What a beautiful waterfall. I love the color of the water.

Wow - it looks like cola! Was the water really that brown or did the HDR color it? Very unique.

I find that if you go 100 ISO instead of 400 (using a tripod) and F36 or F22 the shutter should be slow enough to give you that silky smooth effect even without the ND filter....Btw, It's wonderful in HDR

@wnywaterfallers:
The water in many Upper Michigan streams/waterfalls has a deep brown flavor - not because of the mud they carry and not because of the copper [and other minerals], but because of the tannins [tannic acid] from the surrounding vegetation.

The water was pretty brown but I wouldn't say HDR didn't enhance it a bit.

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Interesting water color! NIce job!

Quite a hike up there isn't it? I was there in the fall and had the same experience. Your shot is certainly better than mine. I wasn't able to capture the beauty of the great falls. I was surprised by the color of the falls when I was there. Thanks for explanation.

I love all of your waterfalls!! I have been there many times in the past years. If there is heavy rain fall the water is much darker. I have not taken a shot at the falls as of yet, but it looks like a plan!!!
Here is a link for a shot you will love!! He is much like us (Loving Michigan)

www.flickr.com/photos/mandj98/sets/72157607325471841/

Fantastic capture
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Thank you for sharing

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nice one!

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Beautiful capture!!

Nicely done. I like how you fought the cloudless sky on this one. Several streams I shoot here in WV have this coloration due to tannins.

great shot


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Nicely done. The texture in the falling water is great -- something we miss all too often when 'milking' the water. Looks like the sunny sky was a blessing!

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wonderful water photo, very nicely captured, well done

Really unique looking waterfall! Ilike one of the other commenters thought it looked like soda too! very cool!