A while back, I published a photo of Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis, at full power after a number of storms, with a quick shutter speed to show just how much water was pouring over that bluff.

This is a fountain near Chicago’s lakeshore, and it’s a good one (I like it a lot), but it’s never going to be powerful. Its spray turned out to look really nice with the kind of long shutter speed that defines these classic water shots, though. There’s just enough transparency to offer a sense of what’s going on behind it.

October 30, 2010. Nikon D90 (DX sensor), Nikon DX 18–105mm lens at 66mm (35mm equivalent: 99mm), f/32, 1/13, ISO 640.