More Than a Trickle

Posted by Mike on July 17, 2017

Watkins Glen State Park

MLCreations Photography: Watkins Glen &emdash; More Than a Trickle

More Than a Trickle
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 2s, 18mm, f/16, ISO 200

Up & Down

Posted by Mike on July 13, 2017

Buttermilk Falls State Park

MLCreations Photography: Buttermilk Falls &emdash; Up & Down

Up & Down
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 3.2s, 28mm, f/16, ISO 100

Peaceful Easy Feeling

Posted by Mike on July 6, 2017

Buttermilk Falls State Park

The trifecta from my state park day on Monday would not be complete without an image Buttermilk Falls State Park. I love starting at the upstream end of the gorge trail and hiking toward the namesake falls. There are so many great locations along the trail to capture images. This area is just before the bridge across the creek linking the gorge trail to the rim trail. When there are no other hikers around this is an amazing location to pause and soak in the atmosphere of the park.

MLCreations Photography: Buttermilk Falls &emdash; Peaceful Easy Feeling

Peaceful Easy Feeling
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 1.3s, 31mm, f/16, ISO 100

Lower Falls

Posted by Mike on July 5, 2017

Taughannock Falls State Park

Generally when I drive to Ithaca to photograph the state parks, the first park I visit is Taughannock Falls. It is a great warm up park. What I mean by that is the trail is easy to walk, fairly short and the reward at the end is the majestic 215′ waterfall. But don’t make a beeline for the prize. Not 200′ from the parking area is Lower Falls. This is a beautiful, 20′ cascade falls and always my first image when I visit this park.

MLCreations Photography: Taughannock Falls &emdash; Lower Falls

Lower Falls
Olympus OM-D E-M1, M. Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8, 3.2s, 21mm, f/16, ISO 100

Born of the Rains

Posted by Mike on July 4, 2017

Chittenango Falls State Park

Even though I spent last week out in California for business I decided I would take Monday off to create myself a nice four day weekend. Yep, being a little lazy right now. Sort of… Yesterday was my state park day.

I thought as a result of the recent rains it would be a good weekend to drive to Ithaca, NY to visit a few of my favorite state parks. Depending on the crowds, weather and my fitness I can usually get two or three parks visited in a single day. And of course there is always a stop at Chittenango Falls on the drive back home. Spoiler alert… I managed only two parks around Ithaca as the crowds started to become more than I was willing to share. 🙂 I will have pictures from both Taughannock Falls and Buttermilk Falls parks soon.

I worked my way to Chittenango Falls around noon. Even though the other parks were starting to get crowded I didn’t anticipate the volume of people at my last park. I almost couldn’t find a parking space. Which was interesting considering how high and fast the Chittenango Creek was flowing. Most sections of the park were closed due to dangerous conditions. I didn’t capture any pictures of the main falls but you can view what it was like here.

On the plus side, a small alcove falls area downstream from the main falls had water. It is rare that I can photograph this little waterfall as it always depends on conditions. I grabbed a few images and then high tailed it out of the park. Way to many people and no place to go in the park. It was time to get back home…