In the Flow IV

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 26, 2011558 views22 comments

Thanks for your comments on my previous image.

This one here you may recognize as Harley posted his rendition a month or so ago. This is my 4th version of this little tree surviving in Happy Isles in Yosemite. Been fun watching this little guy grow up.

Would love to hear your thoughts and critiques of this image. I'm considering cloning out the little stick in the water on the left. What do you think?

4x5, 300mm, Velvia 50, f/22 @1s
TK's Luminosity masks and actions.

Thanks!

edit: after posting this, the smaller version seems a tad dark, but the larger version a little brighter. I'm wondering if either works in terms of brightness or if I should brighten more?

Lon

Comments

22 comments

Comment posted by Mark Metternich on June 26, 2011 at 2:20 PM

Works great. Definitely clone the stick.

Registered on June 19, 2009, 276 Posts, 6240 Comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on June 26, 2011 at 4:07 PM

The larger view is gorgeous Lon and the golden tones are more evident there. Amazing to me is how the little tree stands up against the raging torrents year after year. BTW - I would clone out the twig.

Registered on January 4, 2009, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments

Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on June 26, 2011 at 4:26 PM

Hey, didn't you once accuse me of milk'n the Cascade Creek location????????

Whatever, it's cool, I'm gonna keep doing it too. I wouldn't say I like this better or worse than any of the previous shots. it's nice, like the rest of em. It is neat to be able to chronicle the growth of this hardy little guy. Clone the twig! I would have to say the reflected warm light in this is pretty nice too.

Chris

Registered on March 13, 2007, 500 Posts, 8365 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on June 26, 2011 at 5:20 PM

I have liked all of these Lon, and that includes this one. I think it is beautiful, and the large version is really a must look imo. I would clone the little twig.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Comment posted by Anders Engström on June 26, 2011 at 5:55 PM

This is a beautiful scene and the comp is spot on. I really like the movement of the water. I think I would clone the little stick, if you havent mentioned it I am not sure I would have seen it.
//Anders

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

Comment posted by John Williams on June 26, 2011 at 6:32 PM

I like the brightness of the larger version. I really had to look for the stick, so I'm not sure it's a big deal to clone at web resolution. It would probably be a good idea for the print though. Great shot Lon; nice isolation. I like the way the tree breaks the abstract of the river.

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

Comment posted by Paul Duval on June 26, 2011 at 7:17 PM

Lon,

Great motion, nice warm tones from which I know is a freezing cold river, didn't notice the stick until you mentioned it but you probably won't be satisfied until it's gone. Anybody that thinks these flowing water shots are easy has never tried one, I know.

Paul

Registered on June 30, 2009, 508 Posts, 1907 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 26, 2011 at 8:17 PM

I like the tension between the motion in the water and the stability of the tree. The larger version is a huge improvement.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on June 26, 2011 at 8:56 PM

Lon: This is beautiful. Clone out the stick and send me a complementary 16x20 for the vote. The larger version is pure art.

>=))>

This is a Flora subject you know.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1805 Posts, 26981 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Teller on June 26, 2011 at 9:33 PM

This really works for me. It is a very artistic image.

Registered on August 23, 2010, 1162 Posts, 6692 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on June 26, 2011 at 10:44 PM

It all looks fine to me, Lon, but could see cloning the stick. Wonder if this little tree is destined for iconhood. Sure seems to have the makings for it. I'm assuming it's the high spring water that makes this possible.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments

Comment posted by Stan Rose on June 26, 2011 at 11:10 PM

works for me, Lon--neat subject! Id leave the twig--it aint botherin no one.

Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments

Comment posted by Vance Gese on June 26, 2011 at 11:41 PM

Phenomenal, Lon. The reflected warm tones and the beautiful textures to the water flow make this stellar to begin with , and then that tree makes this simply fantastic. The large image seems perfect to my eye with regard to brightness, and everything else for that matter. You treat rivers as others do sandstone and the results are exquisite.

Registered on November 13, 2008, 298 Posts, 6629 Comments

Comment posted by Andreas Resch on June 27, 2011 at 4:22 AM

I love your water images, Lon as I find myself in these places so often as well. Because of that I know that these aren't easy, even more so in analog photograph where you can't check the exposure on the LCD. You did a very nice job here. The composition is wonderful as is the movement in the water.
Regarding your doubts about brightness - I wouldn't mind it, but it depends on how you remember the scene. I can also imagine the shot going away from the yellow/green side of the color range a bit towards blue/magenta ... but that just based on my personal taste.

Registered on November 14, 2007, 322 Posts, 6101 Comments

Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on June 27, 2011 at 7:50 AM

Now that you've mentioned it you've gotta clone out the twig - can't stop looking at it. The overlay of warm light on the green water is a beautiful look.

Registered on September 27, 2006, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments

Comment posted by Alister Benn on June 27, 2011 at 8:18 AM

nicely incongruous, and a neat image... the water is superb, so much tone and color.

Registered on June 9, 2011, 23 Posts, 258 Comments

Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on June 27, 2011 at 3:50 PM

This is beautiful I would clone out the stick....but also this version works for me.

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

Comment posted by Rafael Rojas on June 27, 2011 at 4:43 PM

I knew this image was from the great Lon well before I opened the thumbnail! :)
Really love the green reflections, the textures and the bare nature of the tree. I would clone the stick though...or maybe is it a lint fiber trapped within the scanner? :) Well made...I see TK masks there....what a treasure!!!

Registered on March 1, 2009, 56 Posts, 623 Comments

Comment posted by David Edwards on June 28, 2011 at 5:31 AM

Another beautiful image, Lon. Love the colors reflected in the water. The position of the tree in the comp is very nice, and the water texture creates lots movement in contrast to the static tree. I don't think much more brightening is needed, just a touch would be fine. I agree cloning the little stick as it's a little distracting. A very peaceful and relaxing mood to this one.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 142 Posts, 2623 Comments

Comment posted by Sarah Marino on June 28, 2011 at 3:34 PM

Hi Lon - I love the colors and the texture in the water. The soft water is a nice complement to the darker, static tree. The graphic nature of the tree also makes the composition compelling for me. Yes on cloning out the stick. I might not have noticed it immediately on my own, but I can't stop looking at it now that I know it is there.

Registered on November 10, 2008, 23 Posts, 393 Comments

Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on June 29, 2011 at 7:05 AM

Lon - The twig doesn't bother me, but now that you mentioned it, I would probably loose it. The reflected glow in the river makes this a winner for me. I guess I wish the little tree wasn't leavng the frame, but I assume that other comps weren't a possibility. Wonderful intimate shot of survival.

Registered on September 17, 2010, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Lou on August 6, 2011 at 12:35 PM

really like how you portrait the tree standing strong against the current.

Registered on August 3, 2010, 86 Posts, 273 Comments