Hiking Tiffany Falls
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canyonwalkerCanada travelog #20
Hamilton, ON · Tue, 26 Aug 2025. 4:45pm.
As a second two-fer today we visited Tiffany Falls in Hamilton. It's not far down the road from Sherman Falls, which we finished hiking just minutes ago. But it is down the road— as in, hiking from one to the other would've meant hiking along the road. On a drizzly day when afternoon commute traffic is starting to pick up, hiking a road isn't fun. So we drove and parked near these falls.
It was a short walk up the canyon to the falls. Again, yay for trails that approach falls from below instead of above. A bonus is the city doesn't need to surround the cliffs with fences to prevent people from falling to their deaths.
At this falls there was even a nice viewing platform at the bottom of the canyon. I posted up there to make some photos while Hawk went on ahead to the bottom of the falls itself.
This photo (and the following) make it look like we had the place to ourselves. We did not. This being an easy trail with a huge payoff, there were a few other groups in there with us, even on a weekday afternoon.
One of the other hikers called out to me about the camera I was using. My Fujifilm X series gets occasional attention for its retro looks, with black panels on a silver body. People are curious if I'm shooting film. Going old-school with film cameras has become something of a fad among young photography enthusiasts the past several years. Me? I went digital over 20 years ago and haven't turned back.
The fellow photography enthusiast who struck up a conversation on this hike was a tad more interested in the pictures than the gear. Gear talk was the ice-breaker. He wanted to see some of my pictures. That's a good thing, and particularly wise for a young person such as himself. Good gear helps, but it's the skill of the person behind the lens that really matters. He was blown away by the photos I was making, such as the one above. He complimented my composition in particular. Modern camera technology can cover over a lot of weaknesses in a photographer's skills, but composition is not one of them. As we got to talking he expressed interest in my blog— yes, this blog— and chatted about other places each of us have been.
After the photography talk and the compliments I felt I should sneak in a bit of a selfie. 🤣 Yes, I use my iPhone along with my dedicated camera on hikes like this. The dedicated camera captures those richly colored photos and offers filters and controls for motion-blur pictures of waterfalls.
For this shot I got up close and personal with the falls. I mean, I'm still standing about 10' away from the water, but it's a lot closer than the viewing platform or even where most people were hopping across the rocks to.
This last photo I made from the spot where most people were posing for photos in the canyon. As I noted above, it felt a bit crowded here today. There were at least a dozen other people around us. But I waited for a gap in traffic to capture the falls by themselves.
Hamilton, ON · Tue, 26 Aug 2025. 4:45pm.
As a second two-fer today we visited Tiffany Falls in Hamilton. It's not far down the road from Sherman Falls, which we finished hiking just minutes ago. But it is down the road— as in, hiking from one to the other would've meant hiking along the road. On a drizzly day when afternoon commute traffic is starting to pick up, hiking a road isn't fun. So we drove and parked near these falls.
It was a short walk up the canyon to the falls. Again, yay for trails that approach falls from below instead of above. A bonus is the city doesn't need to surround the cliffs with fences to prevent people from falling to their deaths.
At this falls there was even a nice viewing platform at the bottom of the canyon. I posted up there to make some photos while Hawk went on ahead to the bottom of the falls itself.
This photo (and the following) make it look like we had the place to ourselves. We did not. This being an easy trail with a huge payoff, there were a few other groups in there with us, even on a weekday afternoon.
One of the other hikers called out to me about the camera I was using. My Fujifilm X series gets occasional attention for its retro looks, with black panels on a silver body. People are curious if I'm shooting film. Going old-school with film cameras has become something of a fad among young photography enthusiasts the past several years. Me? I went digital over 20 years ago and haven't turned back.
The fellow photography enthusiast who struck up a conversation on this hike was a tad more interested in the pictures than the gear. Gear talk was the ice-breaker. He wanted to see some of my pictures. That's a good thing, and particularly wise for a young person such as himself. Good gear helps, but it's the skill of the person behind the lens that really matters. He was blown away by the photos I was making, such as the one above. He complimented my composition in particular. Modern camera technology can cover over a lot of weaknesses in a photographer's skills, but composition is not one of them. As we got to talking he expressed interest in my blog— yes, this blog— and chatted about other places each of us have been.
After the photography talk and the compliments I felt I should sneak in a bit of a selfie. 🤣 Yes, I use my iPhone along with my dedicated camera on hikes like this. The dedicated camera captures those richly colored photos and offers filters and controls for motion-blur pictures of waterfalls.
For this shot I got up close and personal with the falls. I mean, I'm still standing about 10' away from the water, but it's a lot closer than the viewing platform or even where most people were hopping across the rocks to.
This last photo I made from the spot where most people were posing for photos in the canyon. As I noted above, it felt a bit crowded here today. There were at least a dozen other people around us. But I waited for a gap in traffic to capture the falls by themselves.
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Date: 2025-08-31 07:40 am (UTC)