Great Falls Park, Virginia - Long Exposure

[Braineack]

Bolted up the 70-200, and screwed on my 8-stop and CPL filters and gave it a go this morning. Lived in this area my entire life and never made it out here, so we played hooky from work today and drove out.

Now I really want to come for a sunrise...


DSC_4565 by Braineack, on Flickr


DSC_4563 by Braineack, on Flickr


DSC_4528 by Braineack, on Flickr


DSC_4519 by Braineack, on Flickr


DSC_4514 by Braineack, on Flickr


DSC_4508 by Braineack, on Flickr


DSC_4566 by Braineack, on Flickr


full album of my shots here: Great Falls

 

[dxqcanada2]

Yes, morning or evening light.

 

[Braineack]

Behind the scenes:

I'm also annoyed i kept forgetting to close the viewfinder flapper, and had quite a bit of light leak on a few shots. But really happy with how well these worked with the stacked filters and 11am morning sun. Was shooting at ISO 50, f16-20, and around 8-13sec.

 

[danbob6117 142]

Really lovely images. I'd say you managed to do a good day's work!

 

[Braineack]

this is how the day ended:

 

[K9Kirk]

Nice set! That's a very nice looking river! Looks cold!

 

[edsland]

Awesome set...

 

[Derrel]

Awesome waterfall!!!!!

 

[Jeff G]

Beautiful location and shots.

 

[Derrel]

around 8-13sec

water looks like cotton candy...

really a long time for such a high flow rate

I personally prefer to see more of the true character of the water revealed..your first BTS phone cap reveals a lot of the true nature of this awesome waterfall!

 

[Jeff1548 48]

Very good set.......

 

[smoke665]

Wow, this looks like a wild and wooly place depending on water levels. Like Derrel above I lean more toward letting just a tad of water's character through. I also like to do a little split toning to put bring out the water color in the shadows. Considering the time of day these were shot, fantastic job.