Here is my slightly different version of Marc's secret falls. I tried a little different perspective including the fern on the left, since the wind was very light everything stayed amazingly still. This is the first time I've encountered these kind of conditions up here.
5D
17-40L + polarizer
.5 sec, f/16, ISO 160
Posted by Darren White on June 6, 2006 at 10:35 PM
question is......
"where is up there?"!!!!!!
Nice shot Zach
I love the mist comming off the main falls....very well done~!
Posted by Zack Schnepf on June 6, 2006 at 10:44 PM
This is off the trail to punch bowl falls, the trail is not marked and is very steep, and slippery. It's actually a pretty dangerous spot and the trail is not meant to handle much traffic, it may be an animal trail originally. I'm always careful to not tear up the trail as it gets torn up pretty easily, also there is an exposed cliff edge on one side with nothing to hold you if you slipped off the trail.
Posted by Darren White on June 6, 2006 at 10:53 PM
sounds good to me......so I am guessing we are lookin' at punch bowl as the mail falls here in this picture! am I correct.....this will help me to find the trail....but I sure dont like swimming with camera gear
Posted by Zack Schnepf on June 6, 2006 at 10:55 PM
This is Metlako falls.
Posted by Darren White on June 6, 2006 at 11:33 PM
Posted by Mike Stovall on June 7, 2006 at 12:58 AM
Zack,
This is well done like everything I've seen you post. This does give me some vertigo... I'm a sucker for ferns. Maybe my monitor is bad--it's not calibrated, but is that a red-hot lava flow to the right of the falls? It's probably a log with the bark split open..
I like this perspective a little better than Marc's since you more clearly see the stream drop off the edge - but I think the shutter speed here is too long - the falls has a lot of white down below. I'd only go down this trail if I first tied a rope to a tree above me that gave me a little support... just in case
Great work Zack. There's a strange sense that things aren't where they're supposed to be here. Maybe it's just late for me, but I had a tough time at first figuring out which way the water was flowing.
I'm glad you didn't break your neck (or even your camera) getting this shot.
I always like seeing this perspective.. but if I close my eyes, I can almost see myself sliding down that cascade like at some water park.. I'll leave this one to the youngsters!
Discussion
10 replies5D
17-40L + polarizer
.5 sec, f/16, ISO 160
"where is up there?"!!!!!!
Nice shot Zach
I love the mist comming off the main falls....very well done~!
Ok thanks!
This is well done like everything I've seen you post. This does give me some vertigo... I'm a sucker for ferns. Maybe my monitor is bad--it's not calibrated, but is that a red-hot lava flow to the right of the falls?
I'm glad you didn't break your neck (or even your camera) getting this shot.
Sean