Great Falls National Park, Overlook 2

Great Falls is one of my favorite places here where I live. Here the Potomac River works its way through significant rapids and multiple sudden drops in elevation. Virginia and Maryland are separated by the great Potomac, and you can view the Falls from both sides. On the Maryland side it is known as the Great Falls and C&O Canal National Park. While the Virginia side has the best view of the Falls themselves and a mildly challenging trail, Maryland has more trails and views of the multiple tributary falls which feed into the river.

Whenever I have visitors, I do my best to get them to Great Falls, as it makes for a terrific nature-break from all of Washington D.C.s monuments and museums. These National Parks are surprisingly close, with both the Maryland and Virginia sides each only about 17 miles from the Washington Monument.

I set this exposure to get optimum effects from the rush of the Potomac through the falls here at Overlook 2. There was a lot of light that day at 7:00 am, but with the help of an NDU8 filter and aperture set to f/25, I got the image I wanted at 1.3 seconds.

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Taken in: United States / Virginia / Great Falls (show map)

Taken on: September 4, 2017

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Camera: Nikon D5300, f/25.0, 1.3 sec, 28mm (=42mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D5300
Lens:	AF-S DX VR Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G II
Aperture:	f/25.0
Exposure Time:	1.3
Focal Length:	28mm (35mm equivalent: 42mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Light Source:	Unknown (Unknown)
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	GIMP 2.8.14
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