Leura Cascades - Serenity, Blue Mountains, NSW
Taken at the beautiful Leura Cascades in the Blue Mountains of NSW, Australia
Canon 5D
Tripod+Shutter Release Cable
Polarising filter
1.6s @ f/4
100 ISO
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Sharon Hammond
Stunning Kim
Helene Kippert
Brilliant shot!
Andrew Brown
Absolutely beautiful shot Kim.
Mark Williamson
Seems so silky, sumptuous shot.
tonilouise
Love it Kim. Beautiful image
Rob Brooks
Beautiful contrasts, the water looks like silk curtains draped on the rocks!!
Andrew Bosman
Well captured Kim, great shot.
Lance Leopold
Beautiful comp,a stunner!!
Leeo
Absolutely Beautiful Kim! Nice to see you on the Bubble ; )
mugshot
Great shot
Samantha Van S...
this is beautiful.
you know, I think yr icon would make a great tshirt.
Mel Brackstone
Fabulous shot, Kim, love the beautiful waterfall with its soft motion blur
Kim Roper
Thanks everyone for your wonderful comments, its a pleasure to be here :-)
Chris Willis
Hi Kim….so beautiful, peaceful and yet full of energy. Keep them coming…you have a real talent. Bye the way, from your comment I assume that you’re new to RB?I only joined a week ago, but have gained so much from the responses from the RB community. Enjoy the experience.
margo
Welcome to RB, Kim. This is a beautiful image of Leura Cascades – so clean and refreshing. Good to see the water flowing freely again.
Peter Marin
You are soooo good at capturing these dreamy waterfalls, I love all your work it’s very inspiring indeed. Top shelf work Kim
Kim Roper
Chris – Thank you very much for your wonderful supportive words :-)
Margo – this was taken just after all the storms we had at begining of July, it was great to see the water running as you say!
Peter – Thank you for your wonderful comments, coming from you, that is high praise indeed :-)))
KathyT
Hi Kim, glad to see you on RB.
This is beautiful. Love the way you’ve captured the movement of the water and great exposure control.
Holly Werner
Just lovely. Love the foliage across the top.
StacyLee
At first I thought it was a B&W image.. then I saw the leaves at the top and it was a nice surprise :)
Moth
This is simply one of the best waterfall images i’ve seen. Your work is wonderful.
Kim Roper
Thanks for visiting and the welcome – Kathy, Holly, Stacy and Steve. IT was a wet miserable day, that created the ideal opportunity to photograph these falls :-)
Lachlan Kent
You’ve got some awesome images in your portfolio Kim… especially love how you treat waterfalls!
Jeff Burns
Breathtaking shot. Absolutely beautiful. Love it
Catalin Soare
Excellent !!!
michelleduerden
Beautiful shot Kim. I am a member of PD & am sure I have seen your work on there, are you a member?
robertvr
Great composition and I love the softness of the water.
michelleduerden
Hi Kim,
perhaps it was a shot using the long exposure & was similar. Look at so many photos, my eyes are perhaps deceiving me! Site is Photographers Direct. Just had a quick look, but none as beautiful as yours!
Mugsy
This is so beautiful!
Robert Elliott
Simply a beautiful image kim
Antoine Dagobert
Excellent photograph..simply beauty! Salute
freebornman
Wonderful shot Kim!!
Torfinn Johann...
A excellent exposure. Fantastic colours, and composition.
Naomi Frost
A wonderful composition, Kim. I love these long exposure shots.
Kim Roper
Thanks Michelle for clarifying and for your lovely comment :-D
Thank you for your kind words; Mugsy, Robert, Antoine, Freebornman, Torfin and Naomi :-D
Carlo Cesar Ro...
Very cool shot and great color too!
Cathleen Taraw...
Wow, I love it!
Heather Rivet...
fantastic image!!!!!!!!!
Walter Quirtmair
Lovely classic, wll done!
anthonytsteel
Love this! So Alive,Exellent!!
Joel Haldane
Fantastic photo Kim.
Kim Roper
Thanks for stoppping to look and comment, always appreciated: Carlo, Cathleen, Heather, Anthony & Joel :-D
davidmilne
Superb image,great exposure of a water gem.
TonyLegg
Excellent !!! work !!, thanks for the comments .. tony
Deborah Parkin
this is stunning – the way the water falls so gently is wonderful – just a beautiful image
Louise Cooke
Pure magic Kim…wonderful work – so soft and serene!
Damiend
Silky smooth, brilliant, well done!!!
HelenBanham
Absolutely stunning!!
AdamDonnelly
I love this Kim. I can almost feel the spray & hear the splash. Perfect exposure. It must have been a nice still day to get those leaves so sharp.
Kim Roper
Thanks for stopping by: David, Tony Deborah, Louise, Damien, Helen & Adam! IT was a grey overcase, wet day, so perfect for this type of image!
Nick Hartigan
amazing picture kim and i love the effect you have created
great shot well done
Sean Farragher
fantastic shot
Dennis Gay
G’day Kim,
It looks like I join the queue to heap praise upon this silky smooth, very well composed and exposed waterfall kiddo.
GB
Dennis
Kim Roper
Thanks for your lovely comments: Nick, Sean, Dennis, :-D
Adrian Donoghue
Knock out shot. Kim
Kim Roper
Thanks Adrian :-D
Per E. Gunnarsen
Suuperb shot Kim!
Marina Alexander
Beautiful exposure, nice work!
Liam Murphy
Its beautiful, there’s so many great places to shoot on that walk I think I might have to go again soon. I love your work.
Gary L. Suddath
this definitely has the wow effect,beautiful image
Kim Roper
Thanks for all your wonderful comments: Per Einar, Marina, Liam & Gary; Laim, make sure it is an overcast day!
banditart
gee i like the way you do this its sublime
Christopher E...
Beautiful!! wow!! i love it
Benjamin Scheurer
beautiful….love the look of the water.
Paul Tait
this is so beautiful Kim. Great work – keep it up!
Paul Tupman
Stunning shot! Love that water!
Kim Roper
Thanks everyone for stopping and commenting, much appreciated!
Sue Nueckel
Lovely
Andy Mueller
Oh, Kim this is some excellent work here. Love it !!!
silverdew
Beautiful… captures the movement so well! Great job! Seems so calming!
Kim Roper
Thanks for your lovely comments: seamist, Andreas & Silverdew :-D
Lee Burgess
Oh so beautiful….
Kim Roper
Thanks for looking Lee :-D
Marion Cullen
Very nice job on the bridal veil, I really like the monotone of the falls with the touch or colour around. Nicely captured.
Irene Burdell
Beautifull done.
DawsonImages
nice job with the small cascade
gladders
Just plain beautiful. Love it!
serenity
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING-LOVE IT I WISH I COULD TAKE A SHOT LIKE THAT!!
Pooja Pillai
Beautiful work! So well composed!
velveteagle
Very relaxing to look at Kim.. Great Job..
Sheryl Kasper
So gorgeous.
Kim Roper
Thank you – all you lovely people for your fantastic comments!
DreamSleep
very peaceful and beautiful!!
very nice image!
Globalphotos
This is a gorgeous shot, like flowing silk !!
Last time I was here there was barely a trickle…....... great to see :)
Pinhead Indust...
i think shots like this are great. would love to know how to create such movement.
and i just spotted the description of your piece. Need to explore my camera to figure this one out though. thanks
greenfrog153
Stunning image Kim.
victoriaz
great capture
Mark Tisdale
Oh my just perfect! The exposure time is just right and I love how the eye flows through this. Great work!
Kim Roper
Thanks again everyone for your wonderful comments –
:-D
littlejohn
Excellent shot. Great composition and exposure. It all works well.
serenity
wonderful shot kim- i aspire to be as good as you one day
Grahame Clark
Kim, this is just beautiful! Great location – congratulations! : )
Luci Mahon
Fantastic capture Kim! : )
JK2007
Awesome Photograph
Mischa
Lovely image. Brilliant work.
STEPHEN GEORGIOU
This is a wonderful Close up of Leura Cascades
If your interested I have a panoramic photo of the same waterfall feel free to check it out on my spiritofthemaster gallery.
MegaPixel
Kim, Amsel Adams would be very proud of you !
Irene Burdell
Absolutely beautiful!!!
pinkarmy25
Congrats on your win!!!! This is stunning:)
Cheri Perry
This is absolutely beautifull….Great job.
BethBernier
Big congrats Kim…tis a beauty!!!!
PNFdeb
NOW thats a waterfall !! beautiful
diffusion
beautiful!!!!!
gaylene
no wonder it’s called serenity – this packs a punch to the soul though – so very beautiful
Al Bourassa
Gorgeous work!
Al
Kalena Hill
wow this is an excellent waterfall shot!
Craig Hender
Lovely shot, and very effective.
PigleT
Nice soft water effects.
KBSImages
Outstanding Work!!!!! Kim
Scott Denny
Stunning…directly in favs!
Jill Doyle
Beautiful!
Ian Robertson
a gem!
coffeebean
A most beautiful photo, outstanding
Andy Harris
lovely scene! Great water flow picture!
niklens
wonderful photo….!!!!!
whitetiger790
Beautiful picture of the waterfall!!!
Elenne Boothe
Beautiful!!!! Wish i was there. so peaceful.
Gordon Stenhouse
Excellent shot, great exposure
Alan Findlater
this is such a beautiful shot i wish i knew how to get such good results i hope to learn well done 11 out of ten.
Ken Mucke
WOW…Kim this is really a georgous shot….I just love the milky waters…..so peaceful
carpenter777
gorgeous
Jacqueline Rojo
Well….as you already know….I love this ;o)) xxx
footyman
GREAT shot
Paul Gana
very nice,
andykazie
Perfect motion waterfall shot!
Catherine Davis
Gorgeous shot, well done!
Carlos Teófilo
Fantastic work.
dehk
Thats a stunning waterfall with slow shutter, bravo!
Michael Rowley...
brilliant take of the falls great great image
microshutter
Love the mood of this image.
Rosina Lamberti
fantastic composition. love it
Kate Adams
Stunning like your techs on this.
Steve Broadbent
love this.my friend took a picture of the leura cascades. both yours and his pictures are fantastic. have a look at his by searching “jeremy harrington”
Serenity Stewart
Love this! It truly does explain my name! So peaceful!
Tracy King
Stunning
Gareth Bowell
Very very nice photo. Nice one
Andrew Murrell
nicely done. a great looking falls.
Wojciech Dabro...
WOW…no need to say more :)
Cora Wandel
Kim, a lovely capture of the falls!
kathy s gillen...
Congratulations for being in the top ten of the waterfall challenge in Canon DSLR . Very well deserved!
Adam Scarf
leura cascades is a really got spot for photography i love it.
Kim Roper replied
Thanks Adam, its a hike to get to but well worth it!
JennyMac
One of my fav spots… you have captured the falls so beautifully… well done : ))
Kim Roper replied
Thanks for your lovely comment Jenny!
:-D