Slow photography

I’ve been waiting for a chance to shoot at Tevån, and today was perfect. Overcast and no wind, and the calm weather helped me a lot because I forgot to pack the step-up ring so I could use a 77mm 3-stop ND on the wideangle lens, which meant that I was stuck using the 10-stop ND instead. I hardly ever use the bulb mode, but today I had to – I was up to 2 minute exposures in order to avoid compromising DOF or increasing noise. And having said that, I was shooting at ISO 200 already. So you understand why I’m grateful for the total lack of wind. A 5-stop ND with a 72mm thread is on its way to me!

Anyway, I had a really nice walk up the creek. I took a few shots of the big falls downstream, but I really wanted to find something further up, the spots that people don’t normally see because after the last big fall, the trail veers off from the creek and people don’t want to hike through the dense and mossy forest to follow the water.

There is one spot in particular that I have to come back to. It looks really nice when you’re eyeballing it, but I was having a hard time getting a good composure out of it. It’s entirely possible that a good composure doesn’t exist there, but I can’t give up yet. Another thing I need to do is to follow the creek on the other side. It doesn’t look easy and at places it is downright impossible, especially at the big falls downstream where there’s a vertical cliff. Some of the smaller falls looked like they would make better subjects from the other side though, so it’s worth a try.

I spent over 4 hours on this, walking from home to the downstream bridge and then up the creek to the upstream bridge, and Backvallsvägen home. It’s only 1 km between the bridges!

Tevåfallet
This is the actual Tevåfallet, I think
Tevån
Now I’m past the popular spots. The falls are much smaller but there is plenty of detail.

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