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14th September 2013. At the Splish Splash pool testing the temperature of the water - it was 28°C - very nice. My thermometer is a German baby bath one which I got from Amazon for about £3. Very useful for testing the sea temperature - that was around 25°C this year.
Ithaca Falls is a waterfall located within the city of Ithaca, New York. It is the last of a series of waterfalls along the hanging valley formed where Fall Creek intersects the glacial trough of Cayuga Lake. The falls are in an amphitheater formed by freezing and thawing of the weak shale which makes up most of the gorge walls. The splash pool, and the creek just below the falls, are a popular spot for fly fishing.
The area around the base of the falls was owned by Cornell University for many years, before being sold to the City of Ithaca in 2000 as a part of environmental cleanup. The area has been a popular, if dilapidated, park for many years; currently it is undergoing a major redesign and rebuild. In June 2016, the Ithaca Common Council voted to demolish a house directly north of the falls and add the parcel to the park. The city had acquired the house after the owner failed to pay property taxes.
The falls is present as the stylized "I" in the "Ithaca is Gorges" logo.
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Although the beautiful green water of the Lewis River is icy cold, the splash pool below Moulton Falls appears to be boiling. The roar of the falls is the thunder, her beauty the lightning!
Visited the beautiful Falls Creek Falls in Skamania County yesterday. This falls is around 200 plus feet and pushes out an amazing cloud of mist, which off course creates the need for the whole wipe lens/shoot/wipe lens shot technique. Although this falls is very beautiful and the hike itself is gorgeous as well, I find it tough to walk away with any real interesting compositions. Also wanted to wish everyone a happy Friday!!
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I was trying to show off the mossy slabs making up the face of the cascade, while also showing off the splash pool. I typically don't like to cut off the near shore of a splash pool, because it leads to a whole lot of uninteresting dead space. This time however, I could see a frothy current in the pool, which naturally created a leading line to the cascade, so I felt more justified in shooting the pool.
Ketchum Run, just upstream of Rode Falls.
Loyalsock State Forest, Pennsylvania (Aug 23, 2015)
This portion of the trail along the devil's den really looks like it's own room. The rocks virtually enclose the splash pool and provide plenty of "chairs" for stopping to enjoy the scenery.
Water drops splashing into a pool and colliding.
Setup is a paint tray as the splash pool. A frosted acryllic sheet behind the splash pool with 2 flashguns behind that facing the camera.
I use PaintshopPro9 to level adjust the background (the flashes left the top corners slightly darker) and to blue tint and clone out a few stray drops.
Nikon D3200. F16. 135mm.
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We had been to this waterfall several years ago and it was barely a trickle. So naturally I was hoping for more water on todays trip. Well there was plenty of water.. so much water in fact the splash pool was well over waist deep, so this was pretty much the only perspective available.. tree branch and all. Lesson here.. watch what you wish for.
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RMS QUEEN MARY 2 undertakes the spin after departing Berth 38/39 at Southampton to enable her to set directions to sail down Southampton Water for The Solent and open sea.
Photograph Copyright; Digital Expression UK (2020)
HISTORY Continued:
2003 DRY DOCK ACCIDENT
The final stages of construction were marred by a fatal accident on 15 November 2003, when a gangway collapsed under a group of shipyard workers and their relatives who had been invited to visit the vessel. In total, 32 people were injured and 16 were killed, after a 15-metre (49 ft) fall into the drydock.
Construction was completed on schedule. On 22 December 2003, Queen Mary 2 left Saint-Nazaire and arrived in Southampton, England, on 26 December 2003. On 8 January 2004, the liner was officially named by Queen Elizabeth II.
EXTERIOR
Queen Mary 2's principal naval architect was Carnival's in-house designer, Stephen Payne. He intended many aspects of the ship's design to resemble notable aspects of former ocean liners, such as Queen Elizabeth 2 and the ship's predecessor Queen Mary. These include the three thick black lines known as "hands that wrap around either edge of the ship's bridge screen, and at the stern end of the superstructure, which are to recall the appearance of the crossovers of the forward decks on the first Queen Mary.
Queen Mary 2 has 14,164 square metres (152,460 sq ft) of exterior deck space, with wind screens to shield passengers in rough seas. The ship was originally constructed with five swimming pools. However, the shallow "Splash Pool" on Deck 13 was removed during the ship's 2016 refurbishment to make room for additional staterooms. Two of her remaining four swimming pools are outdoors. There are indoor pools on Deck 7, in the Canyon Ranch Spa Club, and on Deck 12. The Pavilion Pool on Deck 12 is covered with a retractable magrodome.
In common with liners such as RMS Queen Mary, there is a continuous wrap-around promenade deck (Deck 7). This passes behind the bridge screen and allows passengers to circumnavigate the deck while protected from the winds; one circuit is 620 m (2,030 ft) long. The flanking promenades are created by the need to step the superstructure to allow space for lifeboats. By SOLAS standards, these should have been lower on the hull (15 m (49 ft) above the waterline), but for the sake of appearance as well as to avoid the danger of large waves damaging the boats, Payne convinced SOLAS officials to exempt Queen Mary 2 from this requirement, and the boats are 25 m (82 ft) above the waterline.
Payne's original intention was for a stern profile with a spoon shape, similar to most previous liners, but the mounting of the propeller pods required a flat transom. The compromise was a Costanzi stern – a combination of the two, which provides the transom required for azimuthal pod propulsors and has better seaholding characteristics in a following swell. In common with many modern ships, Queen Mary 2 has a bulbous bow to reduce drag and thereby increase speed, range, and fuel efficiency.
To be continued further with forthcoming photographs.
I'll never forget when I first heard about the movie "High School Musical." It was in geometry class my freshman year of high school. The particular class I was in was mostly all sophomores, with the exception of myself and four other freshmen. I recall that some of the sophomores were discussing how they'd watched the movie premiere on the Disney channel the night before. Apparently, my teacher had also seen it with his kids. He was joking around, saying that Gabriella looked way too young to be with Troy. He also said Troy had a huge ego (or something along those lines). I thought it was amusing that my older classmates had watched something on the Disney channel, that was clearly aimed for younger kids (especially when playing with dolls at the time would have been considered unacceptable). I personally did not watch the movie, nor did I have any interest. The word "musical" was in the title, after all...and I have always despised musicals (they make me very uncomfortable). I kept hearing about this movie though after its release. I never expected that it would become a cult phenomenon with two additional sequels!
By the time I graduated High School, both sequels had been released. The third movie even made it to theaters. I still had yet to watch a single one...I did not understand all the hype over a cheesy DIsney channel movie. Something that had caught my attention, however, were some of the dolls made for the third movie. At that point, I was "done" with dolls altogether. I had stopped buying them, and had even packed up all my pre existing ones. My love for dolls and interest, however, had never truly left. I was simply trying to conform to societal expectations...teenagers were not "supposed" to play with dollies. In our rural area in 2007, a huge super Walmart opened. This was a huge deal to everyone in the area. The opening of Walmart was like the grand reveal of some kind of monument. Even when we went a few weeks later to see the new store for ourselves, it was still jam packed. Finding parking was ridiculous. Eventually, while Walmart was still busy, it wasn't insanely packed anymore. As I was not collecting dolls at that time, I had no reason to wander into the toy section. In fact, I didn't set foot into the toy section until 2011, when my adult doll journey began. However, I was sorely tempted to have a gander at the High School Musical dolls. There were some large displays of the prom themed dolls in particular, circa 2008, on the endcaps of the aisles. Every time we were in Walmart with Dad and walked by, I slowed down to take in the dolly sights. I was always drawn to celebrity/movie related dolls. I didn't have to know anything about the movie, characters, or celebs to want to purchase their plastic incarnations. I was baffled by the realistic detail and their similar stature to my beloved Mary-Kate and Ashley dolls.
Even after several more years passed, the thought of those delightful High School Musical dolls always lingered in the back of mind. Fast forward to 2011, when I finally embarked on my adult doll collecting journey, I once again had the High School Musical dolls thrust in my face. By this time, the third movie had been out several years. Many of the kids who had grown up with the High School Musical franchise were over their dolls. Therefore, they were EVERYWHERE!!! It was a constant temptation when we went secondhand shopping with Dad...there were so many times I desperately wanted to purchase a HSM doll. In those days, I was far more selective about purchasing random dolls. I was trying to keep a pruned, aesthetically pleasing collection (boy, that didn't last long). I couldn't "justify" buying random High School Musical dolls. But there was also a part of me that knew this was the opportune moment to get into collecting them. Why? They were at that age where they were new enough to still be wearing their original outfits, and they were very common to find. Despite the perfect circumstances, I didn't cave for a whole other year.
It was early 2012, if I'm not mistaken, when I decided it was the moment to get my first High School Musical dolls. I can't remember anymore if it was right after Dad passed away, or before. Either way, it was a very rainy, dreary Sunday morning at the local flea market. Therefore, all the sellers who were usually set up outside weren't there. Colleen and I opted to do the trek to the flea market anyways....to kill time. Inside the building, there was one lady who had a box full of Barbies. She was the same seller I got my very first secondhand Bratz from the year before (2003 Slumber Party Yasmin and 2002 Strut It! Meygan). Her dolls were between $2 and $3 each, which seemed a little steep to me at the time. But they were always fully dressed, and fairly clean. We spent a considerable amount of time digging through the box of bagged dolls. It was there I found my High School Musical 2 Gabriella, wearing her little red lifeguard swimsuit. She had the most beautiful face, adorable hairstyle, and clearly was sporting her original ensemble. "This is it," I thought to myself, "I HAVE to start collecting the High School Musical dolls." It turns out the seller had four ladies altogether. Besides that minty looking Gabriella, she also had the two tall "Singing" dolls released for the first movie, and of course a High School Musical Sharpay. What I remember most about that flea market day is that we actually double backed to retrieve more of the dolls, once I realized who the tall gals were. I had gone home and begun identifying High School Musical 2 Sharpay and Gabriella, when I stumbled upon the images of the singing ladies. Ironically, both Gabriella dolls were donning their original attire, but the Sharpays turned out to be in the incorrect clothes. In my defense, the My Scene Juicy Bling dress that High School Musical Sharpay was wearing did look like a ridiculous costume she'd come in!
So it began...my collection went from 0 dolls to four overnight. I couldn't be more happy with the selection. I desperately wanted guy dolls for my High School Musical family. The first was my Tree House Moment Troy, who I got not long after, from "Mulan Lady." He was wearing High School Musical clothes...just not his. Within that first year, I had amassed many High School Musical dolls. I got a fully dressed Ryan, two other High School Musical 2 Sharpays (wearing the two outfits she was sold with), Sing Together Gabriella, Midsummer's Night Talent Show Gabby, Graduation Day Gabby, Sing Together Troy, "Prom" Sharpay, and "Prom" Taylor. I even snagged the East High School playset (shown here) for ONE DOLLAR!!! Granted, it was gutted, but the structure itself still had enough going for it to be useful for photos. I wasn't kidding when I said these dolls were easy to find--the majority I just mentioned were wearing their original ensembles, or genuine High School Musical clothes. While the majority of my luck was concentrated in 2012/2013, it didn't stop there. I even found some boxed dollies within the next few years. Graduation Day Sharpay was an unexpected find at the mall in 2014. She was in a novelty toy store...we were actually on the hunt for Harry Potter figurines that Colleen collects! There was also a very awesome Cinderella doll there, but she was way too expensive. Sharpay was about retail price, so I thought she was worth snagging. In 2015, we ventured out to an old indoor flea market in a mill Dad used to take us to. The seller I got my Funk 'N' Glow Meygan from years before had three "basic" Senior Year boys--Troy, Chad, and Ryan. What a steal...they were all inexpensive and guy dolls!!! They were probably the best find yet in my High School Musical collection. In 2017, I scored another High School Musical 2 Gabriella doll, still sealed inside her original box, albeit a rather crushed one. I was excited to have a better swimsuit for my very first HSM doll to wear! Little by little, I found additional dolls for my collection, and even random outfits to reunite with the ones I had purchased without them! At some point, I was even able to find all three DVDs for a $1 or so each at the flea market, and I finally watched the films. It was super awesome knowing the context of the dolls, their outfits, and the basic story line. Honestly, I still find the movies cringey, but they did have that delightful side effect of making me want more dollies!
High School Musical dolls will always have a special place in my heart. They were one of the first things that intrigued me that wasn't attached to my childhood. I had no sentiment for them when I first heard about the movies in high school. But I knew the moment I saw the dolls at Walmart in 2008, that they would have been a huge hit with my younger self. In a way, I think I was honoring 11 year old Shelly's interests by finally collecting High School Musical dolls. I would have been giddy if these dolls had come out a few years before. Most used the same body molds as Mary-Kate and Ashley. I would have loved their outfits and accessories...for use on the Olsen twins of course. But not only that, Gabriella was even more attractive than my Mary-Kate and Ashley dolls. I have a feeling she would have stolen the show, and would have been wearing THEIR clothes. To this day, my favorite doll in my collection is my first High School Musical 2 Gabriella. There is something I find just as magical about her, as I did with my Winning London Ashley. I can even tell her apart from her formerly boxed counterpart...I know her that well. And of course, Tree House Moment Troy is a close second. I was beside myself the day we rescued him in 2012. The idea of having a male doll appropriately sized for Mary-Kate and Ashley, was hard to wrap my head around. Although the movies were never my thing, the dolls are an important landmark in my doll collecting journey. They bridge the gap between the past, what could have been, and where I am now!
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One week ago we finally got back to Shenandoah National Park and, after learning that a recent rain had provided a good level of flow in Dark Hollow Falls, we went to have a look. The hike gave me the chance to try out a new, padded tripod strap and a handy padded case that holds three 77mm filters and put the neutral density filters at my fingertips; I used the 3-stop ND filter together with the polarizer for this 30-second exposure. Fortunately, the weather was cool (low 60s) and no people were in the splash pool.
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Dreamy North Falls drops 136 feet to the splash pool below creating a beautiful curtain of white which veils a deep grotto behind. Be prepared for a soaking when walking through the grotto and bring plenty of cloths to dry your glass!!!
The splash pool of the upper falls at Helton Creek.
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If you live in eastern Tennessee then you have probably heard one of many stories about the flood of 1929.
Like the story of Oakdale.. A once thriving town that had theaters, numerous stores and even a elaborate motel. All of which got washed away in the flood or closed up there shortly after. Now Oakdale is merely a post office and a gas station.
Or the story of Harriman and how whole steam engines were lifted from the tracks and dumped into the river. River front factories were washed away and many people lost there lives. Some of the bodies were never found.
Lamance Falls huge monolith stone that stands at the edge of the splash pool was put there from the top of the falls during the flood also.
Which brings us to the monument. After 2 weekends in a row of being rained out troop 45 decided they were camping out along side Whites Creek rain or shine. So on March 22, 1929 approximately 20 boys from Troop 45 met at the cabin for an evening of games, food and story telling. The boys were awakened at around 4 am as flood waters from Whites Creek started to enter the cabin. The boys went out to the porch in hopes of getting to higher ground but with the rain coming down at a rate of three inches per hour the only option was to climb onto the roof of the cabin. Here the boys tried to scream to men on a near by railroad trestle for help but the water was rising to fast for them to help. The steel bridge on Rt. 27 had collected a lot of debris and turned itself into a makeshift dam until it gave way sending a tidal wave of water and rubble towards the cabin. The impact broke the cabin lose from its foundation and broke the roof into pieces.. separating the boys from each other. The roof pieces continued to break up and sink, leaving the boys clamoring from tree to tree as the flood waters continued to rise and wash away more trees. By around 2 pm most of the boys had been rescued by local Rockwood men however seven of the boys had drown and the troop leader had died trying to rescue the boys. Those who did make it did so with broken legs, broken hips and severed limbs. Many of the boys were in the hospital for up to seven months having multiple surgeries... all of which was paid for by the troop leaders wife using the life insurance from her deceased husband.
A great Heartland Series about the Monument
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Left auntie Christine, in the middle little Sofie (well who I else could it be?!) and on the right mommy Angela. It was Sofie's first picnic and she loved every second of it. My daughters cycled, with Sofie on Angela's bicycle in a little front seat. There is a little splash pool for babies and toddlers where my daughters still swam when they were little. Next time we'll take a towel and swimming costume along for Sofie
Muddy Creek Falls
Muddy Creek
Swallow Falls State Park
Maryland
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A shot from a side trip when I went out to Davis, West Virginia last March with good friends Jason Haley and Randy Sanger. This park is just gorgeous, featuring 4 waterfalls, massive old growth forest and a beautiful riverside trail, Swallow Falls State Park is well worth the 30 minute ( one way) detour off I-68 if you're ever in the Blackwater Falls area of West Virginia it's about 40 minutes one way. For waterfall photographers you always want to shoot with a good flow, however there is such a thing as too much flow and most of the falls Randy, Jason and I visited on this trip had this problem. I wished they had a slightly less flow, we had a lot of trouble with splash pool spray and difficulty with waterfall texture. This falls had a problem with both, Randy and I both commented on how we would have liked this falls with a little less water. At 53 ft. tall, in my opinion this is the most beautiful falls in the park.
No posts for a few days, off to Cumberland Falls with good friends, Jason Haley, Randy Sanger and Todd Williams. Calling for a lot of rain, so I've got a feeling the falls will be flowing! Then Jason and I are off to Gary, Indiana for some urban exploring. I'll get caught up with everyone late Saturday and Sunday. Have a great rest of the week and weekend!
Muddy Creek Falls
Muddy Creek
Swallow Falls State Park
Maryland
5 Image HDR
This park is just gorgeous, featuring 4 waterfalls, massive old growth forest and a beautiful riverside trail, Swallow Falls State Park is well worth the 30 minute ( one way) detour off I-68 if you're ever in the area. For waterfall photographers you always want to shoot with a good flow, however there is such a thing as too much flow and most of the falls Randy, Jason and I visited on this trip had this problem. I wished they had a slightly less flow, we had a lot of trouble with splash pool spray and difficulty with waterfall texture. This falls had a problem with both, Randy and I both commented on how we would have liked this falls with a little less water. At 53 ft. tall, in my opinion this is the most beautiful falls in the park.
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A slightly closer view.
At the end of the trail lies Wahclella Falls, a 350-foot two-tiered plunge. The upper falls are 15-25 feet, while the lower 60-foot "horsetail" style falls plummets into an enormous splash pool.
Photo taken by my wife, Claire, while hiking the trail on a rainy day.Photo taken
6th September 2011 at the Kaloudis Village in Arillas. Relaxing while reading my Computer Active magazine by the Splish Splash pool. The swimbriefs are by Kiniki. They are Tanthru, Gusto design, with a grey and brown pattern, size XXL, with 3½" sides.
This is essentially the first look you get at Abiqua Falls as you clamber along the rock trail up Abiqua Creek. Coming around the corner you first see the basalt columns followed by the waterfall itself. It's at an extremely low water level right now, so it looks a bit different than a lot of photos you might have seen. Thanks for viewing!
With friends from Lincolnshire and two litres of the Royal Ionian to cool us down at the Splish Splash pool, Kaloudis Village, Arillas, Corfu - 18th September 2011
The Sinks
Little River
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Tennessee
Located along Tenn 73, the Little River opens to 70 feet wide and plunges 12 feet over tilted formations of Thunderbird Sandstone into a deep splash pool. In fact the formation is nearly located under a bridge, which you can see the base of in the upper left and middle of the image. When I was here in 2005 you couldn't even see the formations due to the massive flow of water.
Statons Creek Falls is the last of four waterfalls visited in February with Clyde (Whisle). Statons Creek is a tributary of Pedlar River, and Panther Falls -- which we stopped at just before Stations Creek -- is on Pedlar River. This is the upper section of Statons Creek Falls; the lower section flows directly from this splash-pool (left of my position, out of the frame). It is considerably taller and cannot be seen well from the upper section because of the steepness of the drop. The steep slope to the bottom of the lower section discouraged our scrambling down to the base. Camera GPS data show elevation at this vantage point is 2,134 feet.
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This was taken at Indian Wells State Park in Shelton.
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Site History:
Indian Well was so named because of the Romeo and Juliet-like Native American legend surrounding the Park's scenic waterfalls and the splash pool at the bottom of the falls.
The Legend of the Well: According to legend, a waterfall at the park was the secret meeting place for two lovers from enemy Indian tribes. When their tryst was discovered, the father of the Princess, a Paugussett chief, ordered a raid upon the Pootatuck village where the brave lived. The Princess believed her lover was dead, and in despair dove off the waterfall. Her brave, who had survived and was sleeping nearby, awoke to the sound of her suicide. Then he too jumped off the waterfall to join her in eternity.