I love a waterfall image processed as monochrome. To me, it is clean, elegant and amazing. The first view I presented on Saturday was the color image, now it is time for the full gorge view in monochrome.
Simple Beauty Olympus E-M1 MK III, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 0.8s, 20mm, f/11, ISO 100
The namesake waterfall is not the only attraction to see when you visit Chittenango Falls State Park. I’ll admit it is the big ticket item, and definitely worth the trek down into the gorge. But, I have found the area of the Chittenango Creek above the falls to be a treasure trove of opportunities for a photographer. It might only be fifteen or twenty minutes for me to explore the views of the waterfall in the gorge but I spent over an hour exploring the creek. BTW, it is properly pronounced “crick”… 😉
For me the “trick” when photographing the creek is finding the right shutter speed. I want a longer exposure that will produce the silky water but I do not want to lose the sense of motion. I could have used the ten stop neutral density filter to totally blur the water (and there are instances when that is exactly what you want), but I chose the three stop filter to keep the swirl of the bubbles from becoming completely solid white.
I can still hear the sounds of the creek as I view this image… aaahhh, that sound takes me back a few years… 🙂
Whorls of Serenity Olympus E-M1 MK III, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 3.2s, 14mm, f/11, ISO 100
Life 1 Olympus E-M1 MK III, M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro, 1/250s, f/2.8, ISO 200Life 2 Olympus E-M1 MK III, M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro, 1/1000s, f/2.8, ISO 200Life 3 Olympus E-M1 MK III, M. Zuiko 60mm f/2.8 Macro, 1/1000s, f/2.8, ISO 200