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Gallery: LandscapePosted October 29, 2010342 views11 comments

I hiked up into Eagle Creek yesterday in the Columbia River Gorge to check out the fall colors. Some trees are at peak and some are past peak. The waterfalls were very impressive due to the recent rains. This is a shot of Metlako Falls from above. Definitely need to watch your footing here...it's a long way down!

Nikon D80, 12-24 Nikkor dx, polarizer
2 exposure blend for dynamic range. 6 sec and 1 sec at f/16, ISO 100.

All C&C are appreciated. Please view large since the web compression really hit the small version.

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on October 29, 2010 at 8:22 AM

Very nice Scott. I like the comp and especially like the lush greenery, Nice job on the color balance too - looks perfect.

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Comment posted by Jeff Loomis on October 29, 2010 at 9:04 AM

I really like the composition and the processing is spectacular. But I'm a little torn on the water presentation. This is largely personal of course, but I wish there was a bit more detail in the falls. Excellent shot though and nice job on the exposure blending (wish I knew how to do that).

Registered on January 26, 2010, 68 Posts, 719 Comments

Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on October 29, 2010 at 9:27 AM

Awesome
love the FG and the BG

Registered on May 31, 2009, 112 Posts, 1590 Comments

Comment posted by Paolo De Faveri on October 29, 2010 at 11:01 AM

What a beautiful waterfall, this is really great. I love the work you did with the exposure blend and the colours rendition, it all looks pretty natural. Well done.

Paolo

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Comment posted by Kenn Leonhardt on October 29, 2010 at 2:59 PM

I've got nothing but praise for this. It looks great.

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Comment posted by Luis Argerich on October 29, 2010 at 3:37 PM

Hi Scott,
Excellent composition, what a beautiful place!

Registered on December 22, 2009, 91 Posts, 1349 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on October 29, 2010 at 4:14 PM

Wow, what a great unique view of Metlako. Beautifully composed. I salute your bravery! Well done.

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Comment posted by Jason Kim on October 29, 2010 at 9:33 PM

I like the composition a lot, I can't recall seeing a picture of these falls from this angle. Nice one.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on October 29, 2010 at 10:21 PM

This is almost more about green than water. I like the combo of the two and the way the green sort of frames the water.

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Comment posted by Danny Laureys on October 31, 2010 at 2:55 AM

My favorite place, Eagle creek, great shot Scott, love the greens in this, didn't make over there this fall

Registered on January 5, 2008, 590 Posts, 1261 Comments

Comment posted by John Williams on November 2, 2010 at 12:47 PM

I've never been brave enough to hike (fall) down to this spot. Great shot Scott, it shows the color of the gorge well and that's amazing water flow. I think cropping out that lrc would be an improvement. Looks like a great blend!

Registered on September 6, 2007, 221 Posts, 5985 Comments