Great Falls of the Potomac (Alex Mody)

As I prepare for a lengthy photo trip this fall, which I'll tell more about in a week or two, I've been photographing locally as much as possible. One spot I enjoy in particular is Great Falls National Park. Here's a shot I made last week. It was fairly cloudy and the sunrise came close to being spectacular. This is still pretty nice by my standards, though. A Polarizing filter and a three stop Graduated Neutral Density filter were used to boost saturation and balance the exposure between the sky and the falls below.