Salmon Brook Saturday

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 22, 2011237 views17 comments

With an 8 month pregnant wife there's not a lot of time to shoot for fun. This was a sneak shot with wife happily napping in the car yesterday. Salmon Brook in central NH after a week of daily rain. Rivers up and the black flies are biting.

40d, Tokina 12-24, 30 second exposure at f14. Hope you enjoy.

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17 comments

Comment posted by Steve Sieren on May 22, 2011 at 11:42 AM

Beautiful and excellent processing. Contrast is so spot on!!

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Comment posted by Mitch Moraski on May 22, 2011 at 11:42 AM

Scott...great comp my man!! We're lucky to live in New England would you say? Gotta love that new growth, and yes we've had our share of rain this year. Best of luck with your new born. Keep up the great work.

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Comment posted by Jim Salge on May 22, 2011 at 1:24 PM

Scott...certainly a bright side to all this endless rain. New England is the new Seattle. Great shot here...sharp and contrasty!

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on May 22, 2011 at 3:38 PM

The processing is spot on. Excellent work.

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on May 22, 2011 at 4:25 PM

Very nice image. The water has a very surreal effect to it. Nice comp.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on May 22, 2011 at 6:42 PM

Scott - The water is just perfect with the chjosen shutter speed. It has been rendered like flowing carmel. The greens just pop. The larger version looked a tad oversharpened for the web, but a beautiful comp.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on May 22, 2011 at 8:51 PM

Beautiful! Wonderful spring feel and I think your comp worked out great! like this alot.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on May 22, 2011 at 9:04 PM

I really like the comp here Scott with the water flowing down through the frame. The water looks great for a 30s exposure. Nice spring greens as well.

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Comment posted by Scott Snyder on May 22, 2011 at 9:29 PM

Thanks everybody for the kind words. Harry, I think you are right on. The larger version was overcooked. Wish I could repost it. Here's one a little bigger than the original.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on May 22, 2011 at 11:33 PM

Fantastic scene, Scott. I really like the strong foreground and intense greens.

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Comment posted by Tom Dobrzanski on May 23, 2011 at 7:17 AM

Scott, what an great capture, composition and edit. Especially with that "carmel", brown looking stream and this fantastic green over it...very nicely done!!

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on May 23, 2011 at 9:49 AM

Very pretty Scott. I love the saturated greens against the dark forest interior. I wish the shutter speed had been faster, but that's just my personal preference. Well done.

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Comment posted by Taylor Reed on May 23, 2011 at 11:20 AM

Repost looks very good! I'm with Bill on the shutter speed but that is personal preference of course. Either way, excellent shot.

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on May 23, 2011 at 11:52 PM

Nicely composed. Strong greens. Love the extreme duration water exposure

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Comment posted by Santosh Ponnan on May 24, 2011 at 7:12 PM

Fantastic capture Scott! Nice comp. and contrast.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on May 24, 2011 at 8:56 PM

Scott,

Beautiful spring river scenic with one fabulous composition. Most of the time we see the single river flowing horizontally, but I'm really liking the little tributary feeding the main river; just a wonderful, flowing composition.

The original and larger version look a bit "heavy" to me. Just slightly, ever slightly heavy in contrast, saturation and even sharpening. I say slightly which means that puts this in the personal preference category and not necessarily a nitpick.

Great job in handling the water with the long shutter speed and keeping the whites in check. Great job!

Lon

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Comment posted by Winnie Ho on May 25, 2011 at 7:33 AM

Beautiful composition here. The splash of red flowers is lovely with the lush greens.

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