The Icy Part of the Waterfall This waterfall was enormous!  I've never been to Angel Falls in South America, although that is on my list.  I know that these places are extremely difficult to photograph.  Luckily, for this one, I had a good vantage point at the bottom that let me zoom in.I took this photo in the very early spring, during cherry blossom season in Japan.  There is still snow and ice in the highlands, and you can see a small pack of it here behind the waterfall.  I also have a "zoomed out" version of this on the review page mentioned above. - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Solstice This came from one of my favorite nights in Iceland!  This was shot around 2 AM, right when I started feeling loopy.I was on the edge of some precipitous volcanic rock, and there was a waterfall behind me.  It fed this little area of rapids that emptied out into one of the fjords.  There had been a light rain for a few hours, but the setting sun cut underneath the clouds to unleash some godly colors.About 10-20% of my HDRs are in portrait mode.  I am just usually in landscape mode for some reason.  Part of it has to do with the way people consume these things -- on monitors.  I don't like making people scroll up and down to see a photo.  That's kind of a drag.  That's another reason I don't like those super-wide panoramas.  They are so difficult to pan around, even though there are a lot of slick tools.  It's just not a "viewing" experience while you are busy using a tool to manipulate the photo itself.  Do you know what I mean?- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
A Canyon Oasis This place is deep inside Glacier National Park.  The only bad thing about photography is I can't show how deafening the sound of the waterfall inside the canyons was!  It ricocheted around the rocky walls and seemed to be perfectly acoustic echo chamber.  I didn't get in, but the water seemed super-cold.  It was a nice spot to stop and take a break for a bit.  You would think the noise would kind of relaxing, but it was less of the alarm-clock-bubbling-brook and more of the 747-emergency-landing...- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
A Cool Waterfall to Relax at During the Hike During the hike through the Andes, I would vacillate between sweating hot and frigid cold.  Sometimes, things would be just about perfect and an idyllic waterfall like this one would emerge from the Eden-like trail.  It was the perfect place to take a load off in the cool water for a break.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Grotto This is Hamilton Pool, one of the best kept secrets in Austin. The preserve’s pool and grotto were formed when the dome of an underground river collapsed thousands of years ago. There is a ring of 45-foot waterfalls all around the rim. Flow was light this day, but you can still see a few streams of water coming down.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Silky Fountain This photo is one of the many I took that evening with Scott and Rick. I described the best way to get these silky strands on the waterfall… everyone likes those, right?- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Winter is Coming I drove the long way from Akureyri to Reykjavik and took way too much time going down side roads to take pictures, but it always paid off…This picture was taken before I stopped for the night in Stadarskali, a very lonely place where I think I was the only guest.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Icy Pit to Hell This is Gulfoss, the frozen waterfall in Iceland. Dark age theologians used to believe this was the entrance to hell, which was originally a cold place; the innermost circle of Dante's version was frozen. True believers would come here and cast themselves down into the chasm to try to rescue souls they were told had gone to hell.It's hard to describe how slippery this place is. I guess I could say it's slippery as hell. The ground is already solid ice, and then there is a fine mist from the waterfall that forms tiny little perfect spheres on top that somehow take friction into a negative physics impossibility.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.

The Grotto


This is Hamilton Pool, one of the best kept secrets in Austin. The preserve’s pool and grotto were formed when the dome of an underground river collapsed thousands of years ago. There is a ring of 45-foot waterfalls all around the rim. Flow was light this day, but you can still see a few streams of water coming down.

- Trey Ratcliff

Click here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
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The Grotto


This is Hamilton Pool, one of the best kept secrets in Austin. The preserve’s pool and grotto were formed when the dome of an underground river collapsed thousands of years ago. There is a ring of 45-foot waterfalls all around the rim. Flow was light this day, but you can still see a few streams of water coming down.

- Trey Ratcliff

Click here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
See photo in original gallery.