waterfalls Archives - Page 9 of 10 - Ed O'Keeffe Photography

10 November 200728 May 2017

River Esk detail, Lake District

This is a good example of the type of photography my father excels at, and he was stood next to me when I took this photo last year. It really should have been taken on a tripod, but here a monopod was used. The strange looking effect on the water was captured because of a long exposure time compared to the speed the water was flowing. Unfortunately, this was photographed using my Canon Powershot digital compact and the original file is a JPEG. This means that the over exposed (very white part of the image in the bottom right) has no detail in it. It is an example where having a camera that takes photos in a RAW format, would make it possible to recover all the detail is this “blown out” area. Fortunately, as you read this I am probably taking photographs of rivers and streams in the National Park with my newer Nikon DSLR that does take RAW photos. Come back on Tuesday and find out what (if anything) I manage to capture!

30 September 200728 May 2017

Gray Mare’s Tail Waterfall, Moffat, Scotland

Gray Mare’s Tail turned out to be a waterfall. It sounded an interesting place on the map, but I never really expected a waterfall. From the above photograph you can’t really get a good idea of scale but the waterfall drops a spectacular 200 feet. If you click the image above to enlarge to the bigger version you will see a path at the very bottom and a small red dot. After I had taken this photo I walked back over the bridge and up to this red dot, which turned out to be a 2 foot square sign on a large gate. Hopefully that gives you a better idea of the size and scale of this waterfall.

10 April 200729 May 2017

Wainwath Falls, Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales

Taken last month up the in the Yorkshire Dales the photograph above shows Wainwath Falls, you can find them about 10 yards from the main B6270 road through Swaledale from Nateby to Richmond. I decided to make this image black and white in Photoshop as I think that there are quality of the water is enhanced with the monochrome effect. The river is quite wide at this point along the road and there are steps down from the road to get to the falls. These aren’t the most interesting falls I saw on my weekend up the Yorkshire Dales and County Durham but it is a photograph I wanted to share with you.

7 April 200729 May 2017

Fountain in Albert’s Square, Manchester

I had taken my tripod with me on Wednesday for my photo walk around town and decided to use it. I was experimenting with capturing the water from this gargoyle at various shutter speeds. I saw this composition and liked the three elements and how I could frame them, although I realise now that the tripod should have been set a little lower to give separation between the lamp and the building in the background. I also meant to find out what the building behind the fountain was but forgot. I took about half an hour over this photograph, like I said I was experimenting with different settings to get the water looking blurred in some and sharp in other pictures. This was my favourite of the set although I am still not happy with the extreme blue of the sky, I tried to tone it down but it didn’t seem to look right. Still, it’s the composition of this picture that made me want to share it with you.