On the way to Northwest Territories, one has to stop at the Twin Falls Gorge Park. It is situated not far from the Alberta / NWT border, and it is a site to behold. Alexandra Falls is the first set of falls on the Hay River. It is the largest of the two falls, measuring about 36m (107ft). The site is absolutely spectacular. On one side you have this caramel coloured river:
On the other you have a long and deep canyon:
In between there is Alexandra Falls.
The deep caramel colour of the river is a caused by its flow through acidic peat and has no connection with human pollution. I have ventured to the side of the falls, just to see how close I can get to the edge. Not the smartest move on my part, as the rock by the edge was wet and slippery. The roar of the water was deafening and the drop was mesmerizingly terrifying. I managed to snap this shot from as close to edge as I dared to go:
Researching the falls a little I found this video on youtube, (it’s not my video!) that shows a person walking to where I dared to go.
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Wow, I got vertigo just looking at that first shot – amazing!! How do you get your skies and clouds to be so luscious?? I’m mostly a portrait photog and I need your help with landscapes!
For the sky, and clouds I often use a polarizing filter. It gives them a little more definition. Also a little post processing work in photoshop helps as well
I really like the second picture with its nice contrast of brown water with the waves broken on the rocks and the sky covered in sinister looking dark grey clouds… The forth with its dynamics is nice too, but my favourite is the first one. Maybe I am bias, since it is so similar to one of my own
? The sheer power of Nature depicted here by the amount of water that goes through those falls is always going to awe me. I love the contrast of the stationary tree with the powerful river rushing in the background. As always – good job!
the first image really shows the strength!