Photo of the Month 10/09

This is an interesting photo. I wish you had put more tech info and I must admit to some curiosity about the lighting and processing on the stream bank.

Peter

beautiful - looks like a painting.
Great light on the leaves and rapids, and a unique shot for sure.

Sandy r

This could be a cover for Field and Stream, great image Kurt

Very nice! Good comp.. Ron

wow,, I really like this shot Kurt !! I love the light on the fisherman and placement in the shot, the light and color on the trees, the movement on the water and brightness of the water, just an excellent shot and very well processed I might add !!

Hey Peter:

f14 or 13 @ 1.3 sec., natural light. Basically we were fishing down in a ravine. It was about 5PM and the light falling on the scene was basically reflecting off the puffy clouds above providing some nice soft light on the angler and just barely kissing off the trees at the water's edge. The background forest was in deep shade making the trunks and limbs pop.

My processing was pretty straight forward, exposure and white balance adjustments in ACR and some selective dodge and burn in PS. Burned in some of the brighter highlights in the water and did some dodging of the trunks and limbs on the far bank. Thanks for the interest.

I love it! The fall colors, lighting, exposure, and processing...all top notch

Wonderful light and subject well caught Kurt.

Kurt,

Thanks for sharing the techs etc. Your friend did a great job holding the fly rod still for that long!

Peter

Beautiful, Kurt, love the colors and that spot of red from the indicator, well done. Beautiful stream, just returned from fly fishing on a number of different Sierra streams/creeks, water is very low this time of the year getting warm because of the high daytime temps, early morning is best fishing, water still cool from low nighttime temps.

A great shot, Kurt. I love the splash of yellow from the leaves, and the position of the angler is well balanced in the comp. I wonder how this would look in b/w?

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Yes the angler did a great job holding still, it helps that he is also a photographer and all I had to do was tell him what the ss was going to be and he did the rest. Yes David I plan to work up a b&w version at some point.

great lighting and scene! I like the darker tones of this image.

Kurt: Makes me want to be there! Congrats on the EP and a superb image.>=))>

Well deserved EP Kurt! Congratulations on a great image.

Awesome!!! I love this. I could see this hanging in a cabin. Great work, Kurt.

Wow! This is a Beautiful shot! you have done an awesome job. Nice water movement, and the lighting. Nice.

Matthew

Thanks everyone. I just now realized I received the EP, pretty cool.

I'll add my late comment...this is fantastic. You have captured the true essence of man and nature. Well done.

Congrats on the very well-deserved EP!

sandy r

This is a work of beauty, congrats on a fantastic shot!

Congradulations Kurt on photo of the month!

Kurt,
Fantastic photo. Do you have a model release? This one definitely is saleable.
John

Kurt,
Fantastic photo. Do you have a model release? This one definitely is saleable.
John

Congrats on the cover page Kurt

Beautiful, Kurt, and certainly worthy of Photo of the Month.

wonderful and congrats!

Congrats Kurt.

The percentage of blacks here really make the highlights pop!

Beautiful, I love the area around the legs where the water is.

Is this not a composite of a longer exposure (water) and a shorter one (human)? If not, I am surprised.

Wonderful shot!

Mark

No Mark, single exposure of about 1 sec. with one very still angler. I had to shoot several exposure until there was one that was sharp.

Well you captured a gem here.Outstanding capture.

This is a really great shot Kurt, fishing was my thing before I got an interest in photography so this ticks all the right boxes for me. Love it.

Gary.