Whiling

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 2, 2010695 views8 comments

This is a small creek running through Isla Popa, near Bocas Del Toro, Panama. We crossed a few small creeks on a hike, that were full, and brown, and actually very calm after the previous 5 days of rain. I like the way the lush foliage crowded in on the creek and the curve into the dimmer area ahead.

Thanks for looking...

Olympus E-520
Zuiko 12-60 @ 12mm
ISO 200
f/7.1
1/10 s
Handheld, slight crop to straighten
PS CS4 for color, contrast, web prep, etc.

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on May 2, 2010 at 7:43 PM

Very impressive for HH @ 1/10 of a second. The composition is great with the river flowing out of the lower left side of the frame and it screams central america/rainforest. I think the 2 fallen trees across the creek in the upper portion of the photo add quite a bit as well

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Comment posted by David Bostedo on May 2, 2010 at 7:56 PM

...impressive for HH @ 1/10 of a second

Truth be told, Luke, this was lucky as I would probably have bumped the ISO had I realized my shutter speed was so slow. I'm thinking the IS may have saved this one, although I have a couple of similar shots from other places that are blurrier than I would have liked. I didn't check too carefully as we were trying to keep the mosquito's at bay and didn't stop much.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on May 2, 2010 at 9:10 PM

The lushness here is quite remarkable. There is also a very strong sense of being here to see this pictures. So many images now are so worked to make the hyper-perfect image that they almost lose their reality. This looks good and is very real as well.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on May 2, 2010 at 9:47 PM

This does look very real (as Tony said) I like the fact that you actually feel like you could be there seeing this. The color looks perfect.

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Comment posted by John Williams on May 3, 2010 at 12:31 AM

We don't get a lot of jungle images; this is great. I agree with Tony (I'm guilty of hyper-perfection myself), this has a real look to it.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on May 3, 2010 at 1:52 AM

I like your comp with the lush foliage crowded in on the creek and the reflections in the creek. Very natural looking scene. Well done

Registered on January 29, 2010, 285 Posts, 4281 Comments

Comment posted by Pavel Cakl on May 3, 2010 at 5:45 AM

Hi David, I like this shot. The composition is very nice and the mood is very strong for me. Only one thing I can see here that I would maybe try the polariser here to help the greens a little bit and the muddy creek as well but just subjective view. Even don't know if it is possible with your Zuiko lens. But it would include a stopping for some time and the tripod as well so who knows :-). But pretty solid hand with that hand-held anyway ! Kind Regards.

Registered on April 8, 2010, 7 Posts, 178 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on May 5, 2010 at 9:06 PM

David,

A little behind the times with my commenting, but I couldn't resist mentioning that my first reaction to this was "African Queen." If you've seen the old Bogart/Hepburn classic, maybe it will ring true for you. Definitely get the sense of a jungle with this capture and nice job being able to capture this hand held.

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments