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Gallery: LandscapePosted June 28, 2012298 views20 comments

This was taken in an increasingly popular side stream in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge. I was fortunate enough to take two separate trips to the PNW this past May, and am just now getting around to processing images (an admitted bad habit of mine). The PNW is truly an amazing area to explore and has an overwhelming abundance of photographic opportunities, but what really made the biggest impression on me were the many incredibly friendly locals and friends I I was able to meet along the way.

I hope to get through more images and post a few more here in the coming weeks, but until then, thank you in advance for any C&C. Cheers.

Single shot double processed in ACR to retain highlights and for shadow recovery.

Comments

20 comments

Comment posted by Verdon on June 28, 2012 at 11:38 PM

The large version is crisp with great colors and with sweet detail, love the composition, it is magical place, wish shot like this is in my gallery!!!

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Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on June 29, 2012 at 12:00 AM

Looks great Jared. Love the moss covered rocks and the centerpiece of the waterfall. Nice work!

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on June 29, 2012 at 12:09 AM

The centered waterfall works quite well in your composition. Really like the sculptural quality of the moss covered log on the right and the wonderful greens throughout. A beautiful image. Very, very nice.

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on June 29, 2012 at 12:23 AM

I quite enjoy this. I like the gradation of dark to light from right to left and that the water flows towards the dark areas creating a nice balance. Also, the greens are very nice and pop.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on June 29, 2012 at 12:56 AM

The lovely scene nicely fills out the frame compostionally. The forest glows appealingly in the light.

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Comment posted by Jared Atencio on June 29, 2012 at 10:03 AM

Thanks for the feedback and kind words everyone!

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Comment posted by Ned Fenimore on June 29, 2012 at 10:56 AM

It's a beauty! Nice work!

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Comment posted by Ben Horne on June 29, 2012 at 11:15 AM

The composition works quite well, and I like the side lighting on the tree. My only suggestion would be to tone down the magenta tones in the water.

Registered on August 27, 2009, 51 Posts, 959 Comments

Comment posted by Gary McGhee on June 29, 2012 at 11:36 AM

Love the mossy greens Jared and the comp is spot on. Nice shadow detail too.

I can also see the magenta tones Ben has mentioned.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Jared Atencio on June 29, 2012 at 12:20 PM

Thanks again for the feedback.

Ben and Gary: good eye and thanks there. I noticed the magenta also and removed before printing, i just posted this from the original file and didnt remove for this presentation. I appreciate this type of detailed feedback!

Registered on June 23, 2009, 21 Posts, 422 Comments

Comment posted by Carol Hyman on June 29, 2012 at 1:16 PM

Jared, the most appealing feature in this image is the awesome light. The fine greens are a real plus.

Best,

Carol

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Comment posted by John Williams on June 29, 2012 at 3:47 PM

Great take on this falls Jared. I really like the large moss/fern covered log on the right.

Glad you enjoyed your time up here!

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on June 29, 2012 at 4:24 PM

Jared,

I'm really enjoying the crisp details here and even the light emanating from above the falls. Maybe it's just me, but I'm kinda surprised no one has mentioned the darkness on the right? While I really like the contrast in the left half of the image, that dark chunk of real estate on the right throws the balance off for me. I don't see a crop solution because I like the flow of the stream towards the LRC. Is there any detail in there that can be brought out? Maybe I'm the only one, but it really takes away from what this image could really be.

Lon

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Comment posted by Jared Atencio on June 29, 2012 at 4:57 PM

Thanks for the critique Lon, that was actually my main concern with this photo. There is detail in that corner and in a print there's just enough of it to convey the look I was going for, though i did keep it rather dark (the histogram should show this). In this web presentation you're right that the corner just looks completely blocked up, im guessing much of it could be from web compression. I appreciate the honest critique-thanks again.

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on June 29, 2012 at 8:36 PM

Beautifully done.

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Comment posted by Jeremy Cram on June 29, 2012 at 9:11 PM

Very nice Jared. It sure was nice to meet you. Looks like you got some good shots while you were here. Let me know when you're up again and we'll get out there again.

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on June 30, 2012 at 1:52 PM

Nice light and processing Jared. Those emerald greens are wonderful!

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on July 1, 2012 at 1:07 PM

Very nice take on this location. I've now been here more than once and can say it is not an easy place to shoot something original. I think your very nice shot here is worth working it beyond the "original."

IMO, as far as processing: the image is very good enough to warrant (at a bare minimum) doing a custom white balance adjustment to get the white balance perfect and magenta cast out. Running it through "Color Balance" for highlights, mid tones and shadows in PS. Running a graduated adjustment from right to left (in the RAW converter) to pull more shadow detail out of the right side, and then maybe add a touch of highlight glow.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on July 1, 2012 at 1:09 PM

Very nice take on this location. I've now been here more than one and can say it is not an easy place to shoot something original. I think your shot is worth working it far beyond the "original."

IMO, as far as processing: the image is very good enough to warrant (at a bare minimum) doing a custom white balance adjustment to get the white balance perfect and magenta cast out. Running it through "Color Balance" for highlights, mid tones and shadows in PS. Running a graduated adjustment from right to left (in the RAW converter) to pull more shadow detail out of the right side, and then maybe add a touch of highlight glow.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on July 7, 2012 at 5:11 PM

So happy to hear you enjoyed your trips to the PNW this Spring.

Another idyllic scene of the Gorge. The highlight details look really good, the comp is great. With the higher flow of water, having a little more texture there would do well to show it off; increase ss just a bit. Wish there was a little more detail in the heavy shadow area at the right, as it is a large spot to go black.

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