Great Falls Park (PL)
Jan 30, 2018 00:40:50 #
Great Falls Park, McLean, Virginia
Fourteen frames processed in photoshop.
Nikon D300 & 18-200mm lens.
Great Falls Park is about 15 miles above Washington D.C. and has impressive water flow. It has remnants of a canal system that George Washington designed and built to enable farmers up river to get their goods to town and increase commerce.
The falls consist of cascading rapids and several 20 foot waterfalls, with a total 76 foot drop in elevation over a distance of less than a mile.
The Potomac River narrows from nearly 1000 feet, just above the falls, to between 60 and 100 feet wide as it rushes through Mather Gorge, a short distance below the falls. The Great Falls of the Potomac display the steepest and most spectacular fall line rapids of any eastern river.
Fourteen frames processed in photoshop.
Nikon D300 & 18-200mm lens.
Great Falls Park is about 15 miles above Washington D.C. and has impressive water flow. It has remnants of a canal system that George Washington designed and built to enable farmers up river to get their goods to town and increase commerce.
The falls consist of cascading rapids and several 20 foot waterfalls, with a total 76 foot drop in elevation over a distance of less than a mile.
The Potomac River narrows from nearly 1000 feet, just above the falls, to between 60 and 100 feet wide as it rushes through Mather Gorge, a short distance below the falls. The Great Falls of the Potomac display the steepest and most spectacular fall line rapids of any eastern river.
Jan 31, 2018 05:40:29 #
You seem to have viewed the rapids from a different point than I did in 2014. The rocks seem a lot darker than what I captured. This is my favorite panorama of Great Falls Park:
Great Falls pano 2.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr
I do like the broodiness of your capture.
Great Falls pano 2.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr
I do like the broodiness of your capture.
Jan 31, 2018 10:57:31 #
And here's another view, a bit different than the other two. Captured this in March of 2008, stitched with PTGUI.
Jan 31, 2018 11:27:59 #
David in Dallas wrote:
You seem to have viewed the rapids from a different point than I did in 2014. The rocks seem a lot darker than what I captured. This is my favorite panorama of Great Falls Park:
Great Falls pano 2.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr
I do like the broodiness of your capture.
Great Falls pano 2.jpg by David Casteel, on Flickr
I do like the broodiness of your capture.
Yes, I was at the far side of the rock on the left of your shot. The two rock outcrops in the middle of your shot are the two outcrops to the far right on my shot. I was lucky enough to go when the weather was trying to rain (successful at times) so it gave a different mood to the shot.
Thanks for the comments,
Dave
Jan 31, 2018 11:28:38 #
BboH wrote:
And here's another view, a bit different than the other two. Captured this in March of 2008, stitched with PTGUI.
Bob, I don't see your shot.
Dave
Jan 31, 2018 12:39:16 #
My old stomping (actually hiking) ground. Nicely done by you and David.
Jan 31, 2018 15:12:35 #
Jan 31, 2018 15:33:26 #
BboH, that appears to have been shot from the same viewpoint I had used. That park is well suited for photographers!
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