Falling Stars

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 18, 20036,586 views18 comments

This is my first upload to NPN. Plese tell me what you think.

This was taken in Oct. 2002 in Clear Creek Canyon in Zion. This is a "found view"--I did not place the leaves on the rock. Took this with a Nikon f5 and Velvia 50. Had to crawl through a bush in the rain to get this! But then, crawling around in canyons in the rain is far better than my day job!

Phillip Noll
Raven Mountain Images

Comments

18 comments

Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on November 19, 2003 at 1:53 AM

Phillip,

Welcome!

This is beautiful. The only adjustment you might condsider is opening up the dark area in the Upper right corner. But, that's minor. This really is quite stunning.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments

Comment posted by Gloria Hopkins on November 19, 2003 at 5:25 AM

Nature's lines! This is something I'd love to have on my wall. It's so festive and uplifting and naturally beautiful. A wonderful shot!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 19 Posts, 324 Comments

Comment posted by Chris Ross on November 19, 2003 at 6:14 AM

amazing find, the colours and the perfect maple leaf shapes make this image. Only suggestion is to lighten up the rockface a touch especially top RH corner. A reflector may have helped here?

Registered on November 1, 2003, 403 Posts, 2729 Comments

Comment posted by Scott Mackie on November 19, 2003 at 7:04 AM

Phillip,

I really like this one. The diagonal composition aligned with the grain definitely works. I'd also agree with the other folks about maybe trying to lighten the top right of the frame just a little bit.

Well seen!

Scott...

Registered on November 14, 2003, 7 Posts, 24 Comments

Comment posted by Guy Tal on November 19, 2003 at 8:05 AM

A beautiful hidden gem. Wish I could see more detail inthe raindrops. I would consider a slight crop from the top.

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Comment posted by Christopher Cove on November 19, 2003 at 9:07 AM

Very unique image with a lot of appeal. I agree about either cropping the dark area at the top or improving the shadow detail. Welcome to NPN and I am looking forward to more images!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 17 Posts, 208 Comments

Comment posted by beth summer on November 19, 2003 at 10:25 AM

Nicely seen in the woods

It really does look like "falling stars". and welcome to NPN!

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Comment posted by Brian Kennedy on November 19, 2003 at 10:33 AM

Welcome. I agree it is a great find. I was surprised you didn't place the leaves -- I would have bet that you did because I never find any leaves in such good condition, and all laying flat like this, not to mention in such a nice pattern.

Very nice, thoughtful composition with good balance. Nature's art presented so well. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 4 Posts, 173 Comments

Comment posted by Danny Burk on November 19, 2003 at 10:55 AM

I love shots like this, and you've done very well here. I agree that the upper right would be improved by showing more detail. I look forward to seeing more!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 53 Posts, 274 Comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on November 19, 2003 at 11:21 AM

I will add my kudos as well...I really like this. The sporadic pattern of the leaves is very nice. Done only as nature could I guess.

Nathan

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1101 Posts, 13589 Comments

Comment posted by Phillip Noll on November 19, 2003 at 2:32 PM

Thanks to everyone for your comments and suggestions. You need not be so polite--I'm thick skinned!

The leaves are nice and flat because it had been raining all day. There was still quite a bit of color in the higher areas and I'll try to post a few more later.

Registered on November 17, 2003, 207 Posts, 1083 Comments

Comment posted by Michael E. Gordon on November 19, 2003 at 2:49 PM

Very nice, and welcmoe, Phillip!

I'm a bit averse to the long and skinny of 35mm, so I'd also recommend the crop from the top to 4:5 aspect ratio.

Nicely done; let's see more!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 90 Posts, 2482 Comments

Comment posted by Matt Hoberg on November 19, 2003 at 4:24 PM

The only problem with this image is that I can't see it on my lightbox under a loupe! Seriously though, excellent work!
Matt

Registered on November 1, 2003, 133 Posts, 469 Comments

Comment posted by Dane Glueck on November 19, 2003 at 6:56 PM

Wonderfully seen - congratulations. I thing the crawling around etc is some of what makes photography so great. We're looking forward to our trip to that area.

Registered on November 10, 2003, 193 Posts, 1748 Comments

Comment posted by Phillip Noll on November 20, 2003 at 12:25 AM

I just noticed that I said Nikon F5 in my original post. I meant Nikon F100. Must be CRS. Anyway, I have since switched to Canon.

Registered on November 17, 2003, 207 Posts, 1083 Comments

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on November 22, 2003 at 11:05 PM

What a great image. I might burn the LLHC and dodge the URHC to even out the light a little. Welcome aboard.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 364 Posts, 22328 Comments

Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on November 24, 2003 at 2:56 AM

This is really nice. I would like to see the larger version.
Congratulations for EP!

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Comment posted by Marshall Black on November 24, 2003 at 4:50 AM

Very nice, congratulations on your first pick making Editors pick. Nice to see you used the found view of the leaves, when I've tried "improving" images by moving things around in shots like this I usually find I make it worse.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 28 Posts, 180 Comments