Emerald Stream

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 17, 2011187 views10 comments

This is a shot from a couple of years ago taken down in the Seneca Creek canyon in West Virginia. The flow is coming from behind the camera down a long straight flume before pouring sideways into a lower flume. This is deep in a densely wooded, narrow gorge and the forest glow on the shadowy stream was almost iridescent.

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Sony R1, 46mm, f/11, 1/4s@160
shot as a jpg on standard settings, no additional saturation

thanks for looking and please check out the larger version

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10 comments

Comment posted by Cam Held on June 17, 2011 at 5:42 PM

Wow! Brilliant green color is amazing!

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Comment posted by Anders Engström on June 17, 2011 at 6:35 PM

Kind of an unusual composition, I feel the waterfall is leading me out the image.
The green colors are beautiful!
//Anders

Registered on September 21, 2010, 21 Posts, 83 Comments

Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on June 17, 2011 at 8:11 PM

This is absolutely gorgeous. I love the rich, full spectrum of greens and the silky water really sets them off. The flow patterns behind the rocks in the larger version are very, very nice. One little nit would be the blown highlights on the sunlit branch in the bg

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on June 17, 2011 at 9:26 PM

I like the original comp Robert. The greens however seem a little to0 vibrant for my taste.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on June 17, 2011 at 10:18 PM

Left half

Right half

The reflection is very cool, but the URC seems a bit chaotic.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on June 18, 2011 at 2:09 AM

Robert,

Iridescent is right! I've seen this before with the intense greens and reflections. However, I think it's a little much. Specifically not really because of the water, but from another clue. To me, the green and yellow in the mosses on the steep bank in the lower right just next to the pool of water just look a little out of whack to me - almost cartoonish. If it weren't for this little area, I find the vegetation in the bg and for the most part the reflections in the pool to be believable. I don't know if you or anyone else see that, but to me it detracts from the overall presentation. Which, I think is very nicely captured. You've got a very unique setup and perspective as it's not often we get to see a cascade like this from an angle like this. There's also a green cast in the water, but considering your description and all the reflected and absorbed green in this little gorge, again that's believable.

Don't mean to harp on that, as I can certainly believe the greens were intense, but I would consider selectively backing off some areas in this one. Just my two cents.

Lon

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Comment posted by Craig Myers on June 18, 2011 at 11:25 PM

Iridescent, indeed. Beautifully captured textures as well as colors..

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on June 19, 2011 at 12:26 PM

The greens are a little much for my taste. I think the comp would be helped by cropping down to just below those 2 branches on the right side. This makes the viewer focus more on the falls spilling down to the right.Otherwise, this is nice. Looks like a cool place to experiment with different comps & SS's.

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Comment posted by Alister Benn on June 19, 2011 at 3:10 PM

I love the light in this one and the left is superb. The right falls away for me a little (no pun intended!!)

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on June 19, 2011 at 7:42 PM

Where did you find a river of lime green paint?!!!

Very cool.

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