The complete Third Vault Falls photos

Well, except for the two that were published already, one as image of the month here, and another as an almost podium here. Plus a couple other not waterfall photos published in various posts since the 27th. 

I like the mist flowing over the rocks effect, rather than the milky water look, but there's a lot of variables to get it right. Even with the back of the camera, it's hard to know what you've got till you get home and look at it on the big screen. Several of the waterfall photos are only subtly different. In fact they might be so subtly different you can't tell in these images, but I can tell in Lightroom.

Here's a link to Parks Canada page for Third Vault Falls trail. It says difficult, and it is, and 7.4 Km, but it seems much further. They aren't kidding about steep in places.

1. Linda is better going up (as you'll see later) than down. This time of year the path isn't always obvious, being covered with leaves. It's quite pretty, but in a couple places I was looking for the way. There are few markers and none that are obvious.

2. Part of the path goes down a stream bed. In a year of less drought I'm pretty sure you'd get wet feet along the way. Which reminds me there's a couple more photos blogged here of the trail and one set of stairs.

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6. What the falls look like as you finally get to the bottom of the trail and look left.

7. Working different angles and settings, trying to deal with that bright patch on the right, and the dark shadows on the left.

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16. This was an almost podium as well.

17. Downstream of the falls. I was fortunate to have the falls essentially to myself for a half hour, which was amazing. A couple people showed up towards the end, but they were respectful of my space.

18. A tiny little waterfall in the stream bed path on the way back.

19. Linda marching on ahead, as I stumble along trying to be careful where I was putting my feet. I was really tired. I actually wondered how long it would take to find me if I wandered off the path, covered myself up with leaves, and went to sleep. We were amazed how many people were on their way in in the late afternoon, and we wondered how many would be trying to find their way out in the dark.

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Driftwood (NZ)

Driftwood (NB)

Film

Linda

Newfoundland

New Brunswick

Why ever didn't I publish this, and maybe I did. Such a great place to pose a model. 

90 days, or so ago with a Sept 1 rose.

Landscape

The Calgary Racetrack Ring under construction. After the UCP promise to take away photo radar because "it's a cash cow", of course the highway turned into a racetrack. After the carnage there was a recent bout of enforcement, and they clocked someone at 160 Km per hour. I've no doubt people go much faster than that. When you hear a motorbike going up through the gears they're probably topping out above 200 Km per hour, which is mildly terrifying in a car (don't ask how I know that) and seems like complete lunacy on a motorbike. In other acts of lunacy, the UCP have been governing like petulant children, invoking the notwithstanding clause, and complaining that people fallowing the rules the UCP created for recalling politicians are not doing so in the way intended. At least one of the politicians on the recall list has panicked, so maybe it will actually go through. Couldn't happen to a more deserving bunch.

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