Waterfall
Just before I left for my trip to Shenandoah National Park the weather forecast was three days of near perfect weather. However when I got there it was three days of clouds, drizzle and heavy thunderstorms. On my second day I went to do a short day hike to the Dark Falls waterfall pictured above under very heavy clouds which meant far from ideal lighting. Also since it was a waterfall I wanted to do some longer exposure shots so I had my tripod slung across my back which I normally don't carry for hiking preferring to save that for just drive by shooting. When I got to the falls the only place if I wanted do a frontal shot the only place to do it was along a edge of slippery irregular rocks with a very strong current along the edge of a ten to twelve foot drop with big large boulders at the bottom. Even if I was forty years younger I would have been hesitant to risk broken bones or worse for the sake of photographic art so I kept what shots I took along the trail edge on one side.
Waterfall
Just before I left for my trip to Shenandoah National Park the weather forecast was three days of near perfect weather. However when I got there it was three days of clouds, drizzle and heavy thunderstorms. On my second day I went to do a short day hike to the Dark Falls waterfall pictured above under very heavy clouds which meant far from ideal lighting. Also since it was a waterfall I wanted to do some longer exposure shots so I had my tripod slung across my back which I normally don't carry for hiking preferring to save that for just drive by shooting. When I got to the falls the only place if I wanted do a frontal shot the only place to do it was along a edge of slippery irregular rocks with a very strong current along the edge of a ten to twelve foot drop with big large boulders at the bottom. Even if I was forty years younger I would have been hesitant to risk broken bones or worse for the sake of photographic art so I kept what shots I took along the trail edge on one side.