Leon Turnbull Photography

After shooting my night shot from the top of Eagle Falls, I scooted on down to the bottom. It has been a long time since I’ve been to the bottom of Eagle Falls, and I wanted to get down there at sunrise to get some good shots. The sun hits this waterfall first thing in the morning, so I wanted to be down there at first light.

I was hoping to get some really good compositions of the falls from below. I brought my water shoes in case I needed to get in the water to do so. It was difficult to find a good comp though. I tried getting in the water, but it was completely freezing cold. Unbearably so. And I couldn’t get a good angle of the falls from in the water anyway. Good thing I got out, or my legs would have been literally frozen right off. There was, however, a big log sticking out over the water, so I tried climbing up on it. And this is where I shot this photo from. It is still not a perfect angle, as there is a lot of debris and branches around the base of the falls. But I think this shot works all right.