River Waves

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 19, 2012313 views21 comments

Thank you to everyone for all of the comments on my recent images. I really appreciate all of the suggestions which help me improve my images.

This is an image of the spring greens and the aqua marine water of the Little White Salmon River in Washington. The water in this river is very clear and blue since the river is almost entirely spring fed.

Nikon D7000, 10-24 Nikkor dx at 12mm, polarizer
2 exposure hand blend
4 sec at f/16, ISO 200 - for the tree motion and deep shadows
0.8 sec at f/16 ISO 200 for the water texture

Thanks for taking an look and for any comments you have. Please view large.

Comments

21 comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on June 19, 2012 at 7:11 PM

Pretty shot Scott. I love your chosen shutter speed, and the composition is right on the mark. My only nit is that the greens appear somewhat over-saturated on my monitor.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on June 19, 2012 at 7:37 PM

Wow, Scott. In the large version I definitely feel the power of the water - I felt like I was about to get soaked from the river. You must have been incredibly close to the current at 12mm.

The color in this is amazing from those vibrant greens to the wonderful blue in the water. The clarity in this image is spectacular as usual.

I don't know how you do it but your processing is always spot on to my eye - displaying a natural vibrance that I find very appealing.

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Comment posted by Alister Benn on June 19, 2012 at 8:32 PM

Beautiful and crisp image, such clarity. A really powerful image.

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Comment posted by Tom Hilton on June 19, 2012 at 8:36 PM

Love the water... color - movement - texture, and nice crop with the distant shore.
Well made.

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Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on June 19, 2012 at 9:15 PM

Motion packed image, for sure! I really like this, and the leading lines going back to the trees is great. I enjoyed the large version...

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on June 19, 2012 at 9:27 PM

What great comp and light, Scott. Amazing textures too.

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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on June 19, 2012 at 9:45 PM

Beatutiful textures and processing.

I know it's the flow of the river and perspective, but my brain keeps wanting to straighten it out. Like bring the right side up a bit to make it even.

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Comment posted by Rick Lundh on June 20, 2012 at 2:18 AM

Cant find any other words for this image except for beautiful!

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on June 20, 2012 at 3:19 AM

Scott.

This has a great flow aided by the moving water. I can feel the water moving in this. Well done.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on June 20, 2012 at 3:23 AM

Hey, Scott, this looks great! Love your POV, down in the waves of the river. Just great! Spring in the PNW is definitely GREEN, and this shows it well, imo. Really nice texture and motion in the water flow.

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Comment posted by Jeremy Calow on June 20, 2012 at 8:25 AM

Great choice of shutter speed which definitely conveys a sense of rushing water through the scene! Great work!

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Comment posted by Jeremy Cram on June 20, 2012 at 1:32 PM

Intense. That wave creates a great line. Well done Scott.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on June 20, 2012 at 2:09 PM

Wonderful sense of power and motion Scott. I guessing there were some excellent opportunities for abstracts as well.

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on June 20, 2012 at 2:15 PM

Lovely spring image Scott. The color of the water is beautiful and I like how you included the bank of the river with all the greens and vegetation. Nice work!

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on June 20, 2012 at 3:02 PM

The eye motion following that white water arch across the river is great. I also like your capture of the water motion and the aquamarine color. In the larger version, the better vision through the dark water in the lower left is a nice addition.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on June 20, 2012 at 4:17 PM

Great color, and I like the water movement.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on June 20, 2012 at 5:39 PM

I commented yesterday that the greens appears to be over saturated, but looking at this on my work monitor they appear fine. Perhaps I need to recalibrate my monitor at home!

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Comment posted by Ian Haskell on June 20, 2012 at 6:36 PM

Stunning image.

Ian

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Comment posted by Yiming Hu on June 20, 2012 at 7:14 PM

Great image. Your choose of shutter speed is excellent. The curves are very attractive. Also love the gorgeous greens.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on June 20, 2012 at 8:12 PM

Thank you to everyone for all of the comments.

Bill - thanks for clarifying the saturation issue. I didn't think I had oversaturated the greens, so I'm glad to hear that it may just be your monitor.

Brian - the camera was about 2-3 feet above the water. Close enough to get water droplets on the polarizer from the foreground wave.

Nicolaus - When I was initially processing this one I tried to straighten the water line, but it seemed to lose a lot of the energy which is present in the water. I appreciate the suggestion.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on June 22, 2012 at 8:36 PM

Scott, Some really nice light here and the background trees look great. I love the powerful water motion you captured in this. Very nice work...and a wonderful image!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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