Upper Silver Falls #4-5 Baraga County MI time lapse

The final two waterfalls downstream from the bridge are Baraga Falls #2, a relatively small waterfall and Baraga Falls #1 being the cornerstone waterfall in the series. By the time I reached falls #1 the sun really started to cause me problems with harsh lighting. I had been on the trail since sunrise and 11 hours later it was now close to sunset. I was tired but still had an hour hike back to my van ahead of me. It had been in heaven for most of the day but it now time to turn back to the realities of daily life.

Music by: Dexter Britain   Song: My Song For January

Upper Silver River-Baraga Falls # 2-3 time lapse

The next two waterfalls on the Upper Silver River area are Baraga Falls 3 and 4. There is a quite a bit of hiking and crossing the river to get to the next two waterfalls. Baraga Falls #4 was a small chute slide to a final five foot drop that would look more dramatic if the water level was higher. The two waterfalls are very close together and the tiered slide in between them is quite a beautiful site. Baraga Falls #3 is the largest drop of all of them at about 25+ feet. Again, a higher water level would have created a nice curtain of water. I wish I had shot some over the edge shots, but I was slight distracted with figuring out I was going to get to the lower level.

The waterfalls have been respectively named by Michigan's contemporary waterfall photographer, Phil Stagg

Music by Dexter Britain Song:In The Electric Fields (partial w/tempo increase)

Upper Silver Falls #1 Baraga County MI time lapse

The first view you see when you look downstream from the bridge is the gentle flow of the Silver River in Baraga County Michigan. The opening shots are the beauty I witnessed that perfect morning. The first of four waterfalls is a nice small drop that curves around a rock face. That morning I met a couple of the river residents in the form of the Brown American Marten who popped their heads out of their streamside burrow to look at this strange site standing in the waterfall.

Music by Dexter Britain Song: Safe in Glass Houses