Whispering Falls

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 2, 2013585 views25 comments

Last week I had the pleasure of exploring some of the lesser known falls of the Columbia Gorge with Mark Metternich. One particular day we set out at 3am by headlamp, did some serious bushwhacking and scrambling, returning at 6pm for a cold beer. This was one of the gems we found. Nothing too special here as far as the Gorge goes, but not something you see shots of very much. Two exposures for dynamic range, Nikon D800E, 14-24 at 14mm with polarizer. Thanks for looking, and any thoughts always appreciated.

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25 comments

Comment posted by John Mumaw on June 2, 2013 at 8:36 PM

Just about a perfect waterfall image here. And it's real nice to see something new, too.
Perfectly composed, exposed and 'developed'.

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on June 2, 2013 at 8:52 PM

Wonderful falls image Chris.Great water exposure, light and comp. Beauty.

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Comment posted by Jeremy Kessler on June 2, 2013 at 9:30 PM

Beauty, love those greens!

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Comment posted by scott lanz on June 2, 2013 at 9:34 PM

Sweet image, Chris. I like the nice light and comp.

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on June 2, 2013 at 9:51 PM

Beautifully done.

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Comment posted by Gary Reed on June 2, 2013 at 10:07 PM

Nice soft flow and control of light. Wish you had a larger view posted to enjoy.

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Comment posted by Peter Coskun on June 2, 2013 at 10:09 PM

Wonderful image Chris, the comp is great and I love how the greens put attention on the falls, but also pull you back to them as well.

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Comment posted by Mike Dawson on June 2, 2013 at 10:30 PM

Fantastic image, looks perfectly executed to my eye

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Comment posted by Thomas Haney on June 3, 2013 at 9:04 AM

Gorgeous shot Chris, the lighting, color, and processing are all phenomenal. My eye wants to pull the composition a bit to the right, but then you'd be cutting into that wonderful plant at bottom left. Well done.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on June 3, 2013 at 11:34 AM

Pretty scene! It is probably just the layout, but it looks like it could use a CCW rotation to my eye. ??

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Comment posted by Jose Fernandez on June 3, 2013 at 11:59 AM

Excellent composition with beautiful greens.

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on June 3, 2013 at 12:16 PM

You gotta love those greens. The lighting is beautiful and the processing superb. Fantastic image, Chris.

Ed

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Comment posted by Chet Dowell on June 3, 2013 at 2:13 PM

A super image in all respects, Chris.

Chet

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on June 3, 2013 at 2:19 PM

Chris,

A beautiful and dreamy image. Yeah, a larger version would have been great, the compression of this standard view takes a little away.

Not sure what is on the broad-leafed plant in the LLC - is it water? In any event, if it were mine I would selectively desaturate the cyan just on that plant. Otherwise, the colors look beautiful throughout. Nice work!

Lon

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on June 3, 2013 at 3:14 PM

This is lovely - so lush and rich in color. Beautiful composition and nice shutter speed.

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Comment posted by Chris Moore on June 3, 2013 at 3:43 PM

Thanks for the comments. That is water droplets on the plant LLC. The original file looked ok, but this web version really skewed towards cyan for some reason. I'll take another look at the original... good pick up.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on June 3, 2013 at 4:14 PM

Great comp, beautiful colors and excellent processing.

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Comment posted by Chris Moore on June 3, 2013 at 7:39 PM

I think this fixed it. I don't like using the Hue/Saturation mask, so I used a combination of color balance and selective color to tame the cyans LLC. Thanks. (Of course this image is much more compressed than the original post, but you get the idea :)

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on June 3, 2013 at 9:55 PM

It was a real pleasure bushwhacking with you Chris. Spectacular shot! No nits. Has me jacked up about being out there the next three weeks! See you again!

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on June 4, 2013 at 10:58 AM

Beautiful balance between the cool greens and warmer gold tones. Lovely scene

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on June 4, 2013 at 7:36 PM

Great find. Classic Gorge, well captured in nice perspective in this pleasing comp. Sounds like a l-o-n-g and fun day. Let's see some more!

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Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on June 5, 2013 at 7:16 AM

Excellent depth and great details

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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on June 6, 2013 at 10:44 AM

Magnificently luscious and very well composed, as usual. Glad you got to get up here one way or another and have some adventures!

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Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on June 6, 2013 at 11:36 AM

Beautiful tones and colour Chris, love the serenity of the shot !

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Comment posted by John Williams on June 7, 2013 at 12:06 AM

Spectacular Chris; love it.

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