Once again while my parents were in town, my Dad and I went looking for some photo nerding opportunities. This opportunity came in the form of "Niagara Falls"; A large (though nowhere near as large as the real Niagara) waterfall in Goldstream Provincial Park. We were pretty surprised (and pleasantly so, considering the tripods and gear we had with us) with how close the falls were to the highway. Anyway, everybody loves a good waterfall shot, you know the ones where the water looks all fluffy. Well these are done by stopping down the shutter, so it lets less light in, and lengthening the shutter speed (aka. exposure time). By doing so, anything that is not moving remains sharp, and anything moving (the water) becomes blurred.
This is just the top part of the falls.
Some little mini falls.
This is another use for long exposures. In low light conditions, with the use of a tripod, you can recover details, and colour that would otherwise just be dark. In this case I used the technique to capture the tunnel, which is used for both hikers, and water to get under the Malahat Highway which crosses through Goldstream Provincial Park.
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