We entered Zion National Park from the east on a rainy day in February. The clouds were thick, which meant this day would be an excellent day to capture the waterfalls which explode from the canyon when there is significant rain or snowmelt. Working our way through the east side of Zion I knew that we would have several interesting opportunities to shoot the small streams and falls which are in abundance in the area. This image represents the first fall we came to, which is just across from the road not far from Checkerboard Mesa. I shot this with my 17-40L and my 70-200L, and prefer this ‘wider’ view of the fall, which incorporates more of the wonderful motion of the rock as well as the tendril of water. I like the tension which is created by this shot by not having any visual clues to what direction true vertical is here. I stopped down to F/22, and used the lowest ISO to achieve the longest exposure possible to smooth the water to an abstract, silky texture. A polarizer is a must when shooting in wet conditions on the rocks to remove all of the reflections which rob the sandstone of it’s rich colors. Canon 10D, 17-40L, 0.7 sec at F/22. Image saturation increased with Photoshop.