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Nature

Waterfalls, Slowed to Silk

A long exposure does not blur water. It shows you the shape of time passing through it.

Point a camera at a waterfall for a five-hundredth of a second and you get chaos — droplets, spray, violence. Leave the shutter open for two seconds and the same water becomes silk. Neither picture is more true. One shows what water is; the other shows what it does.

The images here favour the second kind. There is something about smoothed water against sharp rock that quiets a home screen, the visual equivalent of lowering your voice.

Look for the moss in these frames. Wherever water is permanent, green follows — the photographer only has to stand where the mist has been standing for centuries.

A pale waterfall emerging from shadowed rock into a dark pool
01A pale waterfall emerging from shadowed rock into a dark pool4K
A monochrome woodland cascade entering a rocky stream from the side
02A monochrome woodland cascade entering a rocky stream from the side4K

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White water curtains over dark rock and bright green moss
03White water curtains over dark rock and bright green moss4K
Soft blue white water above ochre moss and broken shore rocks
04Soft blue white water above ochre moss and broken shore rocks4K
A broad low curtain of water above dark rocks and fallen wood
05A broad low curtain of water above dark rocks and fallen wood4K
A broad low waterfall glowing softly beneath a pale sky
06A broad low waterfall glowing softly beneath a pale sky4K
Turquoise water curling around warm brown rock terraces
07Turquoise water curling around warm brown rock terraces4K
A broad white cascade framed by bamboo and dark trees
08A broad white cascade framed by bamboo and dark trees4K
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