Rainbow Springs State Park – Florida

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Rainbow Springs State ParkOur family adventure this week took us to Rainbow Springs State Park near Dunnellon, FL.  Florida is not known for it’s waterfalls and unfortunately these are “man-made” falls. However, it was a great opportunity to be outside and try to get some fun shots. This capture was made with my 16-35mm f/4 VR and B+W 1000x ND filter. It was a 69 second exposure at f/13 in the middle of the day. If you don’t own a good ND filter it is worth the investment. There were so many people struggling to photograph the falls today. (Mid-day light and a hand-held camera just will not do if you’re trying to make the water “flow”.) However, with a sturdy tripod, a good ND filter, and a little patience, you’ll be surprised at just what kind of image you can manage even in mid-day lighting.

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  4. I am 24 miles ( or there abouts) from Rainbow River State Park. One of my oldest and closest friends lives outside of Dunnellon towards Inglis just off 40, I believe.. Small world. But I am a native Floridian. I see a lot of your travels take you to places and near people I know well. Sweet. Living the dream indeed. 🙂 I love photography. And Florida has a lot of inspiration. Thank for stopping by my blog.

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  11. I definitely hear you on how challenged we are here in Florida as regards things like cliffs and waterfalls!! The only time I tried to blur a waterfall was on a visit to Guam…see how far I had to go!! LOL!! I made a fake cliff one time early on in learning photoshop. It was a cut made into sand by some rushing water. Laid on my stomach and angled the camera so the wall of sand looked rather cliff-like. Took out a parking garage in the scene and inserted a nice sky and voila …a Florida cliff!! Silly but was fun!!

    I wanted to say thanks for stopping by my site recently and to let you know that your banner picture is beautiful. Is it in Georgia or is it a Florida scene? Could be FLA.

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  14. Someone else posted a comment describing the falls as “silky”. Silky is the perfect adjective to describe the way the falls look in this gorgeous image! This is a beautiful shot. Thank you for sharing it.

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  16. Nice shot. I am still learning much. Once I get the money together, I am going to start traveling to get beauties like this!

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  22. Thank you for a ‘like’ on my blog. I am not a ‘photographer’ but I do know the passion of capturing the moment. I am glad you stopped by as now I can enjoy you great work.

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  25. Thanks for visiting my blog, Toby. Love your photography, wouldn’t like to send some water to North Cyprus, would you, as it’s very dry here, we get about 2 months when it rains but not that much. I never realised how much I loved photography until I looked back at all the photos I’d taken over the years, funny how you don’t see what’s right under your nose. Take care.

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  29. Nothing as exciting as the first time you capture water flowing like this. Except for maybe car lights or stars streaking. And you explain it so easily. Great shot, too!

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