Sunrise rush

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 24, 2012172 views11 comments

I shot this during my morning visit to Mcgee creek. I was looking for a comp facing the opposite direction and have an opening to view the mountain peaks, but that became unsuccessful. I turned around and saw the sun just beginning to show through the trees so I tried to angle the camera to create a sunburst towards the "end" of the rushing water. I was hoping to get a slightly larger sunstar, but this is about the best my lens can do (at least from my experience thus far). I always enjoy photographing moving water since I rarely get the chance and enjoyed the cool morning breeze through the trees and the vibrant colors along the creeks edge. Playing with some new processing techniques as well. As usual, comments and critiques are welcome.

Canon 7d
Canon 17-40mm @17mm
ISO100
f22
2.5 sec
tripod
3 stop grad ND filter

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on June 24, 2012 at 9:46 PM

Works great, Peter. Wonderful comp with the water flowing to the sun.

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on June 24, 2012 at 10:29 PM

Thanks Tony!

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Comment posted by Mark Pelton on June 24, 2012 at 10:39 PM

Very nice composition. The sunstar is icing on the cake.

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Comment posted by Mat Malone on June 25, 2012 at 2:34 AM

I agree, the comp is great. It's hard to tell but it seems like the forest has a bit of a green cast.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on June 25, 2012 at 11:04 AM

The comp works really well. I love the sunstar and the flowing water.

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on June 25, 2012 at 12:36 PM

Thanks everyone.

Mat I wanted to give the forest a nice green cast to give it a nice green glow.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on June 25, 2012 at 9:15 PM

Great choice of ss for the dreamy water flow effect makes for an ethereal forest scene. Beautifully done.

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Comment posted by Joerg Bonner on June 26, 2012 at 4:37 AM

nice, dreamy capture! i love the sunstar and the flow of the water.

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Comment posted by Nancy Wolfe on June 26, 2012 at 8:34 AM

beautiful picture. Oh what a treat to have the sun peaking through the trees. Great job:)

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on June 27, 2012 at 11:37 AM

Peter,

Never would have guessed McGee Creek! But I'm so glad you mentioned the name. This looks to me to be right above the horse stables? Just wondering.

This is wonderful! Great job with the exposure/processing and I'm really enjoying the composition. I'm wishing there was some sharpness in the rock in the foreground, but completely understand the flowing water doesn't allow for that (hard to say though.)

Love it!

Lon

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on June 27, 2012 at 1:27 PM

Thanks everyone I appreciate it.

Lon, I can't recall if there were horse stables near here, I remember passing them on the drive in but that was about a mile or so before hand (I think). The water was really rushing here and with a little careful processing I was able to get the image to "pop" a bit. Like you said I wish there was some more sharpness on that foreground rock, but the water flowing over that rock was about 5 inches which is hard to believe, so it was quite difficult to keep that sharp.

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