Crystal Cascade_NH2014

'Saw the thumbnail & had to sign in & get a better look. Get you in front of a waterfall & you just don't miss. I'll bet the print is enough to make people cry. The detail in the lower front fall holds the interest after taking in the impact of the upper fall. 'Framing, height of camera, angle to the lower fall & its relation to the upper - hard to imagine doing better.

Thanks for pointing out the details that make this all come together nicely, which i was not front lobe conscious of. Really it was all nature providing the image, not the film, camera or operator! The vantage point was ideal as you perceive. The rear falls are 70ft high, and set back at least that far, falling into that pool whose scale is lost using the 450mm (eq 75mm on 35film). I really wanted the top of the near fall, which drops another 30ft, and am happy with how it came out in the foreground. Your reaction and attention was exactly as mine when i first stepped up to the view. I studied first the horsetail, admiring the pool and then followed the water as it spilled out to the lower fall. And no surprise that the trail ran up along the downstream side, revealing the lower pool and then ascended up to the viewpoint. Shutter speed was favorable to big falls, could have been a bit faster maybe for the near fall. Still it looks nice. I have a 16x20 print framed and hanging in my family room. It almost has that arresting moment when someone sees it for the first time. I never tire of seeing it, i can tell you that. This was a magical weekend, i bagged two peaks and 4 waterfalls. Whew! Three remaining of the 48 over 4k peaks, and a whole bunch of falls on my bucket list here in the Whites. Incidentally, i had hoped to make one more stop that weekend to Diana Baths but had to sort out a bad tire and ran out of time. Did a search on apug for white mountains and came back with an image of Diana's done by @MrBrowning who lives in western NY. Wonderfully done and making me anxious to get back to finish what i aimed to do that last day.

'Big empathic grin, Michael. You graciousness about "which i was not front lobe conscious of." describes a fairly major fault line between my ears. Keeping my photo senses fully engaged when I get engaged/excited over a composition is alot like buck fever. Other times, I'm drawn to a composition (like that heavy texture shot of the outside stairway) and I don't know why. That's where I need the eyes of others & you've helped tremendously.