Thanks John....wonderful feel here...seems dedicated to where my heart is..nature/landscape photography.

James....got up to my waist to cross the stream...percariously balancing my camera and tripod till I got closer to the other side (couldnt take the temps for long that deep) My wife reccomended hip waders...thinking that would be the perfect thing for this...as I like getting perspectives that others usually avoid. Water wasnt running too fast....not a real fight. Looks faster though on film as it was early morning...so much slower shutter speed.

Upper shot was out of the dynamic range of the camera...so blended 2 bracketed shots together using a layer mask to only include the properly exposed falls into the shot...just too many hot spots in the falls when I checked my histogram. I try to strive for what my eyes captured and leave my editing to that....I never remove or add things that were there...nor do I try to add color my eyes dont remember.

Thanks much guys...I really look forward to participating in the environment here.

Great work so far posted as I can see.