This is one of my very favorite waterfall shots, and it was practically unplanned. The lofty grandeur of Akaka Falls, which is taller than a 40-story building (442 feet), rightfully commands attention. Yet with the afternoon sunlight blasting glare into my face just above the top of the east-facing falls, I was playing with other compositional possibilities in the shadows, mainly to pass the time until the sun “set” behind both the cliffs above and a nearby cloud deck. Fortuitously, the mostly singular torrent split into two columns right before this short time exposure, making the lower falls appear as if ghostly legs, or ethereal plasma beams from some unseen UFO.
3 WSW Honumu HI (1 Jan 18) Looking W
19.8539, -155.1542Water Beams
This is one of my very favorite waterfall shots, and it was practically unplanned. The lofty grandeur of Akaka Falls, which is taller than a 40-story building (442 feet), rightfully commands attention. Yet with the afternoon sunlight blasting glare into my face just above the top of the east-facing falls, I was playing with other compositional possibilities in the shadows, mainly to pass the time until the sun “set” behind both the cliffs above and a nearby cloud deck. Fortuitously, the mostly singular torrent split into two columns right before this short time exposure, making the lower falls appear as if ghostly legs, or ethereal plasma beams from some unseen UFO.
3 WSW Honumu HI (1 Jan 18) Looking W
19.8539, -155.1542