Muddy Creek Falls

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 23, 20042,859 views14 comments

Pentax 67
Pentax 55mm f4
Velvia
Kirk ballhead & tripod
Muddy Creek Falls State Park,MD
Crop on top to eliminate some grey sky

This is the highest waterfall in MD at an imposing 51'. I know this does not compare in height to many other falls around the country, but this is a very photogenic area. The park also contains another waterfall and forty acres of towering pines and hemlocks, one of the state's last virgin forests.

Ed

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Michael Lowe on November 23, 2004 at 7:43 PM

You sure have had a lot better luck there than I have. This is excellent. I love the composition with the s curve of the water flowing down and out of the LR corner of the frame. i also like the horizontal framing. Most of the shots of Muddy Creek Falls that I have seen have been verticals. Nicely done.

Registered on February 11, 2004, 777 Posts, 5252 Comments

Comment posted by Lori Kincaid on November 23, 2004 at 8:41 PM

Very beautiful. I love the flow of water through the frame.

Lori

Registered on November 15, 2003, 90 Posts, 2033 Comments

Comment posted by Dane Glueck on November 23, 2004 at 8:56 PM

This is very nice - great composition off the water flowing through the image and exiting on a diagonal at the corner. Nice work with the exposure as well.

Registered on November 10, 2003, 193 Posts, 1748 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Pelton on November 23, 2004 at 10:44 PM

Wonderful composition of a striking scene.

Registered on November 25, 2003, 380 Posts, 4647 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Cable on November 23, 2004 at 10:44 PM

Great shot, very graphic, I wouldn't change a thing about it. I shot this falls once in the fall, when I first got in to photography. I wish I had photographed this falls more while I still lived in Maryland. Good thinking on ditching the grey sky.

Registered on June 24, 2004, 36 Posts, 224 Comments

Comment posted by Todd Caudle on November 23, 2004 at 10:50 PM

I love the supine nature of the creek and the blue-tint b&w look. Beautiful!

Registered on November 9, 2003, 472 Posts, 3705 Comments

Comment posted by Vic Harris on November 24, 2004 at 7:37 AM

Very pleasing composition Ed. Makes me look forward to winter.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 295 Posts, 2830 Comments

Comment posted by Christopher Jordan on November 24, 2004 at 9:52 AM

Ed,

Come on dude - no apologies for the landscape. ESPECIALLY when you get a photo as nice as this one. The curve of the creek, the lovely waterfall, and the neat ice formation next to the falls are all great. Well done....

CJ

Registered on November 1, 2003, 62 Posts, 475 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Lowe on November 24, 2004 at 2:16 PM

Thanks for the comments everyone. I am looking forward to some snowfall this winter so I can head out to Swallow Falls in western MD and Blackwater Falls in WV again.

Ed

Registered on February 7, 2004, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments

Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on November 24, 2004 at 2:17 PM

Ed,

Very nice composition, no need to knock the size of the waterfall. My only nit is the circular anomaly between the snow and the rapid inthe FG. What is that? It looks like a water drop might have been on the lens. I would try to remove it withthe Healing Brush in PS.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 474 Posts, 5555 Comments

Comment posted by Michael E. Gordon on November 24, 2004 at 2:27 PM

Really nice stuff, Ed!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 90 Posts, 2482 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Lowe on November 24, 2004 at 3:13 PM

Thanks for the comments Youssef & Michael and thanks for pointing that spot out to me, Youssef.I had not noticed it until you mentioned it. You are probably right about it possibly being a water drop on the lens. I did not mean to sound as though I was disparaging the height of the falls; it was meant to be tongue-in-cheek.

Registered on February 7, 2004, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments

Comment posted by Daniella T. on January 22, 2005 at 1:55 AM

what a beautiful winter scenery! The colour tone really make it feel cold to go with the scene.

Registered on January 9, 2004, 41 Posts, 512 Comments

Comment posted by Darren Colello on August 7, 2009 at 7:11 PM

Beautifully soft, flowing image. Well done!

Registered on July 27, 2009, 175 Posts, 1100 Comments