There are 10 waterfalls all total. We had time to visit and photograph 4 of them. The weather turned out great even though it was very windy we were protected by the caves.
We had a storm come through on Friday night. Not much rain as we had hoped there would be to add to the water falls. Never the less the falls were stunning.
Much hiking to do. It is a good idea to try to be in some kind of shape before doing this. How were we to know that? My legs I think are back to normal now that a week has past since I hiked the park.
We all had a great time! Look forward to doing this again maybe next fall. The fall colors will give a totally different look to the area.
After the shoot came to an end.. Dawn and myself turned further west toward Iowa to photograph the White Pelicans that migrate to the area of Lock and Dam 14 on the Mississippi river. We stayed on the Illinois side instead of crossing into Iowa. It was great to see the area where we photographed the Canadian Bald Eagles last Winter and late Spring.. Of course we were on the Iowa side then.
I got some great shots of the White Pelicans.Here you can see a pelican that caught a large fish. They float in front of the dam where they wait patiently for the fish to jump over the dam into the waiting mouths of 50 or more pelicans. This shot shows the surrounding pelicans hoping to steal away the fish from the lucky one. The eagles do the same thing.. survival of the fittest.
I use my new Canon 7D camera with the 400mm prime lens to capture the pelican shots. I am very happy with the performance of the camera and the lens. The lens is as sharp as a tack!
I believe Sand Hill Ridge is next on the agenda for the MPEG photo shoots. May 16th I believe is the date. So until then..
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