Elowah Falls

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 14, 20151,096 views12 comments

Playing around with exposure time. Canon 5DMk2, 16-35mm, iso 200, f11, 1/45sec

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12 comments

Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on February 14, 2015 at 6:22 PM

You have a beautiful composition and really great light throughout the falls, that make it look like it is coming out the darkness. I see some color noise, though. Beautiful image nonetheless.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on February 14, 2015 at 7:49 PM

Does have some noise, but I like the SS you have chosen for this. My favorite part is the lower right stream ribbons.

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on February 14, 2015 at 8:26 PM

Really like the darker tones in the bottom half, with the waterfall seeming to disappear into the darkness. Has a real abstract feel which works very well.

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Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on February 14, 2015 at 10:46 PM

The appearance of the water shooting down with intense power is great, as captured with a perfect SS. Looks 'frozen in time', with those 'icicles' caught mid-fall. Nice work!

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on February 14, 2015 at 11:32 PM

This is interesting, Daniel. The water appears almost ghostly. The overall dark appearance enhances this mood and lends it to a sense of mystery.

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Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on February 15, 2015 at 9:01 AM

I can feel the power and hear the roar. Lovely shutter speed and drama.

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on February 15, 2015 at 1:17 PM

Interesting shapes in the water, definitely the right shutter speed for that! There seems to be some color noise, so I'm guessing the exposure is cranked up in PP, since this was at ISO200?

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Comment posted by Ryan Shain on February 16, 2015 at 1:54 PM

Hi Daniel,
There is power here, but also a sense intimate of delicacy for me.
I enjoy the choice of getting close and framing the image up in a way that we can enjoy the shapes an tones of the falling water.
Others have mentioned the color noise, other than that this image is very beautiful and very nicely captured.

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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on February 16, 2015 at 2:16 PM

I agree with Ryan here. The falls have a gentle lacy quality to me. Like a bride's veil. Beautifully done using the darker background to make the water more prominent.

I was there 2 days ago and there was far too much water to make a composition such as this.

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on February 16, 2015 at 4:06 PM

Yes, Igor, lots more water now. I captured this as part of a much wider view of the falls, (this shot very underexposed). When I saw this isolation, I had to go with it, but that meant a big-time crop and an exposure push, hence the noisiness despite the best efforts of Lightroom. I went back last week to try it with the right framing and iso, but way too much water.

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on February 17, 2015 at 1:50 AM

Aside from the aforementioned heavy color noise issues, this is a rockin' shot Daniel. BTW, we have to hook up this year... :)

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Comment posted by Lucy Aron on April 16, 2015 at 10:42 PM

Very cool abstract quality. I also was distracted a bit by the color noise. But very nice shot.

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