Lewis Falls

 As we  drove south through Yellowstone National Park, heading for the south entrance, we passed Lewis Lake and then crossed a bridge and saw this waterfall which we weren't expecting, so we pulled into the pullout and I grabbed my camera gear.  It was close to sunset, so exposures were going to be long, so I decided to bracket shots and maybe combine them later with and HDR program.  Using my 24mm lens, I took shots +/- 1 stop around 6 seconds at f/22, ISO 100.  I used ExpoBlending under Linux to do the combine

This is the middle image of the three used in the above HDR combine.  The improvements are not all that obvious in this case, but the next image did well with the HDR combine.

From the same location, I switched to my 10mm fisheye and took three exposures with a 1 stop bracket centered at 1/6 second at f/2.8, ISO 100.

I set up at the north end of the bridge over Lewis River and took an HDR set of exposures with my 75-300mm lens at 90mm focal length, bracketed by 1 stop centered on 5 seconds at f/11, ISO 400.

Tower Falls

We arrived at Tower Falls in Yellowstone National Park last month in a bit of a rainstorm, complete with thunder and lightning, so we went inside the giftshop by the trailhead, thinking that the hike to view the falls was a couple miles long.  We discovered that the viewpoint is only a short relatively flat trail away and a longer hike went down towards the base of the falls (but we found out later that it is closed about halfway down).  With the storm lightening up with only very light rain, we headed out on the short hike.  I set up my tripod at the overlook and took the shots above with my 24mm lens, varying the exposure for different affects - the top is 1 second at f/22, ISO 100 and the falls are smeared, giving the falls a curtain-like affect.  The bottom was taken at 1/640 seconds at f/1.8, ISO 400, nearly stopping the water.

I switched to my 50mm lens and took these two images in portrait mode.  The top image was taken at 1/800 seconds at f/1.8, ISO 400.  The lower one was taken at 1 second at f/22, ISO 100.

FYI, the trail that heads downhill does not have another view of Tower Falls, at least not down to where it is closed.  It does have wonderful views of the river and canyon below - but I'm getting ahead of myself.

Wailua Falls fisheye

Another view of Wailau Falls, this time with my fishey lens. This image was taken at 10mm focal length with an exposure of 1/400 seconds at f/11, ISO 400.

Wailua Falls, Kaua'i

A rainbow appears in the mist at the base of Wailua Falls on Kaua'i. This picturesque waterfall is difficult to get a good photo of in the lighting and from the overlook. This image was taken with my 24mm lens with an exposure of 1/500 seconds at f/6.3, ISO 400.

Waterfall near Queen's Bath

Kaua'i is known for its waterfalls. This small one is along the trail down to Queen's Bath. This image was taken at 18mm focal length with an exposure of 1/30 seconds at f/5, ISO 400.

Waterall near Queen's Bath

We went to the Queen's Bath near Princeville on Kaua'i the same day we visited Kipu Falls. The blue and greens of the ocean are very spectacular and are in stark contrast to the volcanic rocks on this island. This image was taken at 27mm focal length with a polarizer and and exposure of 1/320 seconds at f/5, ISO 400.

Waterfall in a cave

Just when you thought you've seen it all, we went into this cave with a waterfall coming in through an opening. Really cool. Of course, it was dark in here and this was a bit of a long exposure with the boat moving. This image was taken with an SD850IS with an exposure of 1/13 seconds at f/2.8, ISO 80.

Waterfall and Na Pali cliffs

This section of beach fronts a waterfall and spectacular overgrown Na Pali cliffs.

Caves and Waterfalls

The view along the coast of a waterfall as we leave the cave. Pictures just can't do it justice. This image was taken with an SD850IS with an exposure of 1/200 seconds at f/4, ISO 80

Na Pali Waterfall

Another waterfall flows over a Na Pali cliff. I bet all the waterfalls would be running more fully if the island wasn't in a bit of a drought while I was there. This image was taken with an SD850IS with an exposure of 1/320 seconds at f/2.8, ISO 80.

Caves and cliffs and waterfalls

Captain Ted took us into our first cave of the day just past yesterdays waterfall. You can see our wake coming out of the cave area near center making a great contrast with the blue water and rugged cliffs. This image was taken with an SD850 IS with an exposure of 1/400 seconds at f/2.8, ISO 80.

Grand Falls

Grand Falls at a dry time. Grand Falls can be found northeast of Flagstaff Arizona. It is the result of a lava flow which dammed the Little Colorado River. The river canyon eventually filled with water and overflowed the rim and the water found its way around the lava flow, running roughly northward, then westward around the flow and then back to the south where it found the orignal canyon again at this spot, creating a water fall in the process. It has slowly eroded away the wall. You can see large chunks of the wall laying both on the shelf right of center and in the pool at the base of the falls at the left edge of the frame. When Grand Falls runs, it is usually a brown torrent.