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i_rooster · 11:09 AM

demograph68 · Oct 10, 2004, 03:22 PM

Originally posted by i_rooster:

Interesting...

TheBadgerHunter · Oct 10, 2004, 03:27 PM

Yeah.. thats a waterfall. Not a particularly big one but nice nonetheless.

d4nth3m4n · Oct 10, 2004, 03:43 PM

now THAT'S a waterfall!
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demograph68 · Oct 10, 2004, 04:10 PM

Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
now THAT'S a waterfall!
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Ithaca is gorges. I went camping there last month.

Demonhood · Oct 10, 2004, 05:50 PM

i_rooster, you used the (big images) warning, but your picture is still huge. please shrink it a bit so it doesn't prop open the browser window (and i'm running at 1280x1024).

ShortcutToMoncton · Oct 10, 2004, 05:56 PM

It's not the waterfall, but it's just after! Sunwata Falls, Jasper, Alberta, Canada.

greg

wdlove · Oct 10, 2004, 06:04 PM

Those waterfalls are awesome scenic beauty, thank you for sharing.

ThinkInsane · Oct 10, 2004, 06:09 PM

Another from Ithaca

EDIT: I guess it wouldn't hurt to spell the name of the joint right

AKcrab · Oct 10, 2004, 06:20 PM

Originally posted by Demonhood:
i_rooster, you used the (big images) warning, but your picture is still huge. please shrink it a bit so it doesn't prop open the browser window (and i'm running at 1280x1024).

But that's not the rule. He has followed the guidelines exactly.

ThinkInsane · Oct 10, 2004, 06:39 PM

He asked, he didn't demand. He even used the P word.

Demonhood · Oct 10, 2004, 07:15 PM

d4nth3m4n · Oct 10, 2004, 07:19 PM

Originally posted by ThinkInsane:
<cascadilla creek>
Another from Ithaca

EDIT: I guess it wouldn't hurt to spell the name of the joint right

WOWWOWOWOWOWO! I WORK FOR THIS GUY!!! billy casteel, from auburn, is the artist. i was his apprentice for years. this is the first image i have found online of his stuff since his site went down. he does all this stuff with an oxy-acetylene welding torch and copper sheets. incredible.

back to the topic at hand..

that is a nice shot of cascadilla creek, it's been so long since the last time i was in there that i almost didnt recognize it.

ThinkInsane · Oct 10, 2004, 07:44 PM

Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:

WOWWOWOWOWOWO! I WORK FOR THIS GUY!!! billy casteel, from auburn, is the artist. i was his apprentice for years. this is the first image i have found online of his stuff since his site went down. he does all this stuff with an oxy-acetylene welding torch and copper sheets. incredible.

back to the topic at hand..

that is a nice shot of cascadilla creek, it's been so long since the last time i was in there that i almost didnt recognize it.

Dude, if you got half of his skill, I'm impressed. That dragon was absolutely incredible. I wish I could do anything even close to that. I think I might have some more shots of it, and the full size image of that one, if you want them.

Lancer409 · Oct 10, 2004, 08:06 PM

cool pics .. and those fountains are insanely detailed for copper sheets and a welding torch .. skills .. lots of skills!

d4nth3m4n · Oct 10, 2004, 08:07 PM

Originally posted by ThinkInsane:
Dude, if you got half of his skill, I'm impressed. That dragon was absolutely incredible. I wish I could do anything even close to that. I think I might have some more shots of it, and the full size image of that one, if you want them.

please (dantehman@gmail). i was making his smaller stuff for a long time- butterflies, roses, fountains, birdbaths. i made one dragon, but its arms were all stumpy and looked kinda like a t-rex

good times.

ThinkInsane · Oct 10, 2004, 08:57 PM

Sent. Just out of curiosity, how much would a dragon like the one in the picture cost?

Back on topic

'Hooder, that picture is awesome. Where is it? What camera did you use for it?

d4nth3m4n · Oct 10, 2004, 09:07 PM

i think he was asking 12k for that big 6 footer in the picture there. i heard through the grapevine that he sold it in minnesota at the faire there, which is a good thing, because with that piece he had to cut off the top of the wings everytime he moved it... wouldn't fit in his stock trailer.

billy is a great guy, i really wish he had a site, so i could advertise it to all you fine folk.

Daracle · Oct 10, 2004, 09:50 PM

Here is a small one in Banff, Alberta, Canada
Can't remember what it is called.....But ShortcutToMoncton might know.

I cannot express how lucky I am to be living only an hour and a half from this place.

Demonhood · Oct 10, 2004, 09:53 PM

Originally posted by ThinkInsane:
'Hooder, that picture is awesome. Where is it? What camera did you use for it?

thanks, i got quite lucky. it was in Mendocino, CA. just used a point and shoot canon S230 (3MP).

i like the wide variety of waterfalls here. keep em coming.

ShortcutToMoncton · Oct 10, 2004, 10:06 PM

Really bad shot (first time I'd used my then-new Minolta Dimage 7i), but you get the idea. Western Brook pond, Newfoundland, Canada. If I remember correctly, the falls are at least several hundred feet high...taller than the Niagaras, anyway. It was taken from a boat.

Sorry Daracle, haven't been to those. Unfortunately, we're a little farther away from the Rockies than you guys down in Calgary....

greg

Daracle · Oct 10, 2004, 10:19 PM

Worth a try.
I am going to see if maybe the wife and I cant go out again on Sunday since I work tomorrow.

But I will try and get some more shots and the name.

ThinkInsane · Oct 10, 2004, 10:31 PM

Salmon river falls. These are about 25 minutes from my house. Maybe tomorrow if I don't have anything else going on, I'll take a hike up there and get some pictures. Foliage is at it's fall peak right now, so it should be really pretty.

Oh, and that's not my picture. I googled for the falls, and ironically, the first result was the homepage of a guy I graduated from high school with. Tons of waterfall pictures on his site from all over NY State and elsewhere. That's an odd coincidence.

http://www.oswego.edu/~vermilye/waterfalls.html

PurpleGiant · Oct 11, 2004, 06:21 AM

Can't remember the name of these falls, they are in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Took this photo while up there earlier this year.

PurpleGiant · Oct 11, 2004, 06:24 AM

And this is a different waterfall up in Cairns. Doesn't look that heavy, but I nearly drowned trying to tread water under that fall, and I'm quite a strong swimmer. Scary stuff.

nooon · Oct 11, 2004, 07:05 AM

Falling Water - Frank Lloyd Wright

voyageur · Oct 11, 2004, 08:33 AM

Some lovely waterfalls here. And D4nth3M4n didn't know there was a sculptor in you. Perhaps you can show us your work sometime?

You can shower in Dawson's Falls in Wells Grey Provincial Park in British Columbia:

But we saw later, that if you slip and fall into the current, this awaits you just two minutes downstream:

And here's one more waterfall, this time from Micronesia:

i_rooster · Oct 11, 2004, 11:18 AM

djohnson · Oct 11, 2004, 11:30 AM

Originally posted by voyageur:
...But we saw later, that if you slip and fall into the current, this awaits you just two minutes downstream:<snip>

AKcrab · Oct 11, 2004, 01:55 PM

ambush · Oct 11, 2004, 02:05 PM

wow this thread makes me want to see waterfalls in person..

I've seen the huge waterfalls of Montmorency here in Qu�bec... but that's about it... a couple of small ones back when i was a scout..

cool stuff.

voyageur:

nice pix!

ThinkInsane · Oct 11, 2004, 09:30 PM

I did hike up to the falls today and get some pictures. I'm processing them right now, so I should have them posted soon. I hope you guys appreciate it, my girlfriend is ready to kill me. We hiked the 6 miles up the river. It never occurred to me to mention that we could have driven right to the top of the falls and and walked about 200 feet. Who would have thought she would have preferred that option?

villalobos · Oct 11, 2004, 10:43 PM

Some falls in da UP (can't think of the name right now). Weather (in JULY!!) was awful hence the light and colors are not all that pretty.

ThinkInsane · Oct 11, 2004, 10:53 PM

These were taken today at the same falls I posted above (Salmon River Falls). Nice day for a hike, although it wouldn't have hurt for the sun to come out.

More here

ShortcutToMoncton · Oct 11, 2004, 11:06 PM

Can you jump those?

I'd jump those.

greg

waxcrash · Oct 11, 2004, 11:08 PM

Originally posted by ThinkInsane:
These were taken today at the same falls I posted above (Salmon River Falls). Nice day for a hike, although it wouldn't have hurt for the sun to come out.

This is an awesome thread. I really enjoyed all the pics.

ThinkInsane - did you use a tripod for those shots? Cool pictures. Too bad people have to write their name on the rocks.

ThinkInsane · 11:43 PM

No tripod, just a point and click Kodak 3.1 megapixel. When I finally break down and buy my D70, I'll lug the tripod up there and get some shots. Or I could use my 35mm SLR, but I hate having to scan pictures

I have jumped off of those falls, but it's only really safe to do it in the spring when the water down below is really high. The results when the water level drops are not good. In one of the pics on my page, it says "I'll never forget you Kyle". That kid jumped in August after a long dry summer. The water below was only about eight feet deep (He jumped right where I am laying on the edge, you can see the girls name "Jenna" to my left, I believe she was one of the people with him when it happened). That meant he fell 140 feet with the water level down that far. I'm on the counties SAR team. I got to hoist him up the hill after the fished him out of the water. Most calls we get up there are for broken bones. People don't realize you need a good running start as the cliff face is further out the lower down you get. They jump from the edge and do a Homer Simpson all the way down, just a bouncin' off the strata all the way down. Another problem is novice rock climbers that don't realize all that loose shale is pretty unforgiving if you grab on to it. It's a great place for ice climbing in the winter though.

The DEC has talked about removing all the graffiti, but ultimately decided it was pointless unless they close off the area.

villalobos · Oct 25, 2004, 08:45 AM

I know old thread, but my picture is not really a fall, but I thought I would share.