Cause and Effect

On the several occasions now that I've hiked the Left Fork to the Subway over the years, I've noticed that most photographers focus (pardon the pun) their attention on the familiar "joint" in the creek bed just before the Subway, and for the most part more or less ignore this beautiful little cascade and pool (i.e. - the larger one, not the smaller one in the foreground) just upstream which actually feeds water into the joint. I'm not a geologist or a hydrologist, but it has always seemed to me that if it wasn't for this strategically located pool, the joint might have little or no water flowing through it at all. Personally, I find this feature to be as photographable and picturesque as the joint, if not more so. This most recent composition, captured just last week, is quickly growing on me, and may become my favorite thus far of this feature.

Canon 5DII
Canon 16-35mm f/2.8L II
23mm, f/13, 2.5 seconds, ISO 50, polarizer