Panther Creek [+edit]

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 17, 2013387 views18 comments

Last weekend I visited Panther Creek Falls for the first time. It's a beauty. Easy to access the standard viewpoint, more challenging to get a different perspective. Since I was alone, with no one to toss down painkillers if I fell, I chose to shoot from the deck.

I liked this tree hanging on to edge. I'll post the full view of the falls below; you can see the tree on the right hand side.

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by John Williams on October 17, 2013 at 8:04 PM

Here's the full view.

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on October 17, 2013 at 8:14 PM

Excellent image and I love how the tree in the foreground almost glows neon against the rich colors. The only change I would make is to boost the whites of the water as it's a bit muddled

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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on October 17, 2013 at 8:22 PM

This is a great falls.
You need a lot of color correction of the water for me.
I would reprocess and remove the red/blue cast.

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Comment posted by John Williams on October 17, 2013 at 8:39 PM

Curses. I process in PS with a 50% gray background, and forgot to check it with a white background. Nice catch Luke; here's a corrected version.

Does that fix the casts enough Dan? (The balance should be correct? I shot a white card to balance with.)

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Comment posted by Paul Gasior on October 17, 2013 at 8:54 PM

Beautiful image and nice place

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 17, 2013 at 8:55 PM

John, Wow, This is very, very nice. Your repost version looks Fantastic to my eye. What a beautiful scene with this wonderful looking falls. I love that foreground tree and placement in the frame. The full view is also very nice but the posted version fantastic! Beautiful work John!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on October 17, 2013 at 8:59 PM

Looks better John, the water in the crop you choose is so transparent that it does pick up color from the rocks behind, but the solid flow in the RCH looks white to me.
I have seen a photo from the bottom of the canyon which is spectacular, but you either need to rope up and rappel to get there or
bushwack 3 miles up the creek.
I have been tempted.
I like the full view you posted a lot.

Registered on September 2, 2013, 209 Posts, 1514 Comments

Comment posted by Scott Smorra on October 17, 2013 at 11:08 PM

I'm glad to see you finally made it out to Panther Creek John. This waterfall is incredibly complex, but it's one of my favorites in the area. I prefer the wider view since it includes the nice yellow tree at the bottom of the frame. I like the telephoto view, but I wish the color in the tree was a bit more yellow.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 17, 2013 at 11:53 PM

You have a special talent for finding these types of comps, John. And, then your pp takes them to a whole other level. Superb images.

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Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on October 18, 2013 at 7:51 AM

Gorgeous scene John, and I definitely like your perspective. Well done
John

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on October 18, 2013 at 7:59 AM

Beautifully done images John. I like them both but maybe the full view better just because the colors pop more. Nice PP and very well seen.

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Comment posted by Todd Liotine on October 18, 2013 at 12:28 PM

John, the edit is perfect and the tree really holds the viewers interest on this amazing scene.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on October 18, 2013 at 12:38 PM

This the light and water exposure give this a very painterly effect John. The water also has a beautiful silky texture which I like very much.

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on October 18, 2013 at 1:15 PM

Gorgeous John! Of the two, I think a prefer the full view a little more than the original but both are superb. Perfect shutter speed and wonderful compositions. Doesn't get any better than this.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on October 18, 2013 at 2:40 PM

Since I was alone, with no one to toss down painkillers if I fell

No pain, no gain...

I like the full view MUCH more here. The first post is nice, but for me the tree kind of competes with the falls, it's like two seperate subjects, the full view feels more integrated.

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on October 18, 2013 at 10:49 PM

Both are beauties John, but my favorite is the wide view. It gives me a better sense of the place and that yellow tree at the bottom is very eye catching. You can't lose with either one.

Ed

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Comment posted by Karsten Wrobel on October 19, 2013 at 5:37 AM

beautiful shot, I prefer the full view with the fg trees nicely framing the falls

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on October 20, 2013 at 5:10 PM

I knew this was yours before I clicked on it! Great job John!

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