Posts Tagged ‘waterfall’

Foggy Great Falls

Fog descending over Great Falls, Virginia ©TimeLine Media
Fog descending over Great Falls, Virginia ©TimeLine Media

Inversion over the Falls

Late last year, a thick foggy morning motivated me to get out of the house. Landscape or nature photography is not my forte. However, a foggy Great Falls has been on my list to shoot for a while. Unlike other areas, we generally do not have very foggy days often. On this occasion, the warm morning temperature created a thick inversion over the entire northern Virginia area. So, I got in my car and looked for a place to make some photos.

Great Falls on a foggy morning ©TimeLine Media

When I arrived at Great Falls Park, I knew that this would be a perfect morning for photos. Walking through the parking lot, and the park trails, the fog was still hanging in the air. I was excited about getting to the edge of the falls however, the walk through the park was just as inspiring.

Great Falls trail signs in fog ©TimeLine Media
Trees in the fog at Great Falls Park ©TimeLine Media
Trees in the fog at Great Falls Park ©TimeLine Media
Trees in the fog at Great Falls Park ©TimeLine Media

Finally arriving at the edge of the falls, I propped my camera on a tripod. Though it was not very bright with the thick fog and early morning light, I put on an ND filter. This smoothed out the motion of the water, and made for some nice prints later!

Fog over Great Falls in Virginia ©TimeLine Media
Fog over Great Falls in Virginia ©TimeLine Media

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Milwaukee Buildings

City Park

The last few posts have been describing some of my travels through the city of Milwaukee. It has a lot of photogenic landscapes with the tall buildings, historic monuments, and natural environments that the parks, lake, and river provides to visitors. A few years ago, the park planners even put in a very beautiful man-made waterfall that beautifies a water drainage way from the park to the lake below:

Lake Park waterfall - ©TimeLine Media
Lake Park waterfall – ©TimeLine Media

Nearby, we spent some time by the North Point Water Tower. Situated high above Lake Michigan, it is a beautiful Victorian tower that contains a 135-foot-tall standpipe that helped to being clean water to the city from 1874 until the 1960s. A traffic circle now surrounds the tower which makes clean photos easy to make from many sides.

North Point Water Tower - ©TimeLine Media
North Point Water Tower – ©TimeLine Media

Downtown was also a really cool place to take photos. We ran into other photographers that were walking along the 3-mile River Walk that follows the Milwaukee River behind many restaurants, bars, and residences. We had a great time seeing all the people starting their weekend fun by meeting friends after work. There was lots of boating activity from small catamarans, to larger dinner-board cruise ships.

River Walk

River Walk, Milwaukee, WI - ©TimeLine Media
River Walk, Milwaukee, WI – ©TimeLine Media

We walked through the Historic Third Ward with their boutiques, bars, and the Public Market. On the way back up the River Walk, we also stopped by to see the Fonz! He has a photogenic spot by the river – he could probably jump over shark in the river right behind him… ahem. I should probably quit while I’m ahead. Have a great weekend!

Bronze Fonz - ©TimeLine Media
Bronze Fonz – ©TimeLine Media

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