the E-5 (the first was right after Christmas 2010) and I decided to channel my inner Ansel Adams by shooting most of the day in B&W mode. Sure, I could edit color raws, but I like using B&W mode because it helps me see what the B&W image will look like. From the time I started with 35mm (1979) until I got the E-5 in November 2010, I had shot only one roll of B&W, so seeing B&W while looking at color is not a skill that comes naturally to me.

knutte · Jul 23, 2020

From my trip to Lake Tahoe a few weeks ago. The shortest hike I've ever done to a waterfall and even managed to drop my Lee filter holder with its 6-stop filter......

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landscaper1 · Jul 23, 2020

knutte said:
From my trip to Lake Tahoe a few weeks ago. The shortest hike I've ever done to a waterfall and even managed to drop my Lee filter holder with its 6-stop filter......

All those stops and not one of them could keep you from dropping it. :-D

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