Winter at Blue Hen Falls

 Last weekend I made another trip to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Northeast Ohio).  I visited Blue Hen Falls.  We also visited a few times in the past few years.

The purpose of this trip was to take photos of the falls with snow and ice present.  There was a snow event on Friday night and I made the trip on Sunday.  I did not see anyone on the trail or at the falls but there was evidence of people being at the falls.  I was very surprised that there were as many foot prints as there were.  I never realized that the park was utilized this much in the winter.

All of the photos taken are HDR photos..   Processed with HDR Efex Pro from Nik Software (this software rocks).  I have added these to my Blue Hen & Buttermilk Falls Photo Gallery.    If you want to see more photos of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park check out my Gallery or other Cuyahoga Valley National Park Blog Posts.

Brandywine Falls & Summit County Metro Parks Bike and Hike Trail

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Today we made a trip to Brandywine Falls and in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. This past summer the Summit County Metro Parks started construction on on the improvement to the Bike & Bike Trail in this area.  The trail originally had the cyclist use … Continue reading

Blue Hen Falls in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Today I made another trip to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Northeast Ohio).  I visited Blue Hen Falls.  We also visited a few times in the past few years.

All of the photos taken today are HDR photos..   Processed with HDR Efex Pro from Nik Software (this software rocks).  I have added these to my Blue Hen & Buttermilk Falls Photo Gallery.    If you want to see more photos of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park check out my Gallery or other Cuyahoga Valley National Park Blog Posts.

The photo below is of the upper falls.

Blue Hen Falls in the Cuyahoga Vally National Park. This is the upper falls just before the water makes it to to main falls.

I took several other photos, just click on the images to make them larger.

Blue Hen Falls in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park

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Today the boys and I went on a hike in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Northeast Ohio).  We visited Blue Hen Falls.  We also visited in July of this year. Below Are HDR photos taken today.   For the photographers out there these were processed from 3 bracketed shots … Continue reading

Blue Hen & Buttermilk Falls in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Today the boys and I went on a hike in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Northeast Ohio).  We visited Blue Hen Falls and Buttermilk Falls.  The hike from the parking area to the falls is downhill the entire way and there is a good bit of elevation change.  The hike was not too hard but it did narrow down to about 6 inches wide on a ledge above the water.    The boys were tired when we got done.

Below is a HDR photo of each of the falls.   I have added these plus more to my Blue Hen & Buttermilk Falls Photo Gallery.    If you want to see more photos of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park check out my Gallery.

Blue Hen Falls in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park (2011-07-09)

Blue Hen Falls in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park (2011-07-09)

Buttermilk Falls in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park (2011-07-0

Buttermilk Falls in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park (2011-07-09)

 

Blue Heron Rookery – Bath Road, Cuyahoga Valley National Park – Part 2

Blue Heron Rookery – Bath Road, Cuyahoga Valley National Park - Part 2

After work I made another trip to the Blue Heron Rookery on Bath Road in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park to get some photos.

The lighting conditions were better than the last trip I made and the photos turned out much better.

Hi-Res versions of the shots are posted in the Blue Heron Rookery – Bath Road Photo Gallery and Low-Res are posted below.

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Blue Heron Rookery – Bath Road, Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Blue Heron Rookery - Bath Road, Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Traveled to the Blue Heron Rookery on Bath Road in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park to get some photos and see how active the birds are.  The lighting conditions were less than ideal and I only was able to get a handful of useable shots.  The shots are posted in the Blue Heron Rookery – Bath Road Photo Gallery.

Trail @ Quarry Rock Picnic Area

Trail @ Quarry Rock Picnic Area

The boys and I went on a very short hike at the Quary Rock Picnic Area of the Cleveland Metroparks today. This trail is above the Chagrin River. There is a very steep dropoff to the river. The reason the hike was cut short was because my oldest son decided that he needed to clean out his shoe. He had stones in his shoe. In the process of doing this he dropped his shoe over the edge. We tried to get to it but could not fromt he top nor the bottom.

The photo was taken HERE