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15 Stunning Examples of Waterfall Photography

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Very few photographs can be more stunning than a well executed photo of a waterfall. Just as they are one of the most beautiful things in nature, good photographers are able to make them one of the favourite subjects of photography fans everywhere. We think this selection of creative commons shots by various photographers is among the best we have seen. If you’d like to know more about taking photos like these, don’t forget to check out the resource links at the bottom of the post.

Seljalandsfoss

Seljalandsfoss by orvaratli.

c a t a r a t a s d e l i g u a z u

Iguazu Falls, Brazil by Mr Punto.

The Stars of Niagara Falls (Explored)

The Stars of Niagara Falls by John A Ryan Photography.

Autumn at Rock Island Falls by Lee McCain.

Upper Falls at Caney Creek by K.W. Sanders.

The water music

The water music by Shchukin.

Buderim Falls - Sunshine Coast

Buderim Falls by Garry.

Seclusion

Seclusion by TimboDon.

Frozen Swallow Falls

Frozen Swallow Falls by Zachstern.

Sitting Lady Falls

Sitting Lady Falls by Quas.

Hope !

Hope by Pardesi.

Hunua Falls

Hunua Falls by Chris Gin.

Brook View

Brook View by Just Us 3.

Dardagna Falls

Dardagna Falls by Marco Magrini.

Bridal Veil Falls

Bridal Veil Falls by Avi.

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63 Responses to “15 Stunning Examples of Waterfall Photography”

  1. Vote +1Rich
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    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.

  2. Vote +1Barb
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    Wow incredible

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  4. Vote +1Ilan
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    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 :\ )

  5. Vote +1admin
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    @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!

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  7. Vote +1Gobi
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  10. Vote +1TB5918
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    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!

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  15. Vote +1Mauricio
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    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

  16. Vote +1Tacio Philip
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  17. Vote +1Luiz Ferreira
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    One side is in Brazil, and the other is in Argentina, look at the map ;)

    Luiz

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  22. Vote +1Rick
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    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.

  23. Vote +1Liz Douglas
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    Those are fantastic. Love your website

  24. Vote +1Tobbi
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    Really amazing photos.

  25. Vote +1Jackie
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    simply beautiful!!

  26. Vote +1Aggie Villanueva
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    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.

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  28. Vote +1Yona
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    Beautiful. The water almost doesn’t look real. I think the water music by Shchukin is absolutely mesmerizing.

  29. Vote +1James Fuller
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    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.

  30. Vote +1admin
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    Ctrl + Left Click will open it in a new tab too. :)

  31. Vote +1Margaret/ Motts
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    Beautiful, I can’t wait to go to these places. :)

  32. Vote +1Mike Criss
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    They are stunning. I tried HDR with some waterfall shots and they turned out well.

    http://www.akphotograph.com/Alaska%20Blog/?p=730

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    Fake Photo…hepsiylede oynanmış

  35. Vote +1Katie
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    Beautiful pic’s.

  36. Vote +1Paul Sveda
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    Some inspiration in these photos and great work on the part of the photographers.

    Cheers,

    P.

  37. Vote +1Peter Fauland
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    For sure one of the more often photographed subjects. But this selection shows real master pieces …

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  39. Vote +1C M Brooks
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    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!

  40. Vote +1Susan
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    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!

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  43. Vote +1Mick Mc Carthy
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    Stunning set of waterfall photography , thanks to the photographers and publishers for the inspiration .

  44. Vote +1Stunner
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    These are breathtaking!

  45. Vote +1Paul Bates Photography
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    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

  46. Vote +1fiona3012
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    Ice falls – just stunning.

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  48. Vote +1Mia Rose
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    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

  49. Vote +1Amit
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    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!

  50. Vote +1jain
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    These are beautiful pictures but they look fake? The softness is too much. I prefer the water to look more realistic.

  51. Vote +1Robert Ouellet
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    Just great photos of waterfalls.

  52. Vote +1janrieger
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    Beautiful. I prefer the ones without the special effects. I like water to look natural, not glamorous and gussied up!

  53. Vote +1janrieger
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    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!

  54. Vote +1Ross
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    Stunning.

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  56. Vote +1Sheuefei Kao
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    I could almost hear the flowing sound of the waterfalls, amazingly!

  57. Vote +1Light Stalking
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    Glad you liked the collection!

  58. Vote +1Topher
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    Other than the first two I find these to be of mediocre quality.

  59. Vote +1Wendy
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    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.

  60. Vote +1admin
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    Yeah, some of them are very inspirational. Keep practicing and you’ll get to that level. :)

  61. Vote +1jexweber
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    Thanks a lot for share this fantastic pictures!!!

  62. Vote +1Federica
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    i love the one of Iguazu falls. I can’t wait to go there one day!

  63. Vote +1Denise
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    Niagra Falls shot, awesome at night an amazing take on an over photographed subject.

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