I've seen many different images of this waterfall...shot from a variety of different angles. When I arrived during an autumn visit, I knew that I wanted my own different view of this iconic waterfall. I started to travel downstream and eventually I found some foreground rocks that, shot in vertical format, would give me the take I envisioned. The night before this shot brought a lot of rain and cloud cover. While I was setting up for the image before dawn, the cloud cover that I saw directly above me was beginning to break up. The sunrise view from the mountains all around me must have been spectacular, because the sky started to turn a bright orange in all directions. After I stopped looking above, I noticed the illumination was also turning the waterfall and river in front of me orange as well. It was a surreal scene and I knew I had something special. I tried frantically to finish setting up and continually kept wiping down the lens. As soon as I finished, the light show ended. Missed it by just a few seconds. I didn't get the shot of a lifetime but I still got an absolutely wonderful shot and different view that I always wanted.

Ricketts Glen State Park, Pennsylvania, waterfall workshop on May 30th, 2012. Spots are still available! Go to: http://jamesvolosin.photoshelter.com/page1. Northeast U.S. (New York, Vermont, Maine) fall workshop, 2012, to be announced shortly!