Posted by Ken Bachman on August 15, 2013 at 11:07 PM
After more than two years of being virtualy dry, the falls now have plenty of water. We've had over 20 inches of rain in the last two weeks, and probably another inch or two this evening. I still have a hard time complaining after as dry as it has been but I know there are many people that have flooded.
This is the center section of the falls. Since the Flint Hills are predominately native grass the run off from large rains does not have all the agricultural goo (mud) that we have around here in central Kansas. Thus the lakes and creeks stay mostly clear.
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Posted by Rod Kissinger on August 16, 2013 at 6:43 AM
Great job Ken. Nice to see that water flowing in Kansas. Although we still are thoughtful of the flooding this brings.
Beautiful shot and looks like a nice place to visit. Water looks a little bluish on my monitor though.
Posted by Ken Bachman on August 16, 2013 at 7:48 PM
Thanks Dottie, I took out some of the blue originally but it still looks blue on my laptop also. I redid this web version and took the blue saturation almost all the way to zero. If it looks better I'll reprocess the original too.
Posted by Darren Huski on August 17, 2013 at 6:34 AM
Nice shot. Good story. Sounds like you are getting a rare show.
Posted by Rob Graham on August 17, 2013 at 10:43 PM
Good to see the falls flowing. The second image seems a bit dull, so maybe something in between would be better.
Posted by Tom Kennon on August 19, 2013 at 12:21 PM
Beautiful falls, Ken.
Posted by Bill Dark on August 19, 2013 at 11:04 PM
That's the most water I think I've seen at that location, Ken. Great job! I agree with Rob about the second one looking a tad flat. Maybe a layer mask for the whitewater, and leave the rest as in the first image...
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on August 20, 2013 at 12:02 PM
The flow is looking really good in this shot Ken. Nice to see this fall running so well. Scott Bean and I went waterfall hunting last Friday in south central Kansas. Visited 5 waterfalls, 4 of which I'd never been to before. All were running at peak capacity. Thundering waterfalls, something you don't often see in Kansas. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by JIM Anderson on September 12, 2013 at 11:14 AM
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9 repliesThis is the center section of the falls. Since the Flint Hills are predominately native grass the run off from large rains does not have all the agricultural goo (mud) that we have around here in central Kansas. Thus the lakes and creeks stay mostly clear.
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