High Falls on the Muskoka River
Please note: starting with this post you can now ‘click-to-enlarge’ on each of the images in this post and all future posts to see much larger versions of the images. I hope you enjoy this updated feature of the blog and look forward to hearing your thoughts on the new views. 🙂
High Falls has long been one of most impressive waterfalls in Ontario’s Muskoka Region. It is easily located near the town of Bracebridge. A few years ago the town of Bracebridge began diverting much of the flow, especially in winter, for hydro-electric power, but this has by no means lessened the photographic possibilities that abound at this location. In my opinion it has actually created more photographic opportunities, especially the intimate variety of landscapes. The reduced flow has also exposed some wonderful rock formations for intimate views of the remaining cascades that can be found here, however, one must keep in mind that the exposed rocks have been smoothed over time, by the constant flow of water and can be quite slippery and even dangerous if folks do not proceed with caution. On Friday, I drove an hour and a half north of my home, in the wee hours of the morning, to arrive at first light, and hopefully well ahead of the predicted rainfall. I was able to get in about three hours of photography before the rains arrived and forced me to pack up and head for home.
When I arrive on site, setting-up my tripod is often one of the last steps I take when photographing a scene. First and foremost I will walk around, camera in hand, and frame possible image opportunities. Once I find the compositions I want I will then position my tripod to capture the scenes I have chosen. Each of the images in this post was photograph using a Nikon polarizing filter on my 12-24mm lens. This polarizing filter is designed to eliminate vignetting on wide angle lenses such as the 12-24mm lens. The polarizing filter is also the absolute, must-have filter for landscape photography.
New to this post is the ‘click-to-enlarge’ feature for each of the images posted. Please click on each image to view the larger version and take a moment to let me know which is your favorite and why.
High Falls on the Muskoka River
High Falls on the Muskoka River
High Falls on the Muskoka River
Little High Falls on Pott’s Creek
I love all of them!! They’re fantastic! Thanks for “click to enlarge” feature but I think you should watermark your name directly on your photos so people won’t “steal” your photos and claim them as their own.
Hi Ellen, thanks for the comments, much appreciated. I have never really been fond of images with large watermarks, and small ones are easily cropped off, so I prepare these images at a very low resolution and present them with the border with copyright notice that is actually part of the image, if downloaded, and I also apply my copyright information in the metadata of each and every image. I also own the original RAW file with the same copyright info in the metadata.
These are fantastic. Heading to South Carolina next week and will definitely be searching for waterfalls like this there.
Thanks very much for the kind words. Let me know how you make out in South Carolina.
Andrew, A great collection of waterfalls! Love the new click to enlarge feature!!
Thanks Denise, I appreciate the comments…glad you like the new feature. Safe travels and best of luck in Trinidad 🙂
Yowza! What a stunning photo feature!
Much thanks Frank…appreciate the kind words.
Excellent work. I really appreciate the bigger size of the photos !!!!
Thanks George, I appreciate the comments and glad you are enjoying the larger sized presentation of the images….thanks for the tip 🙂
Hi Andrew, Beautiful images as always..Mike
Much thanks Michael!
Amazing photos. Thanks for sharing.
I appreciate the comments Ingrid…thanks!
A great set of images here Andrew. This being a place close to me I visit it quite a bit, you’ve done a great job getting some unique images. I love the lack of perspective in the first image, without noting the location you could almost have someone thinking this was a shot of a giant gorge with a thundering cascade!
Hi Kyle, thanks so much for the kind words. I love this location, but may not get back to it until the fall now. We will most certainly have to meet up in Muskoka this summer to do some shooting.
You bet, shoot me an email next time your up in the area!