03.21.2020 Amethyst Brook Cascade with Deflection

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Steve Gingold

Another from a nice day at the brook. This could easily have been titled with chaos as the others but the change of direction in the flow caused by the rock was what really got my attention.

As you might guess, it took a fair amount of experimentation with the exposure time to get something that looked somewhat organized. 0.6 secs at ISO 400, f/8 ended up being the right combination. 70-200 + circular polarizer.

I don’t usually mention clicking the image but if you do it gets a bit larger and the flow shows beter.

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9 Responses to 03.21.2020 Amethyst Brook Cascade with Deflection

Steve Schwartzman says:

March 21, 2020 at 6:42 am

The change in direction makes for a right (in both senses) angle at which to photograph the waterfall, and it makes this view distinctive.

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- Steve Gingold says:
  
  March 21, 2020 at 7:22 pm
  
  That turn was what got my attention. I was happy to be presented with something a little different from the usual and hoped I handled it well.
  
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Michael Scandling says:

March 21, 2020 at 12:14 pm

Wow! Just the side of pure abstract. Wall material. Yes, the change in direction adds dynamism and drama. Extremely engaging.

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- Steve Gingold says:
  
  March 21, 2020 at 7:53 pm
  
  Thanks, Mike. I wasn’t sure how this would be received so do appreciate that you found it interesting This has been a great season for abstract water both frozen and not. What’s to come this spring and summer?
  
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  - Michael Scandling says:
    
    March 21, 2020 at 9:20 pm
    
    Waterfalls?
    
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  - Steve Gingold says:
    
    March 22, 2020 at 4:59 am
    
    For a little while. We often don’t get the rainfall we need and there isn’t much snowpack for a spring melt. Dry creeks, maybe.
    
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  - Michael Scandling says:
    
    March 22, 2020 at 11:49 am
    
    There’s always something.
    
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shoreacres says:

March 22, 2020 at 12:18 pm

I’m not certain how I could have gone this long without thinking of cotton candy when I see one of these photos, but I’m thinking of it now. That spray running horizontally after the bend looks exactly like really good cotton candy being made in a proper machine.

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- Steve Gingold says:
  
  March 22, 2020 at 4:23 pm
  
  It’s been years since I’ve had cotton candy but your mention of it has created the desire to have some again. Of course now is not the time and even if it was I don’t know where to go for it other than buying a machine that makes it and I can tell you that it would be frowned upon in this household. I’ll always see that now while working on these images.
  
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