The Wailing Widow Falls: I knew that title would get your attention lol. This one was a struggle in PP because of the extreme light and the haze from the waterfall plus the...

R.G. Loc: Scotland

I knew that title would get your attention lol. This one was a struggle in PP because of the extreme light and the haze from the waterfall plus the accompanying glare. The gully is narrow-sided and in deep shadow most of the time.

There's more than one version of the story behind the name. The most consistent versions are to do with a widow's son accidentally falling to his death and when his mother saw the body at the bottom of the falls she was overcome with grief, let out a loud wail and threw herself off the cliff. (Personally I think I would have liked it more if the name of this spot was the Laughing Widow Falls

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GreyOwl40 Loc: Quebec City

Very nice shot! The naming of the falls seems totally plausible. An interesting version anyway.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

GreyOwl40 wrote:

Very nice shot! The naming of the falls seems totally plausible. An interesting version anyway.

Thanks. I can't imagine anybody wanting to give it a name like that unless there was an actual event behind it.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Excellent work, R.G., as usual!

R.G. Loc: Scotland

UTMike wrote:

Excellent work, R.G., as usual!

Thank you Mike.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Very nice photo. I seems like a small river fed by a large Water Fall?

R.G. Loc: Scotland

Retired CPO wrote:

Very nice photo. I seems like a small river fed by a large Water Fall?

Thanks. It's more a stream than a river, but the flow was fairly vigorous.

treadwl Loc: South Florida

Just how high is that falls?

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

First-rate shot, R.G.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

treadwl wrote:

Just how high is that falls?

Not sure - my tape measure wasn't long enough

. High enough to produce the claimed fatality, I suspect. You could probably find out by Googling it.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

jaymatt wrote:

First-rate shot, R.G.

Thank you John.

Wanderer2 Loc: Colorado Rocky Mountains

I must admit that the "Wailing Widow" in the title caught my attention! But I would have looked at the posting anyway since I look at all the postings in the landscape section. Interesting story, I wonder what is actually true. Great job in post processing dealing with a difficult situation. Thanks for posting this which is very interesting both from the human interest and technical side of things.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

Wanderer2 wrote:

I must admit that the "Wailing Widow" in the title caught my attention! But I would have looked at the posting anyway since I look at all the postings in the landscape section. Interesting story, I wonder what is actually true. Great job in post processing dealing with a difficult situation. Thanks for posting this which is very interesting both from the human interest and technical side of things.

Thank you Wanderer2. Glad you enjoyed.

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

What a wonderful shot, great DOF, outstanding subject and well executed PP. I took a few minutes to play with it and there are some good B&W images hidden behind that exquisite color photo.

I wonder if it was named after a newspaper headline "Wailing Widow, falls".

R.G. Loc: Scotland

Curmudgeon wrote:

What a wonderful shot, great DOF, outstanding subject and well executed PP. I took a few minutes to play with it and there are some good B&W images hidden behind that exquisite color photo.

I wonder if it was named after a newspaper headline "Wailing Widow, falls".

Thanks Curmudgeon. You're right - the tabloids would have been all over it

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