Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Dave's Falls Marinette County-Time lapse

On my second day in Marinette County, WI, I stopped at Dave's Falls first thing in the morning. As usual, this early I had the park to myself. The sun was bright and shining directly on the waterfall, not happy about that, but it was still a beautiful morning.
Dave's Falls is located south of Amberg, Wisconsin and is a County park that charges $3.00 a day to visit the waterfalls in the County.

Music by Dexter Britain
Song: The Time To Run
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Fumee Falls Dickinson County, Michigan-timelapse

In the town of Quinnesec, Michigan there is a roadside waterfall called Fumee Falls. Named after it's water source Fumee Lake, which is about a mile upstream. This is a multi step waterfall with the upper falls being viewed from a platform above the main falls. The area around the falls is marked no trespassing due to previous extreme footwear causing a collapse of the rocks. This makes shooting the upper falls in a single shot practically impossible. Also, there is an ugly sign right in the way, too.
I have driven through this area a few years back and stopped at the falls only to find it running with a low water flow.

Music by Dexter Britain  Song: After Christmas
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Long Slide Falls-Marinette, County Wisconsin

My second waterfall of the day was Long Slide Falls. The waterfall is down river from Smalley Falls. I have been to Long Slide before but was not able to get to the lower area due to stormy weather. This day was different with a blazing sun burning through the trees causing me exposure problems. Climbing down to the lower section can be quite difficult so if you take on the task, be careful.

Music by Dexter Britain   Song: The Holiday Excitement
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Smalley Falls Marinette County, Wisconsin-time lapse

I have visited the waterfalls of Marinette County, Wisconsin in 2011 during the summer heat wave, this time I returned with slightly cooler weather and a blazing sun. In some of the footage you will see the shadows moving in and out of the scene creating a quite a task during the editing process. The water level was a a little higher and faster this time around keeping me from getting in the river to get shots of the falls.

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Saturday, July 5, 2014

Cox Hollow Waterfall-Governor Dodge State Park time lapse

I arrived at Governor Dodge State Park early in the morning as the sun was shining through the fresh ice and snow covered underbrush. It looked like diamonds were growing out of the vegetation. I had planned on capturing Stephens Falls also located in the same park, but I had a misstep on a small patch of ice at the 2 1/2 hour mark and cracked the back of my head against a rock wall, some blood and a minor concussion. Of course I had to finish up with my sets, so I captured 5 set more to complete the shoot. I now had a five hour drive home...... Be careful out there!


Apple Canyon Falls-Jo Daviess County Illinois

Neither rain nor snow not even the beat of the wind will keep me from looking like a complete idiot while standing on the side of a busy road during a rain/snowstorm to capture a waterfall. Yea, with that said, that's what I did while desperately hanging onto an umbrella trying to keep my equipment dry....well, from getting soaking wet, anyway. Apple Canyon Falls is a spillway for the recreational Apple Canyon Lake. I have driven by the falls years before, but it was during a dry season and there was no water flowing at the time. I hit the jackpot this visit.

Music by Dexter Britain
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Sunday, June 22, 2014

Thunder Bay waterfall-Lake Galena Illinois time lapse

On my latest trip, I stopped by the Thunder Bay Road waterfall/spillway. Since they had about 2-3 days of rain and snow, I knew Lake Galena would be spilling it's banks. I was not disappointed except for the excessive spray coming from the falls. The wind was whipping up the mist and carrying it towards me and my position on many occasions. I hope to return this summer and capture it during it's summer or fall bloom.

Music by Dexter Britain Song: The Stars are Out

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