The Stragglers

Here are the rest of the images from the Icy Waterfalls series.

Flowing Water


Starbursting Waterfall


Waterfalls, Winter, and the Sun Shining Through

Icy Portraits

Places like this are always unique, neat ways of getting a quick portrait. The image here is an exceptionally cool fluke of nature to get an icy photo frame to surround my "subjects" (my in-laws).

Into the Ice


Icy Photo Frame


Framed

The Ice Wall

These two images are an attempt to capture on of the really interesting parts of a strong waterfall in winter. The frozen result of the mist on the rocky walls.

Icy Wall


Icicles

Les Chutes Deux

Todays post was GOING to be just the first image. The point was going to be how much moving only slightly in on a landscape shot can change the dynamics. I couldn't bring myself to only post this one though since it was way too similar to yesterdays image. So ... instead you get a couple of more images at the same time! Instead, I decided to take the same concept and extend it even further. An interesting perspective to take on waterfalls is to get in close and isolate the moving parts of the waterfalls. Not all landscapes need to be was wide as you can get.

Chutes


Flowing Water


Icy Descent

Chutes a Patoche

You getting tired of waterfall pictures yet? What about icy waterfalls? Yes? Too bad ... the next few posts are of icy waterfalls again, this time up near the cottage. This was my first trip up to these falls during the winter (I had only been up there once before during the summer ...) Our intention was to take the trails up to the falls via Skidoo ... 5 minutes on to the trail dirt and rocks were showing such that we couldn't (didn't want to risk the tracks breaking) keep going. We then parked the Skidoos and Michel and I continued on foot. While we walked the rest of the ~1hr uphill walk, Sylvie took a Skidoo back to the cottage, got a 4 wheeler and met us up at the top (an equally challenging feat I must add ...). I think the effort was worth it though.
The thing that is interesting about a place like this is that you can never truly emulate the feeling of being there in a photograph. There is so much more to the place: getting there, the sound of the roaring falls, the chilly ice, the smell of the woods, etc. Having realised that there is no way you are going to completely capture the mood, there is a couple of approaches that you can take to photographing something like this (or try everything like I do ... AKA "spray and pray"). In this post I demonstrate the first method, go WIDE.

Les Chutes Gelé


Les Chutes à Patoche

Last Two Waterfall Images

Not much else to say except the last two waterfall images are up. On a completely separate note, as some of you may have noticed sometimes I write photography related articles for a website called "Bright Hub". By the end of the day (if not already available) I will be putting a link on the right hand side of the blog here which will take you to my page on Bright Hub where you can see any of the articles I have written.

Quebec Watefall


Stitched Glowing Waterfall

Waterfalls are Back

Here are two more of the Chalet Waterfall series. Only a couple more left from there after this and then we go back in time again.

In the mean time, a couple more articles of mine are published up on Bright Hub. Learn how to install photoshop filters and learn how to merge to images in photoshop! This week I'm working on a few articles regarding shutter speed. Stay tuned.


Black and White Waterfalls


Starbursted Waterfall

Waterfalls in the Fall

Good day everyone once again. Despite a couple day break here I am back with one of the most recent sets (yet still a few weeks old) of pictures from the last time I was up at the chalet. While going for a run that morning I saw these falls from the road and said that I had to get back up there that day to get some shots. Long story short, these three, and 4 more to come in a bit, were the results.

Long Line of Water


End of the Line


Converging on the Rock