Purakanui

The difficult thing about shooting waterfalls, or any image really that has been captured many times, is trying to find a unique angle that sets your image apart.  When I found this waterfall it was beautiful all by itself, but it wasn't striking. It wasn't different.  I walked all around it and tried to figure out the best way to photograph it.  I tried several different angles which all came out good, but nothing was really making me excited.  It was raining pretty heavily in New Zealand this day and I decided to stop and take a moment to think and really gather my thoughts under this tree.  As I turned back to look at the waterfall I saw this huge tree limb almost arching around the waterfall itself.  I crouched down a little, stood on my tip toes, move forward and backward and finally found a position where I could frame the falls within the confines of the tree.  I'm really happy with how this came out and the powerful nature of this image.