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Rafting the Grand Canyon"A Photographic Adventure"
Waterfalls
Deer Creek Falls, Grand Canyon � May, 2000
Dear Creek Falls,at about Mile 136, is one of those places that if you didn't see it with your own eyes you wouldn't believe existed. A magnificent waterfall, easily more than 150 feet high, plunges into a small deep pool which, when the light is right, createsrainbowsaround the heads of swimmers.
When we first arrived in mid-morning the light was very harsh so I spent most of the time swimming and taking snapshots. By noon, as we were about to leave, the sun had changed direction sufficiently that I could capture at least part of the falls in shade.
The use of the 24mm Tilt / Shift lens was again critical in providing the required depth of field as well as undistorted perspective.
Photographed with a Canon EOS-1V and 24mm f/3.5L T/S lens on Fuji Provia 100F
Lower Deer Creek Falls, Grand Canyon � May, 2000
The pool belowDear Creek Fallsruns out over a rocky ca...

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