I couldn't resist posting a pic of this incredible water feature under construction in my area. I would love to be involved in the building of something of this scale. I will post some more pics as the construction progresses.
This is part of the entrance of a new housing development. I can't wait to see the houses.
Pitzer's is the the landscape general contractor. I don't know if they subcontracted part or all of the feature to a specialized contractor or not. You are only seeing about 1/3 or 1/4 of the total feature in the pic. There is a huge tiered waterfall at the top of the developement that starts it all.
I haven't had a chance to get past the project lately. I will try to get a couple of updated pics this week. I am sure they are getting close to completing the feature.
I am sure the rock probably came from Colorado, and with transportation I am sure it was pricey.
The camera I used is just a Canon Powershot A610. When I purchased it, it was kind of a middle of the road point and shoot with some advanced features. I probably had it on "landscape" mode which reduces the aperture size for finer details which worked well on this sunny day.
that makes sense about your cam settings since you did get great depth of field, but you also eliminated the glare. The lack of glare is what impressed me most, especially with a point-and-shoot camera.
They sure blew a ton of money on extra rock unless they expect about a 50 cubic foot per second storm surge to rip down that channel. I doubt that will happen.
I swung by it several times, once with my camera, specifically to get a good after photo. There was snow on the ground and I thought it would make for a great shot. Unfortunately it was turned off.
I have seen it running, and to be honest with you, I am a little disappointed in the upper falls. I will post pics and we can all do some constructive criticism on the design.
They sure blew a ton of money on extra rock unless they expect about a 50 cubic foot per second storm surge to rip down that channel. I doubt that will happen.
You are exactly right about the amount of rock. The channel is much deeper than it needs to be. It would be nice if it really narrowed down in a few places and got the hydraulics going too.
Alright I finally got a shot of this as promised. Honestly the "during construction" photos I thought were more impressive than the finished product. They definitely used a lot of really nice materials.
The biggest flaw I see with the falls is the big flat flagstone cascades. They don't fit. Any time the falls juts farther out than the surround rock, the brain processes that as unnatural. In nature the water natural erodes a channel and the falls should be "recessed". The only exception obviously is if the surrounding rock and soil is a softer material than the ledgestone. Despite the design flaws, I think people are still stopping and looking at this falls. Any thoughts?
It's one thing for someone to build something this bad in a backyard, it's quite another to be that bad of a designer as to build an abomination such as this! Very entertaining, Venture! thanks for the chuckle.
I see one redeeming quality in that when they get someone to fix this ugly mess, they will have more than enough rock on site.
What about this job is so bad? Other than the sod job,,,,and I'll give the sod installer the benefit of the doubt and assume lots of people are walking on the newly layed sod causing some of the uneven look. As for the waterfalls,,,although I'm not crazy about the color of the stone (is it possible that is the color of the natural stone in the area?), which is my only bit of trepidation, overall, I think it's a fantastic job. I really don't think there are many people thinking those ledges protrude out too far and I'd venture to say you could go out in nature and find a few similar examples that are similar to the falls on this job. I'd stand corrected if you can show me some of your work that looks appreciably better. Not trying to be argumentative, here. I just don't see justification for the criticism.
I agree that it would be tough to work on something this scale if you haven't before. I know I do not have the experience to take it on. I guess the flagstone is more pronounced in person. And you can tell when in a 200yd long feature the only place there is flagstone is right up in the top of the falls hanging over naturally rounded river rock. Check out these other pics. Although smaller scale, this can be done on a large scale. http://www.lawnsite.com/showthread.php?t=224252
What about this job is so bad? Other than the sod job,,,,and I'll give the sod installer the benefit of the doubt and assume lots of people are walking on the newly layed sod causing some of the uneven look. As for the waterfalls,,,although I'm not crazy about the color of the stone (is it possible that is the color of the natural stone in the area?), which is my only bit of trepidation, overall, I think it's a fantastic job. I really don't think there are many people thinking those ledges protrude out too far and I'd venture to say you could go out in nature and find a few similar examples that are similar to the falls on this job. I'd stand corrected if you can show me some of your work that looks appreciably better. Not trying to be argumentative, here. I just don't see justification for the criticism.
I don't like the style of rock they used. It was the wrong choice for that setting. It resembles a bit of a rock quarry during a heavy rainstorm. There is just too much stone all piled together. They definitely needed to soften it up by integrating some plant material into it.
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