Here you can see a selection of photographs taken at the enchanting setting of Golitha Falls in Cornwall. Pronounced 'Goleetha', Golitha Falls is an area of woodland occupying a steep sided valley gorge, with the River Fowey flowing through it in a series of spectacular cascades and waterfalls. Golitha Falls is situated on the southern edge of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, the reserve consists of mainly Oak Ash and Beech trees which line the river and is an even more attractive setting during the colourful season of Autumn. The word 'Golitha' derives from the Cornish word for obstruction.
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Seasons
Summer - During the summer at Golitha Falls, the trees and river bank are a lush green and with less rainfall than at other times of the year more rocks are visible giving the river a more rugged look.
Autumn - Perhaps the best time to visit Golitha Falls, with still a bit of the greenery around from the summer but with the ever increasing colours of reds and browns of the leaves as they fall from the trees and the green of the gathering moss on the rocks lining the river bank.
Winter - With more frequent rainfall, the flowing River Fowey expands through Golitha Falls submerging rocks previously visible in the drier periods of the year. The last of the autumn leaves giving the forest floor a colourful carpet of reds and browns, the almost bare trees lining the river bank and the exposed rocks covered in a thick green moss.
Autumn at Golitha Falls
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Summer at Golitha Falls
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Winter at Golitha Falls
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Autumn at Golitha Falls
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Winter at Golitha Falls
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Floating Leaf
About this photograph
I took this photograph on 28th October 2008 at 12:27 during a visit to Golitha Falls. This photograph has grabbed peoples attention while I have been exhibiting my photography at local craft fairs and events with many people asking how I managed to get the shot and whether I had waited for a leaf to fall from a tree. Unfortunately I have also received the sceptical comments from people saying it is all done with computer software, which annoys me greatly as I can assure you the original photograph has not. The original photograph can be seen further down the page in this gallery, but the one below has been altered by using photography software to create the effect known as 'selective colouring'. So I have decided to give away the secret of how I managed to capture this 'floating leaf'. Well I was walking through the woods at Golitha Falls and noticed this leaf that just looked to be in mid air, as I got closer I could see what had happened. There was the finest strand of a spiders web attached to two trees and somehow this leaf had fallen from one of the trees and managed to hook itself by the stem of the leaf onto the single strand of the spiders web and was just hanging there in the air. I took many photographs of this leaf and some of which you can see the strand of the spiders web when zoomed in on the image but had wanted to capture it without this being seen and this is the result.
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Autumn at Golitha Falls
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Summer at Golitha Falls
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Winter at Golitha Falls
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Summer at Golitha Falls
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Autumn at Golitha Falls
About this photograph
I have been to Golitha Falls on many occasions and still go regularly as every time you go it is slightly different in one way or another. Golitha Falls is the perfect place for using the technique of a slow shutter speed which gives a flowing effect to the river. This photograph was taken on 22nd October 2008 at 18:12 and after a couple of days of rain the leaves covering the ground were wet and really showed up the reds of the fallen autumn leaves. When using a slow shutter speed it is essential that a tripod is used otherwise any movement at all will blur the photograph.
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Winter at Golitha Falls
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Summer at Golitha Falls
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Autumn at Golitha Falls
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Winter at Golitha Falls
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Summer at Golitha Falls
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Autumn at Golitha Falls
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Winter at Golitha Falls
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Summer at Golitha Falls
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Autumn at Golitha Falls
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Winter at Golitha Falls
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Summer at Golitha Falls
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Autumn at Golitha Falls
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Winter at Golitha Falls
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Summer at Golitha Falls
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Floating Leaf
About this photograph
I took this photograph on 28th October 2008 at 12:27 during a visit to Golitha Falls. This photograph has grabbed peoples attention while I have been exhibiting my photography at local craft fairs and events with many people asking how I managed to get the shot and whether I had waited for a leaf to fall from a tree. Unfortunately I have also received the sceptical comments from people saying it is all done with computer software, which annoys me greatly as I can assure you it was not. So I have decided to give away the secret of how I managed to capture this 'floating leaf'. Well I was walking through the woods at Golitha Falls and noticed this leaf that just looked to be in mid air, as I got closer I could see what had happened. There was the finest strand of a spiders web attached to two trees and somehow this leaf had fallen from one of the trees and managed to hook itself by the stem of the leaf onto the single strand of the spiders web and was just hanging there in the air. I took many photographs of this leaf and some of which you can see the strand of the spiders web when zoomed in on the image but had wanted to capture it without this being seen and this is the result.
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Summer at Golitha Falls
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Summer at Golitha Falls
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Golitha Falls photos by CWWPhotography