Unknown Waterfall

Gallery: LandscapePosted August 31, 2011260 views13 comments

While on a hike about 2 months ago, the weather was misty and rainy for the first 2 days...and it was only a 3 day hike. Lugging along your camera and tripod on top of your heavy hiking bag stops being fun during some point of such a trip

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On the last day the sun came through nicely. We stopped by this waterfall en route to the finishing point and I liked the early morning light here. We had to climb on top of a large boulder to get a perspective on the pool at the bottom.

Techs:
Canon 7D with 18-55mm IS @ 18mm
f22 @ ISO-100
Blend of 3 images for dynamic range.

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on August 31, 2011 at 12:33 PM

Beautiful country; looks like a great place to backpack. I love the color variations within those large slabs, and the waterfall itself looks so refreshing. Hard to get a sense of scale though - how tall are the falls?

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on August 31, 2011 at 2:20 PM

Well seen and captured Morkel. I like the composition here and all of the geometric shapes in the boulders.

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Comment posted by Darren Colello on August 31, 2011 at 3:34 PM

Very lovely setting. I love the tones and textures here. Great work Morkel.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on August 31, 2011 at 3:44 PM

I like the scene very much. The blocky texture and the clean drop of the falls are nice. On my monitor, this looks not at all like an early morning shot—more later in the day. That may have been the effect of the blend. Worth playing around with to see what else you can bring out of the exposures.

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on August 31, 2011 at 3:49 PM

Certainly looks like a lovely spot Morkel, very grand. I like the shot and the detail you've captured.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Rudy Ruberti on August 31, 2011 at 5:27 PM

The blocky nature of the rocks as well as the color makes this a very nice image. I like your composition and that nice blue sky. I also dislike the fact that my camera gear adds an additional 10 to 15 pounds to my backpack.

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Comment posted by Russell Colletta on August 31, 2011 at 7:23 PM

Beautiful place well represented with this image Morkel. Sounds like you had to earn this shot, but the extra pack weight was worth it. Just curious, where is this?

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on August 31, 2011 at 7:26 PM

Thanks very much for the kind feedback everyone...

Russel, this is on the South African "Highveld" escarpment close to the famous Blyde River Canyon.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on August 31, 2011 at 11:06 PM

The foreground rocks make a nice frame for the falls, though in this light, it's maybe a bit less effective than it might be. This image feels very real, like I'm actually standing there myself.

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Comment posted by David Edwards on September 1, 2011 at 12:17 AM

A beautiful waterfall image, Morkel. Wonderfully vivid color in the sunny conditions... love the combo of blue and orange. Excellent blend to control the DR. There is also a nice symmetry and balance to your comp that is very calming.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on September 1, 2011 at 12:33 AM

Morkel,

This is simply beautiful. The colors are rich, yet natural - right on the edge of keeping it real, which is right where I like to present my images. Such a refreshing location and I think you've captured that freshness beautifully.

The only suggestion I have, and this is minor, would be to try and pull some whiteness out of the main cloud. It's rather gray. Now it certainly may have been just that given whatever was happening with the sun and other clouds that we can't see, but visually just from what we can see, I'd like the clouds to contrast a little more with the lovely blue. But again, minor.

I'm really enjoying this landscape.

Lon

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Comment posted by Morkel Erasmus on September 1, 2011 at 3:16 PM

Thanks for your excellent comments Tony, Lon & David.

I will have a look at "whitening" the clouds some more

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Forgot to answer Bill's initial question - I would estimate these falls are about 15-20 meters high...

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Comment posted by Lucy Aron on September 11, 2011 at 4:43 PM

Just right composition, focus & exposure.

lucy

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