Step Falls

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 14, 2014430 views17 comments

While exploring some of the upper reaches of Emigrant Creek, I was attracted to the rock colors being reflected in this 3-4 foot high falls and the splashing action at the bottom of the falls. (5D3, 24-70 f2.8 @ 64mm, f/16, 0.6s, iso 100, tripod and polarizer)

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17 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on October 14, 2014 at 10:30 PM

I love this one Mark. Beautiful light and the water is treated perfectly for my tastes. Gorgeous... No suggestions.

pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Lowe on October 14, 2014 at 10:42 PM

This is exquisite, Mark. I love the water spray in this scene; particularly that arc of water drops in the middle LR. This is a great find.

Ed

Registered on February 7, 2004, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments

Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on October 14, 2014 at 11:12 PM

WOW, the larger version on this one the light is really making things glow, Mark. This was an excellent find.

particularly that arc of water drops in the middle LR.

I saw the little tracer before I read Ed's comment here. I was not sure if I really saw that at first. How neat a catch that is !!...

Registered on February 25, 2006, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments

Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on October 15, 2014 at 3:54 AM

Mark, beautiful light, color and flow, also like the way you composed this, love getting out on the streams this time of year, unfortunately, all the streams around me are bone dry. Beautiful work.
John

Registered on May 12, 2006, 626 Posts, 8700 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on October 15, 2014 at 4:25 AM

Ahh, Mark! Fabulous color and lighting and action in the falls. Bit of a white-out in the llc, though, but overall, very pleasing to view. Do you think cropping it to square-ish would be too claustrophobic for the falls?

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on October 15, 2014 at 8:13 AM

Beautiful warm glow to this and well composed. I like the shutter speed for the water. I'm trying to understand what caused the stroboscopic effect on the arc of that one drop. And there is one other.

Registered on March 13, 2012, 279 Posts, 975 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Reid on October 15, 2014 at 10:14 AM

Really nice detail in the water in the large version Mark and nice spray at the bottom of the falls. Small nit would be to darken the bright areas TL just a touch. Really nice falls close up though. Very well done.

Registered on January 27, 2013, 65 Posts, 2460 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on October 15, 2014 at 10:20 AM

Thanks, all.

Ron, the strobe effect on flying drops has just been discussed in the Gear Forum, see the post by Phillip Noll.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on October 15, 2014 at 11:25 AM

Mark- I was happily believing possible cause 1, but you conclude cause 2 to be more likely. I don't understand how the angle varies so rapidly (nor even exactly what that angle is). The highly-reflective portion of the variation cycle seems to occur over only a small fraction of it, nearly a delta function.

Registered on March 13, 2012, 279 Posts, 975 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on October 15, 2014 at 12:14 PM

Nicely captured Mark. Perfect shutter speed IMHO, but i do wish there was a little more at the bottom of the frame.

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Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on October 15, 2014 at 3:14 PM

this is all about water.

Lovely. I would crop a wee bit on the right and burn the top right corner.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 492 Posts, 4580 Comments

Comment posted by Ryan Shain on October 15, 2014 at 5:09 PM

Mark,

A very dynamic intimate capture,and the colors and contrast are sweet. The water looks beautiful with the selections of the shutter speed. Very nicely seen and captured.

Registered on February 20, 2007, 226 Posts, 4571 Comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on October 15, 2014 at 6:17 PM

Excellent. Fine shutter speed on the water and great water jets. This turned out quite well.

Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments

Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on October 15, 2014 at 9:01 PM

PERFECT shutter speed Mark! Love the large version!

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Comment posted by Riccardo Boesso on October 16, 2014 at 8:22 AM

I Iove too this image. Excellent chioce of shutter speed imho.

Registered on October 15, 2014, 13 Posts, 72 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 20, 2014 at 2:12 PM

Mark, I thought I commented on this but I don't see it so I guess not. Anyways this is such a cool looking image. I like the shutter speed you used for the water. Nice work!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Comment posted by S Govindarajan on October 21, 2014 at 10:35 PM

Great intimate fall scene, Mark. I particularly like the water texture - especially the splash back in the bottom. The overall light on the red earth and water is wonderful too.

Registered on April 19, 2008, 115 Posts, 1921 Comments