Mohawk Hiding in the Summer Forest Acrylic Print

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Mohawk falls was the last waterfall I photographed during my August hike through Ricketts Glen. This is normally the first named falls that most visitors will encounter as they descend the Ganoga Glen Trail. However, I wanted to save this site for the last light of the day. It was after 8PM, so I definitely got the soft diffused lighting I was hoping for.

The underbrush and trees were had grown so thick this year that I was unable to fight my way through to get a more open shot. Fortunately, when I viewed my images, I really liked seeing Mohawk falls the same way the vast majority people actually see it in the summer months... hiding in the forest.

This photograph was captured on Friday, August 16th, 2013, on a solo trek through Ricketts Glen. It was taken with a Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L lens on a Canon EOS 5D DSLR body. The aperture was set to f/16 with a very long shutter speed of 25 seconds, at the 33mm focal length. The ISO was set to 100. The camera was mounted on a...

I was born in the wild hills of West Virginia, raised in western Maryland and currently live in north central Pennsylvania, USA. My higher education includes Theological Studies, Electronics Engineering, Audio Engineering and Visual Arts. I taught a Media course at Pennsylvania College of Technology (Penn State Affiliate). Photography has been an integral part of my life since the mid 1960's. Capturing the beauty and complexity of nature is my main interest, from macro close-ups to wide vistas views ...and everything in between. Natural waterfalls are the most frequent photographic subjects found at the business end of my lens. Historic Covered Bridges and farmland scenes are also very close to my heart, but any visually interesting...