The Fall Inundated Photo

Photographer’s Note

Recently we've had several storms one after another come through the area. Two of them delayed me in posting the previous photo I uploaded. That was because of the lightning activity all around the area.

But it was rain that was the main problem of these storms. In one place 3 inches fell in 45 minutes which in a paved urban area causes flash flooding. Eventually all the water ends up in the larger creeks and then rivers such as the Rouge River seen here.

This is the approximately the same place as another photo I took recently. This is on the grounds of Henry Ford's mansion and to see how the current state compares to the normal state take a look at the photo "The Fall". I couldn't quite get the exact shot since where I was standing for the other one is now underwater.

Although this is probably the worst I have seen it it has been far worse. If I had been standing in this spot in the 1947 flood I would have been completely underwater with water to spare above me.

Zanni, snuggleaphagus, jhonny_blue, jhm, bertolucci, elihesamian, Kenny10pin, papagolf21, Rinie_Hoff, cmartos, kajenn, guyfortier has marked this note useful

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Zanni (5885) 2004-05-24 1:20

You drive us directly in the action. You are not only a good photographer but also a great writer. Very dramatic composition and perfect tecnique.

c_kyr (1810) 2004-05-24 3:02

Nice view of the falling water Paul.
Your note is excellent once again.
Well done for both!

snuggleaphagus (4138) 2004-05-24 3:10

Amazing action. I checked the other photo in your link WOW waht a difference between the too. The power of the moving water is well shown here. Another amazing and perfect photo, thanks Paul.

jhonny_blue (4938) 2004-05-24 4:12

Very good composition with good colours.
Congratulations

jhm (81817) 2004-05-24 6:54

Wonderful waterfall with much expresive tones Paul, very dramatic composition and perfect tecnique. My compliments!

bertolucci (11976) 2004-05-24 7:18

Knowing your 'the fall' picture you can really see that this creek has quite a volume of water to cope with. But also not knowing it, the force and vehemence is clearly on display here. I like the way you both captured the flow and cascade aspect of the water - both are rendered beautifully and very dynamic.
So, congrats with your 100th shot, Paul, it's a very nice one!

elihesamian (26091) 2004-05-24 9:07

Wohh!Very nice,great note!
Excellent composed,With soft light here,you did great,Paul,Really I like it.

Kenny10pin (19301) 2004-05-24 9:24

lovely water movement here, I like the composition too well done

papagolf21 (56044) 2004-05-24 14:19

Histoire très intéressante Paul. Superbe prise de vue rendant bien la force de l'eau. Le bouillonnement de l'écume ressort très bien.
Très belle composition. Couleurs très naturelles.
Merci Paul.
Very Interesting History Paul.¶Superb catch of sight returning the force of water well.¶The boiling of scum arises very well.¶
¶Very beautiful composition.¶Very natural colors.¶
¶Thank you Paul.¶

cmartos (6086) 2004-05-25 3:03

That's really an amazing volume of water! Knowing "The fall" picture, that's really impressive. You did it really great here as one feels very well this power. That's perfectly composed and rendered. Excellent note again, as the good writer you are too. Thanks for sharing Paul.

Rinie_Hoff (9332) 2004-05-25 3:13

Quite a difference with the other picture, Paul. At first I did not know exactly what I saw, It was brown, and there was asome refelction. and then I saw it was a huge amount of water. Impressive picture, whih is nicely framed in a natural way.

kajenn (2323) 2004-05-25 18:55

Impressive, Paul. Comparison with your previous shot tells it all. This has turned the stepped fountain-like fall into a "dam-burst". It's a great impact in the image with the floating surface and the cascade at the limestone side. Well captured with a nice exposure setting and nicely composed with the twigs hanging down from above and the limestones framing the right side. I also like the low POV, although I believe this one to have a small tilt CW, but somehow the twigs conceal this. Well done!