Taughannock Falls State Park in HDR

[Scottwdw]

Traveled down to Ithaca, New York over the weekend and visited Taughannock Falls State Park. ; Took some bracketed series to produce these HDR images from the park.

Taughannock Falls from the gorge floor viewing area.

Taughannock Creek

Tree Roots along the Taughannock Creek

Taughannock Falls from the North Rim Trail some 400 feet above the gorge floor.

 

[Tim]

stunningly beautiful, scott.

 

[mainstreet1997]

WOW!

 

[Roger]

Yes, gorgeous Scott.

Don't know if/when we'll get colors like that![nb]Live oaks don't change colors, they just go straight to brown and drop in the spring. ; Quickly[/nb]

 

[Jeff Fillmore]

Wow! ; Great stuff!

 

[zackiedawg]

Man oh man is upstate New York beautiful...I miss it! ; Gorgeous photos of a beautiful place.

 

[goofy101]

WOW nice shot!

 

[goofmick]

Wow, stunning!!

 

[Fishphotos]

Oh how I miss the seasons! ; Beautiful! ; The waterfall and the foliage... wow. ;
Thanks for posting these!

 

[Paul]

nice work Scott, great color

 

[PolynesianMedic]

Scott, these shots are simply brilliant! ; Nice work, and thanks for posting.

 

[ArnyVee]

Wow, simply beautiful....especially the one with the roots...just amazing.

What do I need to do to get pictures of the water flowing like that? I mean, aside from hiring one of you pros, that is?

 

[PolynesianMedic]

The shutter has to stay open for a little bit to allow the camera to "see" the flow of the water. ; I'm sure someone can explain it a lot better then that.

 

[ArnyVee]

How do you set the "shutter to stay open"?

 

[gary]

it's not quite that simple, you really need to get a neutral density filter, 4 stop is about the minimum to freeze/silk water, google nd filters and read a bit, it's a much better tutorial than i can give here

 

[Scottwdw]

How do you set the "shutter to stay open"?

I wish I did have an ND filter with me but I only had a polarizer. ; To get the maximum shutter speed, I stopped down the lens to f/29, it's smallest setting. ; I got just under a second for the shot with the tree roots. ; The others a bit longer. ; It goes without saying I was using a tripod for all of these shots.

This photo of another much smaller waterfall was an 8 second exposure in a shaded glen. ; BTW, this is not an HDR image but a photo.

 

[Scottwdw]

Thanks everyone! ; The gorges and waterfalls in them I visited last weekend was a photographer's paradise. ; The HDR technique helped pull out the colors and details which I could see but my older dSLR was having trouble with.

 

[PolynesianMedic]

Scott this other shot, is wonderful. ; I really like this one.

 

[goofmick]

Scott, that last shot is very nice as well.

 

[Scottwdw]

Taughannock Falls Panoramic. I didn't quite do this right as the waterfall is cut off at the bottom. ; Guess I'll have to go back. ; Darn.