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Challenge: Water II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Pentax *ist DS
Lens: Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Pentax
Location: Kanuma, Japan
Date: Mar 25, 2006
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Nature, Water
Date Uploaded: Mar 26, 2006

 I decided to go to a waterfall in Kanuma, a picture of which I had seen in a tourist brochure from that town. It was pretty remote, being up a mountain road. In fact, it was a dead-end road that was narrow and, in some places, precipitous. Plus, the road was covered with fallen rocks, hence the warning signs about falling rocks. And for some reason, people go up there to dump rubbish, though I wonder if I was the first person to go there since autumn.
There’s a little bridge over the river and then a small turn-around area (er, carpark). Above the carpark is a fork in the river. I first went up the left branch, which was quite narrow and ultimately impassable. The right branch was much wider but perhaps less dramatic. Still, I took lots of pictures, varying exposure times and lenses.
I was going to return home but decided to check out the river below the bridge. There, the sides of the ravine were steep and slippery, but there were trees to hang on to. I was surprised to find the top of a long drop. I went down the side, as I could see a couple of route options. In the end, I somehow took the most direct course and slid down about 10 or 15 metres, accompanied by a whole lot of rubble. Fortunately, I didn’t break any limbs or camera equipment.
The waterfall proved to be about 30 or 40 metres (I don’t know – I’m hopeless at estimating heights) – not very wide, but pretty. More photos.
Now, to get out of the place. There was a rope, which was very useful, but it didn’t reach the road. For the rest, it was a very steep climb on loose rocks. I finally made it to the road, got back to my car and drove home to wash the dirt out of my trousers.
I never saw the waterfall that was pictured in the brochure. (Because, as I later found out, I went to a different waterfall with the same name - Otaki "Big Waterfall" - about 8km SE of the one in the brochure)
My entry photo is of the bottom of the long drop. My lens had an ND4 filter, and I held a polarising filter from my other lens in front.

Statistics
Place: 197 out of 287
Avg (all users): 5.1710
Avg (commenters): 6.0667
Avg (participants): 5.0256
Avg (non-participants): 5.3947
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 04/03/2006 03:12:10 AM
This is quite original David. I'm bummed it scored low. It's a 50/50 chance you could get eveything in focus. Maybe a smaller aperture at f11 or so would have made everything in focus ;) Great out of the box entry my friend ;)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 04/02/2006 11:12:20 PM
Lol. Nice sense of humor. Bump.
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
 04/01/2006 10:41:55 PM
Very original! Well done!
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Sony Alpha a7 II
Sony FE 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS
 04/01/2006 08:44:39 AM
Thought the filter was distracting. I know you were using it as a creative tool, but I think the photo suffered because of it.
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 03/31/2006 06:21:12 AM
Very good idea. I like it very much. Something different! I rated it highly.
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Nikon D7000
Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 Di II LD Aspherical (IF) for Nikon
 03/30/2006 10:20:32 PM
Creative idea.
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Canon EOS-30D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 03/29/2006 06:16:17 PM
I like your sense of humor. :)
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
 03/29/2006 11:20:14 AM
hahaha...very funny
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Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 03/28/2006 10:44:21 PM
Clever.
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Nikon D80
Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
 03/28/2006 08:43:33 PM
Neat idea. I might just like to see the shot filtered... period.
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Nikon D3
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
 03/27/2006 11:30:33 PM
the technical gets in the way
Canon EOS-5D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 03/27/2006 07:28:41 PM
wow..that is really cool!
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Kodak Z730
 03/27/2006 04:07:23 PM
I suspect this may not do well overall but I find it pretty interesting.
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Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 03/27/2006 01:45:59 PM
haha love the title suits it well gr8 pic!
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Pentax K10D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 03/27/2006 08:52:45 AM
Great Photograph! Sweet Duble Entendre! The type photographer I want to be.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 03/27/2006 01:16:48 AM
good effort, but I wish you could see the fingers just a little more and that they were slightly, only slightly sharper...as it is, it almost looks like a mistake...10/10 for the title though
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Nikon D300s
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 16-85 f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
 03/27/2006 01:05:16 AM
Novel idea. Yes, it's better filtered!
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