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Lost Creek Falls

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Posted by Philip Schwarz on August 31, 2009 at 8:19 AM
Lost Creek Falls
This shot was taken a few weeks ago at Lost Creek Falls just outside Cornucopia, Wisconsin. This was my first trip to the falls in several years. My last trip was just after a strong storm that left trees down on the trail and in the falls. I was pleasantly surprised to see the trees removed from the fall and that the falls had so much water given the drought we have been having.

Comments welcome.

Phil Schwarz
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Menomonie, WI 54751
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Posted by Tim Mulholland on August 31, 2009 at 10:48 AM
Beautiful! Stunning!

I saw the article in Wisconsin Trails about Wisconsin waterfalls and was surprised that the author hit the major ones; in many ways, I was pleased that she left out the less-well-known waterfalls... ;)

Tim!
Posted by Ken Bachofer on August 31, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Nicely done! Good job of balancing the highlights and shadows.
Posted by Steven M Kahn on August 31, 2009 at 12:15 PM
Sweet image Phil. I truly enjoy water and waterfalls. I enjoy the lighting in your image as well as the rich colors. Nice composition. Makes me want to head to the UP and walk about.
Posted by Brian Vance on August 31, 2009 at 3:31 PM
This is a wonderful, unique waterfalls shot, Phil. The FG is really nice with the wet rocks and the jailhouse feel to the blurred water. The BG has good details in the shadows, but the rocks seem just a tad soft back there for some reason. The overall composition is gorgeous and original. Nicely seen.

p.s. to Steven - this is a Wisconsin beauty, not a UP beauty, but close enough in the larger geographical scheme of things.
Posted by Ramamohan Pai on August 31, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Very nice, Philip :cool: - composition, the choice of shutter speed are particularly nice.
Posted by Kendall Hetrick on September 1, 2009 at 8:40 AM
Lovely image. I like the lines of water in it.
Posted by Mike Klarich on September 2, 2009 at 9:25 AM
Great image Phil. Amazing detail in the shadows. Is it an HDR or a powerful flash, or natural light? Wow. Awesome compostion.
Posted by Philip Schwarz on September 2, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Brian I think you are right about the softness. I've been changing my processing workflow and I think I forgot to sharpen the image.

Mike this was a single shot.
Posted by Kerry Leibowitz on September 5, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Really nice, Phil. Those foreground vertical lines--the individual drip rendered as lines by the long exposure--are phenomenal.