Posted by Curtis Knight on July 24, 2006 at 12:00 PM
Big Spring Creek Falls. 23Rd, Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Brian (my shooting parter) and I spent most of Saturday afternoon sitting in this little canyon eating grilled surloin steaks, drinking pepsi, and taking pictures. The temp in this little canyon, with the rushing water creating a cool breeze, was somwhere between 65 and 70 degrees. I could have stayed there for a week!
Posted by Mearle Gates on September 11, 2006 at 6:06 PM
I stumbled upon this creek when I was out on 23 this past Saturday. It's a classic! Flow is greatly reduced now, yet _extremely_ photogenic; the moss is as green as ever. I went through a couple of rolls of 220 film here on Saturday. Got in more shots on Sunday before the sunlight got too harsh, but I had my hip waders to get myself close in on the best angles. How far up the creek did you go?
Posted by Curtis Knight on September 11, 2006 at 6:43 PM
I've only been up to the base of the upper tier of the falls... how far did you go?
Posted by Mearle Gates on September 11, 2006 at 10:50 PM
The same, where the smaller creek joins on the right. The upper falls is the most photogenic with fewer broken logs intruding into the water flow.
The middle section was interesting also as you could get almost behind and under the falls due to the undercut stream bed. Didn't bother with the lower stretch. Just too helter skelter for my taste.
I aimed for 8 sec. exposures at f32, using a spot meter to meter for the highlights on Velvia. Had to sacrifice shadow detail in some shots, but that was dark rock and stuff less interesting anyway. I mailed out the rolls of film this morning. Should see the tranparencies back in a couple of weeks.
Posted by Curtis Knight on September 12, 2006 at 10:57 AM
Visit in the spring. I think you'll like that lower section a lot better. yes, it's chaos, but there are tons of abstracts you can shoot with a 200mm (or whatever gives you the equivilant crop factor on 220)
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The middle section was interesting also as you could get almost behind and under the falls due to the undercut stream bed. Didn't bother with the lower stretch. Just too helter skelter for my taste.
I aimed for 8 sec. exposures at f32, using a spot meter to meter for the highlights on Velvia. Had to sacrifice shadow detail in some shots, but that was dark rock and stuff less interesting anyway. I mailed out the rolls of film this morning. Should see the tranparencies back in a couple of weeks.