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Fern Tree Waterfall, Mt Buangor State Park
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Fern Tree Waterfall, Mt Buangor State Park



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I really like this photo of the falls, it's a little over exposed in the water, however, I rarely do anything to my photos, so this is how it was taken....
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I really like this photo of the falls, it's a little over exposed in the water, however, I rarely do anything to my photos, so this is how it was taken.
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cameraCanon EOS 60D

settings Aperture f/25.0 ISO 100 Shutter 16/10 

upload_dateAug, 2014

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6 Comments |
jeffswanson
 
jeffswanson October 04, 2014
Great POV.
kathleenweetman
 
kathleenweetman January 18, 2015
Voted......
RDVPhotography PRO+
 
RDVPhotography February 04, 2015
Very nice composition and like the long exposure.
kathleenweetman
 
kathleenweetman March 07, 2015
EXPERIMENTAL EXPOSURE...VOTED
kathleenweetman
 
kathleenweetman June 15, 2015
Write a comment beauty in nature.....I feel so calm//voted k
kathleenweetman
 
kathleenweetman August 31, 2015
Always love this....voted ..k

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Behind The Lens

Location

The waterfall is Ferny Tree Falls in Mt Buangor State Park in Victoria Australia. They were only a short distance from the walking track but you can walk all the way to the top of the track and see the falls from many different angles. As we got higher the sun came over the ridge and the photos were not nearly as good as this as there were areas that were blown out or other areas that were too dark.

Time

The photos were taken on a frost winters morning at 11:02 am.

Lighting

As there was no sun on the waterfall, because it was in a valley, it is just natural lighting. I didn't use a flash. I just did a 1.6 second exposure, hence the movement you can see in some of the fern fronds in the foreground.

Equipment

I used my Canon 60D with a 18-200mm lens. I have an Optex tripod, which I used when taking this photo.

Inspiration

We had specifically gone out to take photos of this waterfall. I had read about it for a few years, but never seemed to find the time to go there. We had nothing to do one weekend and so off we set. The Mt Buangor Stat Park is about 90 minutes from where we live so it wasn't that far to go.

Editing

No post-processing has been done to this photo.

In my camera bag

Usually only my camera (Canon 60D), 18-200mm lens, 10-20mm lens and an extension tube. I also have a large selection of cards so I never run out of memory.

Feedback

Unless the waterfall you want to take is fully in sun, try and take shots in deep valleys before the sun gets to it. Once the sun gets to part of the valley you tend to have two photos. One blown out, the other way too dark. Try and find the best vantage spot to take the photo and set your tripod, so that you can do multiple exposures at varying speeds. I took several photos of the falls ranging from 1/250sec down to 1.6sec. The effect this has on the water is amazing. The shorter exposure freezes everything in time and is nice and crisp were the slower speed, gives the impression of movement. Try different depth of field as well this can bring all the viewing area into focus or it can blur out sections and only have the waterfall perfectly focused. This one had an f/stop of F/25.

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