Back again with another blog post from my past trip to the Poconos. This time I will be featuring an awesome location, Shohola Falls. The falls are easily accessible and there are so many areas to play around with different compositions. The falls begin from a nearby dam and then runs over large boulders but also has some large flat areas along the way with lots of neat little crevices at the edges. Above was my favorite shot (Purchase Prints) from this location. It was near the beginning of the falls and I just loved the crisscrossing trees with the neat background of intense water flow with the misting water creeping up into the trees in the distance. I’m so happy with how this shot came out. I’ve been so anxious to finally share it! I hope you like it as well.
The trail follows one side of the falls and then winds around making a 90° turn after the plunge pool. The path isn’t that wide but plenty for one person to navigate without fear. I was really happy to find some neat trees and greenery along the path for a nice foreground elements. Below you can see where I stopped following the trail looking towards where the falls begin. I would approximate the distance from here to dam was probably ~75 yards. I really dig the curvy creepy roots of the foreground tree in this shot.
I spoke before of the flat portion of Shohola Falls. It really was hard to come out with a good composition,but ultimately I went with the below shot because of the interesting lines of the water flow and the rocks/water. It really is a punchy/contrasty intense image but I think it keeps the viewer fascinated with its extreme tones and lines.
While I was there a few ducks came along to snack on some algea growing along the rocks. I was amazed at how far out on the edge they would take their webbed feet while leaning over and keeping their balance. I had to strap on my 70-200mm telephoto zoom lens to capture this. Check it out…
After I had the zoom lens strapped on I decided to focus in on different elements of the falls. I began with really small sections of minimal amount of rocks and then zoomed out and filled the frame with numerous rocks and drops of water. All of these shots looked best to me in black and white. See below…
I hope you enjoyed the photos
