Kaaterskill Falls In Autumn
by Angelo Marcialis
Title
Kaaterskill Falls In Autumn
Artist
Angelo Marcialis
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Taking a break from my Teton/Yellowstone image processing and sharing, it was time to get out and start shooting the colors of autumn ( photographer's gold)!
Although it is quite difficult to "compete" with the landscapes found at those two beautiful parks, Autumn in the Northeast does not takes a back seat when it comes to awe inspiring beauty.
On the way, I decided to stop by Kaaterskill Falls to check out water flow and color in the trees that frame out the gorge and cove below. Although not at peak, the trees offer enough color in the late day sun to offer interest and counterpoint to the healthy flow of the falls...
Kaaterskill Falls is a two-stage waterfall on Spruce Creek in the eastern Catskill Mountains of New York, between the hamlets of Haines Falls and Palenville in Greene County. The two cascades total 260 feet (79 m) in height, making Kaaterskill Falls one of the highest waterfalls in New York, and one of the Eastern United States' tallest waterfalls.
The waterfalls are one of America's oldest tourist attractions, being depicted or described by many books, essays, poems and paintings of the early 19th century. Long before Alexis de Tocqueville's famous essay on America, Kaaterskill Falls was lauded as a place where a traveler could see a wilder image, a sort of primeval Eden. Beginning with Thomas Cole's first visit during 1825, they became a subject for painters of the Hudson River School, setting the wilderness ideal for American landscape painting. The Falls also inspired "Catterskill Falls", a poem by William Cullen Bryant.
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October 18th, 2018
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