<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Portraits of Wildflowers]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Steve Schwartzman]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com/author/wordconnections/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[McKinney Falls State Park: the Lower&nbsp;Falls]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/mckinney-falls-lower-falls-1220.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-29997"><img data-attachment-id="29997" data-permalink="https://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com/2016/05/04/mckinney-falls-state-park-the-lower-falls/mckinney-falls-lower-falls-1220/" data-orig-file="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/mckinney-falls-lower-falls-1220.jpg" data-orig-size="880,567" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Steven Schwartzman&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5DS R&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1460735733&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\u00a9 Steven Schwartzman&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;60&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="McKinney Falls Lower Falls 1220" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/mckinney-falls-lower-falls-1220.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/mckinney-falls-lower-falls-1220.jpg?w=880" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-29997" src="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/mckinney-falls-lower-falls-1220.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=660" alt="McKinney Falls Lower Falls 1220" srcset="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/mckinney-falls-lower-falls-1220.jpg 880w, https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/mckinney-falls-lower-falls-1220.jpg?w=150&amp;h=97 150w, https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/mckinney-falls-lower-falls-1220.jpg?w=300&amp;h=193 300w, https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/mckinney-falls-lower-falls-1220.jpg?w=768&amp;h=495 768w" sizes="(max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px"   /></a></p>
<p>So yeah, I was at McKinney Falls State Park on April 15th and in addition to false faces in false dayflowers I photographed the real Lower Falls in the real Onion Creek. Do you see the promontory of rock jutting out at the lower left? From there I got a closer view of the main waterfall. Here it is at 1/1600 of a second:</p>
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<p>And here it is smoothed out at 1/15 of a second:</p>
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