Leon Turnbull Photography

My primary goal for the weekend was to photograph all 6 waterfalls in the Mammoth Lakes area in good light. That is not easy when it is bright and sunny every day, but I did manage to accomplish this goal.

But I really had second thoughts about this one. It is only a half-mile hike to the waterfall, but I was tired from the morning jaunt to Rainbow Falls, and I knew it was just a piddly little waterfall. Plus, it was getting late and I needed to get back to the fam at the campsite.Would it even be flowing? Was it even worth any effort to go see it? I doubted it. But nonetheless, I continued on to the falls. I am glad I did. It is a small one, but it is much prettier than I thought it would be. And although it is not on a main stream, it is spring-fed, and thus was flowing quite nicely.

The waterfall is called Sotcher Lake Falls, not Dinosaur Head Falls. But it should be called Dinosaur Head Falls. Doesn’t it look like the side of a dinosaur head to you? With the big eye in the middle, and nose on the right? I just think it is a hilarious looking little waterfall.

On a separate but semi-related topic, last night I was the guest speaker at the El Dorado Camera Club meeting in Placerville. Now for all you who know me really well, you would know that I abhor public speaking. It is really not my kind of thing. So how these guys managed to talk me into speaking at their meeting, is a complete mystery to me. Nonetheless, I did go and talk about waterfall photography, showing many of my photos on a projector screen. And I think I didn’t make too much of a fool of myself. It was fun, and I met some nice folks whom I had only previously corresponded with via email. I even learned of a couple new waterfalls in the area that I will have to go find now. 🙂