Photo Workshop Topic: Even Exposure & Water Motion

This image is the left side waterfall at Hanging Lake, located in Glenwood Canyon. To reach Hanging Lake will require a moderate hike of about 2 miles one way that is generally entirely climbing.

The main challenge of photographing this area is the harsh lighting and hot spots created when the sun is overhead. The solution is to hike to the lake in the dark, and arrive just as the sun is coming up. Because the location is deep inside a canyon the initial sunlight will be very diffused. The result is more vibrant & saturated colors, and an even exposure no matter what your subject is. In an earlier post about Zion Canyon I also talked about this strategy.

In order to streak the water a long shutter speed and a small F-Stop needs to be used. To further increase the shutter speed a solid neutral density filter can be employed. In the case of this image I used a solid 4 stop neutral density filter on a Nikkor 24-120 at 78MM - 5 seconds exposure at F/32.

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