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Secluded and Nearby
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Secluded and Nearby

by Wayne Jones

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted November 25, 2014152 views6 comments
Nice WP theme. I had a hard time deciding what "in your home town" means, since I live about 5 miles from a scenic state park and 8 miles from the border of a huge protected forest preserve. For some reason I don't do enough rural and farm scenes, probably because I spend my time with a camera in the more wild places. In the end, I decided that some small woodlands that are not parks, and are within two or three miles of my house, would be fair game.

This waterfall is about two miles from home. It's not far from the road, but hidden from view by dense woods. It's not a tourist attraction, since it's on private property with no place to park other than pulling over just off the roadside, and you can only see it from a very steep hillside that's difficult to negotiate. I rarely go there, but I do have this shot from 2005.

Canon 20D; Sigma 18-200 mm.
1 sec. @ f/11
Four vertical images stitched.

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on November 25, 2014 at 10:09 PM
Wayne, I wouldn't mind having this falls on my property. :wink: Its a fine looking falls surrounded by some nicely colored trees. I could wish that the tree in front of the falls weren't there, but unless you know the owner very well, I don't think offering to cut it down would be well received.
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Comment posted by Rick Turner on November 26, 2014 at 8:48 AM
Wayne,
Lucky you. Beautiful. :wavey:
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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on November 26, 2014 at 8:53 PM
Hi Wayne :wavey: Agree with Mark. :eek: Wish i had these falls on my property... a beautiful scene well captuterd :smile:


Albert Darmo
Canada
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Comment posted by Gary Minish on November 27, 2014 at 12:19 AM
A beautiful Fall scene and very well composed, Wayne. The exposure, colors and clarity are superb in this image (something you can always say about any of your photos). Great shot! :toast:
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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on November 27, 2014 at 7:33 AM
There's a very pleasing swing to the composition of this, Wayne, in which the rocks play a big part. Lovely capture of the falls - very envious of your proximity to all this !!!
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Comment posted by scott lanz on November 27, 2014 at 9:25 AM
Beautiful woodland scene, Wayne. :toast:
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