Beautiful Falls and a Buck!!

On Sept. 5th,

(which just so  happened to be my birthday!)

I had the opportunity

to go to Munising, Michigan

along with a well-known photographer

for lessons on

how to photograph waterfalls.

He took us to 5 different waterfalls that day

and it was such fun!

I learned a LOT !

Although the weather was a bit chilly, it was overcast most of the day

(which makes for the BEST photos of waterfalls, as sun tends to "wash them out".)

Today, I will share some of the photos I captured on

my "lesson" with the group.

This is Alger Falls, which sits right beside a busy highway!:

Right beside Alger Falls!:

The path was extremely muddy as it had just rained before we got there!:

The falls (below) turned out to be my most successful shots.

When we first got there, the sun burst out and the main waterfall was too bright

to do many good shots.

But over in the corner of the falls, there was some water falling over

gorgeous rocks and it looked somewhat shaded, so me and my tripod

headed there instead.

I was so glad I did!:

This is part of Au Train Falls:

A buck that we happened to run across too!:

Later that week, we went out into the wilderness of Baraga county

and found

this little waterfall in the woods.

It was so quiet and beautiful out that day!:

So, now I am more in love with waterfalls

than ever before!!

I plan on getting out this winter to capture some of the winter falls for you...

but probably more near Spring

when they begin to melt down

so I have open water/falls along

with the snowbanks and ice formations....

So, stay tuned!!

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