Tag: Big Stopper

  • On the second full day that we had in Oregon, Tito and I spent the day waterfall hunting along the Historic US 30.  That highway, impressively, actually had too many waterfalls for us to visit in only one go, so we had to pick and choose a bit. This is Latourell falls, a fairly nondescript…

  • I’ve been dying to take the Lee Filter Big Stopper to the Leslie Street Spit since I got it – finally managed it last weekend! Here are some of my favourites :)  

  • I don’t get creeped out easily – abandoned places fascinate me, and the more decrepit the better. So when we found an abandoned factory in a place called Lyons Falls, upstate New York I was ready to settle down for a good long study. They also had a dam and a waterfall – I mean,…

  • I took a new toy to the escarpment on the weekend – the Lee Filter Big Stopper. The Big Stopper is a lens filter that drops your exposure by 10 stops, allowing for much longer exposures even in bright sunlight. Long exposures make for some great special effects, and waterfalls were an obvious place to…

  • I’ve got a new toy :) It’s the Lee Filter Big Stopper, and it deserves it’s own post. We took it out to wine country yesterday to test-drive it – it really shines when used with running water and where better to go than the Escarpment, which boasts more waterfalls than anywhere else in the…