Forest Scene

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 19, 2011192 views8 comments

Taken from trailside along Oregon's McKenzie River. A loop trail connects Sahali Falls and Koosah Falls, the latter of which is the waterfall in the background here. As always, I appreciate your feedback.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II; 3.2 sec @ f/10; 3 stop ND; 45mm; ISO 100; 24-105 f/4L; tripod, cable release.

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8 comments

Comment posted by Arnab Banerjee on February 19, 2011 at 8:31 PM

A bit busy, but very interesting capture. Love the BG light, but wondering whether there was a better way to arrange the FG and give that BG waterfall a bit open room

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on February 19, 2011 at 9:17 PM

Agree with Arnab that it's a bit busy, but the light is good and I do enjoy all there is to see in the frame.

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Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on February 20, 2011 at 8:41 AM

Beautiful scene. Wish there was some angle/composition to show the waterfall unobstructed.
Liked the glow in the greens in left.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on February 20, 2011 at 9:59 AM

I agree with the comments made. Nice job on the blur of the waterfall.

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Comment posted by Jorne de Bruin on February 20, 2011 at 11:32 AM

I also echo the comments made before, very lovely scene and light here

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Comment posted by Richard Siggins on February 20, 2011 at 3:32 PM

Don't you just hate it when trees and shrubs grow in the way? Is the subject the tree or the waterfall. The waterfall is beautiful. I love the light on the evergreen and moss on the left but I wish it wasn't in front of the waterfall. I find the bright light on the far cliff wall a bit distracting.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on February 21, 2011 at 11:22 AM

I love the background light. It's a bit busy for me but it's an interesting capture.

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Comment posted by Craig Myers on February 23, 2011 at 1:43 AM

Thanks to all for the feedback. I just wasn't going to avoid the brush without going over the side. I have another version that is cropped from the right that cuts some of the distraction and is taken with a shallower depth of field so that the background is more blurred, but I'm not as happy with it compositionally. I was hoping this would work but I had doubts and they've been verified.

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