Upper Cataract Falls – the new ice-skating practice rink ;)

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Mental note for next time – old sneakers with no grip are not the most suitable footwear for traversing a mossy slippery set of falls such as these, how I got to this spot without going arse over tits is beyond me 🙂 I think booties with nails in the bottom would be more useful.

Nonetheless the beautiful deep colour in the rocks and the texture and veins made it worthwhile, not to mention the veil of wispy water flowing over the edge.

Techie data:
4 shot (landscape orientation) panorama.
D7000 with Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 @ 11mm Aperture: f/13 Shutter 8, 2 & 30 seconds. – Hoya screw in circular polariser and neutral density filter (3 stops)

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Lower Cataract Falls

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A difficult little set of falls to shoot, the time of day and the light made things a bit tricky and as such I opted for a really close tight panorama view to try and convey the scene with its many over hanging ferns, branches and water seemingly dropping from the bright clouded sky.

I could almost reach out and touch the fern on the right, a bracketed panorama to achieve the desired dynamic range and encapsulate the pool and surrounds.

Techie data:
D7000 with Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 @ 11mm Aperture: f/8 Shutter 8, 2 & 30 seconds. The bright frame was only used to bring a fraction of detail to that really shadowed overhang to the side of the falls
out front – Hoya screw in circular polariser and neutral density filter (3 stops)

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Panoramic Fern

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This little fern and its mates were the star attraction of my visit to Cataract Falls in Lawson.

This image is an example (of mine) of partially 'seeing' the image before taking it. I saw the fern, the moss and the tiny little falls and associated eddy currents and immediately the panoramic view came to mind first with the fern leading the viewer into the frame and towards the secondary element, the falls. The view inside my head also had this neat 3rd fern swirling around in the little eddy current in the top right of the frame creating a warn tan colour in the water…however after several attempts it was simply not gonna happen:) hence the 'partial seeing' of the image.

This image is actually 3 images stitched together to make the full panoramic format, whilst I probably could have take one shot at 17mm (DX) and got it all in then subsequently cropped, i took the route of 3 stitched images which was easily achievable give the conditions.

(and i did place the fern 🙂 )

Techie data:
D7000 with Tokina 17-55 mm f2.8 @ 45mm Aperture: f/8Shutter 3 seconds
Hoya screw in circular polariser out front.

I welcome any suggestions, comments and improvements to my photography, they are always warmly welcomed and always appreciate the time people take to have a look, plus and/or comment.