This is Tahquamenon Falls in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The yellow color in the water is a natural. It comes tannic acid from decaying leaves upstream. It was zero degrees Fahrenheit on this day, but this felt 'balmy' compared to the minus 57 degrees I had just experienced in northern Ontario the day before. I actually unzipped my parka to take advantage of what felt like a heat wave! My settings were 1 full second, f/32, and ISO 100. It was important to make sure the foreground snow-covered tree was as sharp as the background. I focused on the tree, which was about 8 feet away, and with the 24mm focal length this gave me the maximum amount of depth of field given the composition, the distance to the tree, and the lens aperture. I've photographed this scene twice in winter, and it never fails to take my breath away.
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