Falls of the Big Sioux

As we drove home from an early spring camping trip to Yellowstone and the Black Hills, my son and I decided to stop in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to see the waterfalls of the Big Sioux River. The falls are situated in an urban park setting, surrounded by man-made structures. Dozens of people walked and stood on the rocks among the falls, so it was difficult to get a full view of the falls that excluded people and the surrounding man-made structures. This image captures a small fraction of the many falls.

The original image includes a father and son to the left, a small family to the right, and a bridge above the falls. But, since no humans, or human-made objects, are evident in this photo, it's probably okay to post it in the Landscape gallery, rather than in Man & Nature.

Please feel free to comment and critique.

Location: Waterfalls of the Big Sioux River, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA

Date and Time: April 8, 2012, 15:38

Equipment: Pentax K110, DA 55-300mm, tripod

Exposure: 1/6s, f/22, iso 200

Crop: About 20% of the left, 10% of the top, and 10% of the right have been cropped to remove people and a bridge.

Post processing in Lightroom 5: Dodged dark areas of the rocks. Reduced noise because of extensive crops. [The Pentax K110D has a 6MP sensor, and has been replaced with a Pentax K-5 that sports a 16MP sensor.)