What gear do you use for waterfall photography?

ApproachingLight · Tue May 07, 2013 8:10 am

Agreed the 16-35 Canon L II is awesome. And as usual Matt's polarizer experience seems right on to me.

Only complaint about Hoya polarizers, or polarizers in general is that with the ultra thins you can't put the lens cap on. It falls off very easily. So you have to either take the polarizer off each time or carry it very carefully.Kind of a pain. Maybe someone here has some solutions.

Des219 · Tue May 07, 2013 9:55 pm

Thanks for the recommendations David. Maybe the hood and the polarizer would be sufficient protection?

Wed May 08, 2013 12:10 pm

ApproachingLight wrote: Only complaint about Hoya polarizers, or polarizers in general is that with the ultra thins you can't put the lens cap on. It falls off very easily. So you have to either take the polarizer off each time or carry it very carefully.Kind of a pain. Maybe someone here has some solutions.

No problems here with my pinch caps. But some eBay sellers have rubber caps that go over the ends of the filters for this very reason. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid= ... &_from=R40

Des219 · Sat Jun 15, 2013 11:16 pm

I sold my 50D crop sensor and bought the Canon 6D full frame. Now the 24mm should be wide. Either the 21st or 22nd we are planning a trip to the Watkins Glen area, but probably not to Watkins. Anyone going to be in the area? We will most likely go to Havana Glen and the so rounding falls.

Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:00 pm

I will be in the Naples area on the 21 and Fillmore Glen 22nd weather permitting. I hear the water levels are great in Havana. Really good torrents.

Des219 · Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:18 pm

Matt, are you going Grimes Glen? I am torn between there and Havana. Haven't been to either one. We were looking at the 21 st most likely too.

Tue Jun 18, 2013 1:26 pm

Nope. Probably Conklin and/or Clark's
That is if there are overcast skies.

hobkyl · Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:30 pm

If I don't get a photo pass for the Kings of Mic Tour...0 for 2 thus far this year

, I will be camping in Watkins Glen for the weekend. Went a couple of weeks ago and did Watkins Glen and stopped by Shequaga Falls. First time sleeping in a hammock...did not sleep. Had plans to hit them all up, but was pretty beat by 9 am and headed home. There wasn't much flow happening down there, and not sure if they got the last couple of rounds or not. Anyway, if I do camp...I intend to visit Havana, Deckertown, Hector, Excelsior, and perhaps Twin. If I do get the photo pass, I am leaning towards heading out towards Syracuse during the day to visit some falls I've never been to.