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• Rich:

  Reminds me of some of mine, only I don’t push the softness to quite the extreme presented here. If I were to choose, they would be ovaratli and Mafrini pieces. I like the light and the power of ovaratli’s pieces without the over-exposure and while Magrini has overexposed his b&W treatment is excellent.

  August 20, 2009 at 5:48 pmReply

• Barb:

  Wow incredible

  August 20, 2009 at 6:33 pmReply

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  August 20, 2009 at 7:41 pmReply

• Ilan:

  Well, although these not ‘hard’ photos to make, they still look very impressive. The 1st and the 3rd looks .. insanely beautiful.
  Thank you for this collection :)

  (BTW, I tried to DM you on twitter, and couldn’t from some reason :\ )

  August 20, 2009 at 10:01 pmReply

• LightStalking:

  @Rich – Fair call – I kind of prefer the softer ones, but I guess it’s down to personal taste. Thanks for stopping by!

  @Barb – Glad you approve!

  @Ilan – Had some problems with twitter software yesterday and ended up unfollowing a bunch of people that I didn’t want to!! Arghghg! Should be right again now!

  August 20, 2009 at 10:37 pmReply

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• Gobi:

  Excellent! Nice pictures.

  August 21, 2009 at 3:25 amReply

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  August 21, 2009 at 3:47 amReply

• TB5918:

  Nice assortment of shots. Know if any of these are HDR composites? Seeing pictures like these always makes me want to dust off my camera and shoot… well, anything!

  August 21, 2009 at 4:42 amReply

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• Carol Halbert:

  awesome!!!

  August 21, 2009 at 5:18 amReply

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  August 21, 2009 at 6:02 amReply

• Mauricio:

  Iguazu Falls are in Argentina!!! NOT in Brazil!!! The Brazil border is near the falls but only near. All you can see in the picture is inside Argentine borders

  August 21, 2009 at 6:08 amReply

• Tacio Philip:

  Mauricio, go study geography… dããããã

  August 21, 2009 at 6:15 amReply

  • TimR:

    Mauricio is right Iguazu Falls is in Argentina. I studied the maps closely and the border is several metres running north between the rio iguacu island and falls. the entire Iguazu Falls is on the Argentina side south of the border

    

    September 29, 2011 at 8:24 pmReply

• Luiz Ferreira:

  One side is in Brazil, and the other is in Argentina, look at the map ;)

  Luiz

  August 21, 2009 at 6:16 amReply

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  August 21, 2009 at 7:38 amReply

• Rick:

  Bridal Veil falls is a beautiful place to photograph. Unfortunately, this shot is far from one of the best I’ve seen of it. This one seems to be terribly blown out. For some great shots here, check out Gary Randall’s fantastic work on Flickr.

  August 21, 2009 at 8:14 amReply

• Liz Douglas:

  Those are fantastic. Love your website

  August 21, 2009 at 8:21 amReply

• Tobbi:

  Really amazing photos.

  August 21, 2009 at 9:19 amReply

• Jackie:

  simply beautiful!!

  August 21, 2009 at 9:51 amReply

• Aggie Villanueva:

  I prefer the veiling of water. When I see these places in person, the real-life awe and beauty looks more like these photos to my eyes, than do the short exposure shots, that look harsh and unrealistic to me. I believe it’s all in how each individual sees reality, because reality is subjective, especially to an artistic eye.

  As to the blown out areas, my solution to that is Singh-Ray nuetral density filters in varying stops. I wouldn’t shoot without them.

  These are beautiful and inspiring shots. Thankx for posting them.

  August 21, 2009 at 10:19 amReply

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  August 21, 2009 at 10:48 amReply

• Yona:

  Beautiful. The water almost doesn’t look real. I think the water music by Shchukin is absolutely mesmerizing.

  August 21, 2009 at 12:55 pmReply

• James Fuller:

  Beautiful! But each photo is also a link, and somebody needs to help the admins grasp that right-clicking on an image doesn’t mean “I’m stealing your content”, it means “I want to open this link IN A NEW TAB so I don’t have to navigate away from lightstalking.com.” As it is, if you want to follow the link you can’t do that without either going to the trouble of turning off javascript to disable the silly little pop-up and re-enable tabbed browsing, or else leaving lightstalking.com and its advertisers behind–heh, maybe not exactly what they would want if they thought about it.

  August 21, 2009 at 5:06 pmReply

  • LightStalking:

    Ctrl + Left Click will open it in a new tab too. :)

    August 21, 2009 at 6:20 pmReply

• Margaret/ Motts:

  Beautiful, I can’t wait to go to these places. :)

  August 21, 2009 at 6:37 pmReply

• Mike Criss:

  They are stunning. I tried HDR with some waterfall shots and they turned out well.

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  August 21, 2009 at 7:02 pmReply

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  August 21, 2009 at 9:53 pmReply

• alper:

  Fake Photo…hepsiylede oynanmış

  August 21, 2009 at 10:07 pmReply

• Katie:

  Beautiful pic’s.

  August 22, 2009 at 4:52 amReply

• Paul Sveda:

  Some inspiration in these photos and great work on the part of the photographers.

  Cheers,

  P.

  August 23, 2009 at 6:13 amReply

• Peter Fauland:

  For sure one of the more often photographed subjects. But this selection shows real master pieces …

  August 23, 2009 at 12:04 pmReply

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• C M Brooks:

  You’re right, these are stunning. Some great monochrome work – somehow the beauty of the water seems to come through most strongly without the distraction of some of the strong colours in this selection. But congratulations on putting it together – most interesting and it wakens the travel bug for sure!

  August 31, 2009 at 1:07 amReply

• Susan:

  These are wonderful shots. I love shooting waterfalls and am always intrigued by how others shoot them. Now I need to go and visit each one for myself!

  August 31, 2009 at 7:41 amReply

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  October 9, 2009 at 10:03 amReply

• Mick Mc Carthy:

  Stunning set of waterfall photography , thanks to the photographers and publishers for the inspiration .

  October 18, 2009 at 2:43 amReply

• Stunner:

  These are breathtaking!

  November 2, 2009 at 11:36 pmReply

• Paul Bates Photography:

  I really enjoyed the 1st and 9th photo. The icy waterfall is pretty amazing and the first one just feels like a nice, warm place to go. Thanks for sharing!

  Paul Bates
  Travel, Nature & Waterfall Photos

  November 16, 2009 at 11:13 amReply

• fiona3012:

  Ice falls – just stunning.

  December 11, 2009 at 5:06 amReply

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• Mia Rose:

  Just makes me realize how many wonderful places there still are in the world for me to see. Thank you so much for posting this collection of stunning waterfalls. I especially love Iguazu Fallis in black and white.

  Warm wishes,
  Mia Glanville

  January 2, 2010 at 4:42 amReply

• Amit:

  beautiful capture..my first try with waterfall photography was nt dat gud..as i used a fast shutter speed and gt lots of grains in my pic..just a pic taken for experimenting with slow shutter speed & filters is one of the favorite one that i hav caught!

  January 12, 2010 at 3:25 amReply

• jain:

  These are beautiful pictures but they look fake? The softness is too much. I prefer the water to look more realistic.

  January 25, 2010 at 6:19 amReply

• Robert Ouellet:

  Just great photos of waterfalls.

  February 8, 2010 at 10:45 amReply

• janrieger:

  Beautiful. I prefer the ones without the special effects. I like water to look natural, not glamorous and gussied up!

  February 9, 2010 at 10:34 pmReply

• janrieger:

  Beautiful. I prefer the ones without special effects. Water doesn't need to be gussied up and glamorous. Natural looks better. I love Iguazu Falls!

  February 9, 2010 at 10:36 pmReply

• Ross:

  Stunning.

  March 17, 2010 at 3:20 pmReply

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• Sheuefei Kao:

  I could almost hear the flowing sound of the waterfalls, amazingly!

  March 29, 2010 at 6:02 amReply

• Light Stalking:

  Glad you liked the collection!

  March 30, 2010 at 6:12 pmReply

• Topher:

  Other than the first two I find these to be of mediocre quality.

  March 31, 2010 at 11:09 amReply

• Wendy:

  I am in awe. I am just starting out, I don’t have a flash camera, but to know that there is beauty unlike anything I’ve seen simply flat lines me.

  April 18, 2010 at 1:58 amReply

  • LightStalking:

    Yeah, some of them are very inspirational. Keep practicing and you’ll get to that level. :)

    April 18, 2010 at 3:29 pmReply

• jexweber:

  Thanks a lot for share this fantastic pictures!!!

  May 9, 2010 at 3:46 amReply

• Federica:

  i love the one of Iguazu falls. I can’t wait to go there one day!

  July 15, 2010 at 7:38 pmReply

• Denise:

  Niagra Falls shot, awesome at night an amazing take on an over photographed subject.

  August 25, 2010 at 5:10 pmReply

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• Mir:

  I think, some pictures here are over-painted, and thus seem synthesized (e.g. Seljalandsfoss). I like mostly natural ones — “Iguazu Falls” by Mr Punto and “Frozen Swallow Falls” by Zachstern.

  November 10, 2010 at 2:22 amReply

• Andrew Plath:

  All of these photos demonstrate intense color. I imagine that, if they were displayed in an art gallery, they could leave visitors with a greater sense of awe and wonder than if they saw these water falls with their own eyes.

  June 23, 2011 at 9:18 amReply

• PhotoTipMan:

  Fantastic waterfall shots! I always love the look of silky smooth water falling over a cliff. Thanks for your advice.

  For more tips on waterfall photography, check out a few at Great Photography Tips.

  August 10, 2011 at 7:19 pmReply

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  October 18, 2011 at 11:41 pmReply

• aaminah chowdhry:

  incredible!

  December 9, 2011 at 1:45 amReply

• narmes:

  The first 14 are great, but not so the last one by Avi. I’m not a fan of blown highlights and these are clearly apparent in the water and the patch of sky. A more careful choice of exposure and possibly shooting in RAW would have made this a stunning shot!

  January 1, 2012 at 5:42 amReply

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