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great falls
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Copyright: Danilo Martinez (cunejo200) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1219 W: 8 N: 1780] (6576)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-11-02
Categories: Nature
Camera: Nikon D-70s, Nikkor 28-70mm f2.8
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2007-11-04 4:14
Viewed: 1034
Points: 90
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Great Falls Park is a small National Park Service (NPS) site in Virginia. It is about a 20 minute drive from where I live. Situated on 900 acres along the banks of the Potomac River, the park is a disconnected but integral part of the George Washington Memorial Parkway. The Great Falls of the Potomac River are near the northern boundary of the park, as are the remains of the Patowmack Canal, the first canal in the United States that used locks to raise and lower boats.

The George Washington Memorial Parkway was developed to ensure the easy linkage of George Washington's most visited places. Great Falls Park was a part of the Northern Virginia Parks system and was transferred to the NPS in 1966. A proposed bridge to span the falls was also considered but, due to a strong lobby to eliminate additional bridges over the Potomac and concerns over environmental impacts, the project was never undertaken (Wikipedia).

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Hello Danilo,
Here I can see some fine autumn foliage taking on the seasonal colours!
Amazing to see such a location only a few minutes drive from your place...
I like the composition, with the rivers in the strong diagonal!
Greetings,
Pablo -

Hi Danilo,

Very interesting waterfall, I like this great scenery with the autumn trees in the background. Excellent POV, nice colors and light.

Have a nice week
Leonor

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  • ChrisJ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 8565 W: 916 N: 11537] (57444)
  • [2007-11-04 5:58]

Hi Danilo

A marvellous upstream view of the impressive cascades. Wonderful sharpness, with good motion blur in the water & superb Fall colours of gold. Tfs!

Hi, my friend!
It is very interesting view. I very like all your nature. Beautiful rocks ans water. Good composition. Well done.
Marek

Hello Danilo,
A pretty composition of these cascades with good point of view and perspective. Very nice tones and textures. The rushing waters are very well captured.

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  • plimrn Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3927 W: 232 N: 5358] (16858)
  • [2007-11-04 8:19]

Hi Danilo,
Good to see you back out with your camera, I like the way you framed the falls to show their wide expanse. The golden trees give good contrast.
HLJ, Pat

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  • siolaw Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3876 W: 394 N: 6765] (23187)
  • [2007-11-04 10:10]

Hi Danilo,
Nice POV and a great sight it must be with that succession of small falls... nice light and colors. Fine landscape picture and interesting note.
Cheers
Laurent

Olá Danilo

Belo visual e ótima textura das pedras.
Boa luz e luminosidade. Bonitas cores e contraste da água e pedras.
GA
Vera

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  • stego Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3713 W: 619 N: 5210] (16638)
  • [2007-11-04 17:33]

Hi Danilo,
Great falls yes, but also a great photo. The view is very beautiful, but I am not sure if it's that easy to make great compos like this one. The autumnal colours of the BG adds to the wealth of textures and the turbulence of the water to produce a wonderful photo. The sharpness isn't bad, but it doesn't look great on my display.
Regards, José.

Hello danilo
This place looks great and I like the way you've presented it, showing well the waterfalls with behind the autumnal vegetation . Fine luminosity too!
Cheers
Marilyn

Hello Danilo,
A piece of art in the nature...
Well captured of the water motion of the low fall and very nice Autumnal feeling...

wishes,
Thomas

Bonjour Danilo,

Très jolies ces chutes entourées de couleurs d'automne, toute bonne luminosité. Ce sont des paysages que j'apprécie beaucoup, des lieux de balade très agréables!

Bonne journée Marlyse ;-))

Hello Dan,
Good shot with perfect sharpness, vivid colour and so much details
the exposure and focus is spot on!
well done and TFS
cheers
Tony

Hi Danilo,
Beautiful shot, really romantic atmosphere. The POV is very attractive, colours and lights are fascinating. I like the autumnal trees in the background, Very well done! Have a nice week
George

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  • Gerrit Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4357 W: 88 N: 5554] (27237)
  • [2007-11-05 14:20]

Hi Danilo,
good composition and excellent colours and light, The autumn is very well included all around the spectaculair falls.
Groeten Gerrit

Hello Danilo
these waterfalls are very good and colors af autumn made a very good composition, very interesting, well done

Alessnadro

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4915 W: 138 N: 532] (45314)
  • [2007-11-06 2:06]

Hi Danilo,
great place por photography, very nice waterfalls, fine composed image. I like it a lot. Good job.
Gr., Aleksander

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  • vincz Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2978 W: 85 N: 5037] (17528)
  • [2007-11-06 2:34]

Beautiful falls, beautiful feeling of motion. The light is beautiful on the rocks. Very well done.

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  • Tort Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 467 W: 81 N: 535] (2266)
  • [2007-11-06 5:25]

Hi Danilo,
Nice image of these waterfalls, great POV and clarity, very well captured and composed. Good colors and sharpness. Interesting note.
Best regards
Juan Tort

Hi Danilo,
I like this water and rock composition with the wonderful upview. The water movement and foam is good captured and the autumn colours in the background are nice. I think a bit more sharpness in the middle of the capture would not be wrong.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

Hi Danilo!

Great falls, indeed! Beautiful landscape, greatly composed, with a fine diagonal perspective. Inmense depth of field and beautiful autumn colours in the background. Congratulations!

Hercules

Hi Danilo, all these small water falls work very effective here, very good seen from you from a very good POV shot.
Have anice time.
Evan
I will come back...

Hi Danilo, the way you have manage the color palette in this image gives the impression to be looking into a painting rather than into a photo. It is always good to see what is going-on on your gallery.
Cheers,
Enrique

Hi Danilo
Realy special falls and your image is on highst level
TFS
Cheers,Braca

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  • belido Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3334 W: 110 N: 2891] (10279)
  • [2007-11-08 2:10]

Hi Danilo,

what a incredible nature presentation. I really like this point od view showing the beauty and strengh of the water surrounded by nice rock formation. Very nice work on that!
Regards,
Carlos

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  • jhm Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 12776 W: 271 N: 17380] (69967)
  • [2007-11-08 8:18]

Hello Danilo,

Both pictures are very nice, certainly also the WS through the PP.
Very interesting waterfall, I like this great scenery with the autumn trees in the background.
Great image for the specialists trial, with them mountainbike about the rock toward the other side, step by step.
Very well done. Thanks for sharing.

Best regards,
John.

Hi Danilo!
Very nice thios waterfalls, maybe a High f/stop and low speed made a interesting movement in water, but is very good this image!
Congratulations and Hug!

Hi Danilo. I’ve been meaning to go over there to check to see how low the water was from the drought but I see you beat me to it. I like your composition but I think you might benefit from more sharpness. Beautifully done Danilo!

Hello Danilo,
What a lovely place. nice POV and framing.
Very well taken.
Thanks for sharing
Best regards
Vivek

Hi Danilo, superb view of splendid waterfalls, splendid warm colors and wonderful light, very well done, ciao Silvio

Hi Danilo
This is a great automnal shot. Numerous levels of rocks bring the water from the top to the bottom of the image.
Have a nice w/e
Pierre Lacombe

Hi Danilo. Must be good to be out and about again. Nice capture. I love the autumn colours you have captured in this shot. Well composed with the layers of the falls adding depth to the shot. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

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  • leo61 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3762 W: 372 N: 7846] (34342)
  • [2007-11-09 23:37]

Hi Danilo!
A great shot of these cascades,taken from a good POV.Good light and nice tones of these autumnal trees.
Regards,leo

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  • carper Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 9654 W: 445 N: 15924] (56322)
  • [2007-11-10 0:25]

a fantastic photo Danilo,
you made a fantastic photo of this falls, good pov, fine details and a very good quality, I like it a lot, have a nice weekend.
gr. jaap

Hi Danilo
Great waterfall.Very nice composition and wonderfull colours,sharpness,well done.
TFS/Regards

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  • berek Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3921 W: 172 N: 5107] (23968)
  • [2007-11-10 4:38]

Hi Danilo,
I feel fall strongly. lovely colors and nature. have a nice weekend.
Burak Erek

There is lots of detail to focus on. Well composed.
Phil

Hello Danilo,
the colors you have captured are spectacular. I'm very impressed that you were able to get the light captured perfectly and still get the waterfalls to be sharp. The exposure is right on. Amazing.
Kind Regards.
Stella

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  • Angshu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5223 W: 179 N: 8154] (26526)
  • [2007-11-13 19:49]

Hello Danilo
Lovely series of cascades against the autumn foliage in the BG. Your use of shutter speed is optimum to show us the motion of the water. You're lucky to have such a beautiful place so close to your home.
Regards
Angshu

They are quite an impressive succession of rapids and I am only wondering what it would be when the river gets very full. The nice colours and the good compo made this photo very attractive. Well done.
Antonio

Hi Danilo,
Beautiful picture of this water fall , good perpective and excellent POV. and autumn colors ..very well done..
Michel

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  • gunbud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 4588 W: 4 N: 4463] (19980)
  • [2007-11-20 21:22]

Hello Danilo,
Wonderful combination of lovely fall colors and fantastic natural scenery of the wild falls that is seen in all its lovely detail. The colors are clear and chrisp with excellent sharpness to this lovely wild image.
Regards, Tom

Hello Dan,
It is good to note that you are out and about and taking photos again. You have spectacular landscapes there to explore. Your parks there are in grand scale just like this scene. I like the colorful autumn colors contrasting the dark rocks ... while the water creates a pleasing dynamics. Excellent work! tfs
Cheers,
Renier

Hello Danilo!
Beautiful autumn scene! Wonderful colors!
Amazing falls! Beautiful rocks ans water!
Good composition! Bravo!
Regards, Zorica

very nice picture

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