The fall color report on Travel Wisconsin has had a tantalizing photograph on its gallery from last year. So, I decided to head down to figure out what some of the buttons on the new camera does and how to use them before I need to use them. So, a trip to Pewit’s Nest was in order.
On photographing waterfalls
June 11, 2014 Photography, Waterfalls No comments philosophizing
One may notice that my pictures of photographing waterfalls are often tight shots of part of the waterfall. There are two components to this choice – practical and the aesthetic.
Silver Falls to Tillamook
September 26, 2008 Great Trip '08, Photography, Waterfalls No comments geo:lat=45.4743408, geo:lon=-123.84283299999998, geotagged, Tillamook
The day started with packing up and then a trip to Upper North Falls. The rain from the previous day had a significant change to the amount of water over the falls. I think I preferred the day before for the possibility of more detail in the rocks, but you take what you get.
Following that it was up to Multnomah Falls… one of the, if not the, most famous waterfalls in Oregon. The GPS wanted to take me on the highway, but I saw a sign that said “that way” and so I went “that way” – it was the historic part. It was built for the model T. White picket guard rails, turns that had a 20 mph speed and straight away that were 30 mph. It gave you time to see the view… and I saw cars whizzing by on the highway over a bit. I thought I made a wrongish turn – that would take too long to get there.
Silver Falls – Hiking
September 25, 2008 Great Trip '08, Photography, Waterfalls No comments geo:lat=44.8711186, geo:lon=-122.65192860000002, geotagged, hiking, Silverton, waterfall
Base of Middle North Falls.
The odometer should be taken with a grain of salt or two… The loop that I hiked was listed as 8.7 miles. The canyon trail was, well, in a canyon and the GPS doesn’t like canyon walls. The other thing the GPS doesn’t like is rain. I’ll get back to that.
Burney Falls – Day 2
September 22, 2008 Great Trip '08, Waterfalls No comments burney, geo:lat=41.014943, geo:lon=-121.64741409999999, geotagged, waterfall
Today I started off with finding the wireless hotspot, and bought some time with AT&T. Its a year worth, but compared to single purchases I should be able to quickly recover the cost. And I uploaded photos and blog.
Burney Again – Day 1 – Burney Falls
September 21, 2008 Great Trip '08, Photography, Waterfalls No comments burney, geo:lat=41.014943, geo:lon=-121.64741409999999, geotagged, waterfall
My first entry was a year and a bit ago, and I find myself back at Burney falls. Last tuesday I decided to go on vacation. I normally take a trip in the fall somewhere. Last year was the midwest, and for several years before I went to the eastern sierras. This year I decided to do a grand loop of western national parks. No, Burney isn’t a national park, its a state park.
Burney Falls
July 8, 2007 Photography, Waterfalls No comments burney, california, geo:lat=41.014943, geo:lon=-121.64741409999999, geotagged, waterfall
A segment of Burney Falls. Its a quite large waterfall. Being so large, it is difficult to both capture its majesty and the beauty of the water cascading off the rocks.
I am writing this now as I clean up my supper at 10 p.m. – boiling water over a propane stove (the easiest way to get instant mashed potatoes off the walls of the saucepan).
Slowly, the stars are coming out (though the combination of looking at an LCD screen – even at the lowest level to preserve battery power and the neighbors four camp lights – at least its a warm color temperature with an even spectrum – the night before some other neighbors had some flashlight of some sort that was very bright blue that instantly killed anything resembling night vision).