Photo of the Month 4/14

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 25, 20141,318 views27 comments

Icefall

A couple years ago I headed to Oregon's Eagle Creek when the forecast called for the coldest few days of the winter, and I wasn't disappointed. Other than sleeping in the back of my truck with temperatures around 15 degrees, it was a great trip and amazing to see the regions waterfalls encased in ice. The larger falls were beautiful, of course, but this small, off-trail cascade was my best find of the trip. I took the shot in the evening in fading light, and preferred this darker processing to a lighter one.

Minolta Maxxum 7, Minolta 16-35mm lens, 4 seconds at f/5.6, Velvia 50

Comments

27 comments

Comment posted by Sairam Sundaresan on April 25, 2014 at 10:22 AM

Wow, this is brilliant Thomas! What a catch!

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on April 25, 2014 at 10:40 AM

Very cool, it reminds me of a throne from a fantasy movie or something. Well seen!

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on April 25, 2014 at 10:44 AM

This is really cool (no pun intended!). Love the feeling. Hope you captured a vertical of this same scene. I'd love to see that.

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on April 25, 2014 at 12:42 PM

Moody and mysterious; I like it Thomas.

Ed

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Comment posted by Jose Fernandez on April 25, 2014 at 12:47 PM

Wow!! excellent image Thomas. Very good seen

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Comment posted by Richard Hartmann on April 25, 2014 at 12:53 PM

Whoa, this one stirs emotion. Seems kind of like a cave shot.
Mysterious and captivating and well worth the effort.
Nice.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on April 25, 2014 at 6:11 PM

Beautiful! The black negative space works well for me, too. Great other-worldly mood.

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Comment posted by Alan LaFaver on April 25, 2014 at 7:38 PM

So cool. Wonderful scene and capture. I would like to see a little more shadow detail, although I wouldn't want to lose anything in the ice and water highlights. The exposure on them is great. Also, you didn't happen to get a portrait oriented shot did you? Would like to see that.

Very striking. Looks like a setting out of a Narnia movie.

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Comment posted by John Williams on April 25, 2014 at 11:41 PM

A beautiful little cascade, and your processing really makes this sing. Nicely done Thomas!

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on April 26, 2014 at 12:36 AM

nice capture - i also hope that you got the vertical of this because the vertical with a tighter framing might have worked well - the application of the dark might be less apparent?? gorgeous, jewel in that central area

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Comment posted by Thomas Haney on April 26, 2014 at 8:47 AM

Thanks so much for all the comments. I'm posting a vertical I took of the scene, though I prefer the horizontal myself. I'm curing what you all think.

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Comment posted by Genny K. on April 26, 2014 at 11:40 AM

Like you, I prefer the horizontal; it just seems to give it better framing.
The detail in the ice is super.
Shot with film, huh? Cool.

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Comment posted by Jon Daining on April 26, 2014 at 1:02 PM

Beautiful image, Thomas. I agree that dark processing works for this image and really enjoy how you have isolated the waterfalls.

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Comment posted by Erik Stensland on April 26, 2014 at 4:19 PM

That is certainly interesting. I like the way you've applied the vignetting so that there is no distraction at all from the waterfall. It has a very cool BW feel without being a BW. Personally, I would have liked to have seen more detail in the water, but otherwise, this is really well done!

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on April 26, 2014 at 5:21 PM

This has a magical feel to it Thomas! The dark portions work very well to highlight and showcase the main subject. I think I prefer the horizontal as well,but the vertical works fine. Well done!

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on April 26, 2014 at 10:55 PM

Very unique shot!

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Comment posted by Carey Closs on April 27, 2014 at 6:59 AM

Very creative image. My preference is for the horizontal. The vertical is pretty nice as well but it's a feels a tad bit tight on the right side.

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Comment posted by Rick Turner on April 27, 2014 at 11:16 AM

Out of my visual world. Sweet

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on April 27, 2014 at 1:58 PM

Well composed. The dark processing works very well here.

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on April 27, 2014 at 3:37 PM

Fascinating shot Thomas, very nice indeed.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on April 27, 2014 at 9:41 PM

Fantastic image Thomas. I prefer he horizontal version myself.

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Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on May 1, 2014 at 1:00 PM

love this frozen waterfall

what if you brightened the dark parts a little bit.

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Comment posted by Sanjay Sundaram on May 2, 2014 at 3:31 AM

Superb Tom! I prefer the vertical. Just seems like waterfalls are supposed to be vertical. But, that could be just me. Very nice find and excellent shot. I also like the vertical because it has a little more color and I think that adds a lot.

Sanjay

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Comment posted by William Bickle on May 4, 2014 at 5:11 PM

Hello Thomas

CONGRATS on Photo of the Month.

A great capture , Very powerful!

Cheers

Bill

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on May 5, 2014 at 12:17 AM

How cool is that! Congrats on photo of the month…. delight seeing this!

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on May 5, 2014 at 1:06 PM

Thomas, congrats on this scene being picked as POTM......an excellent take. And with the my film of choice too......V-50.....

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 9, 2014 at 4:46 PM

Incredible detail in the ice and perfect perspective. I also would love to see a vertical -
Congrats on the WP!
Sandy

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