Looking Down Falls

Gallery: LandscapePosted December 14, 2009534 views25 comments

Down deep along Shays Run during peak fall color this past year.

Blackwater Falls State Park, WV

Thanks for your comments and critiques!

Joe

Comments

25 comments

Comment posted by Eric Vaughan on December 14, 2009 at 10:47 AM

What a great perspective, really get the feeling it's dropping off very quickly down the mountain and the fall colors are a great touch, super shot.

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Comment posted by Ned Fenimore on December 14, 2009 at 11:53 AM

Wow! Excellent composition! I like the feeling of looking down upon this scene...

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Comment posted by Jeff Hackett on December 14, 2009 at 11:54 AM

Very nice shot! I can feel the drop and the creek leads my eye right through the color tunnel.

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Comment posted by Dan Baumbach on December 14, 2009 at 12:17 PM

Beautifully put together. So much to like here.

- Dan.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 473 Posts, 7980 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Siggins on December 14, 2009 at 12:20 PM

Beautiful! It's not easy to get a great shot looking down a falls or creek but you've done it. I get a sense of falling into the picture when I look at it. Love the foreground plant and leaves and the extreme DOF.

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Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on December 14, 2009 at 12:23 PM

Gorgeous. So much color and complexity to this scene. Looks like a fun location to shoot under these conditions.

Registered on August 24, 2009, 123 Posts, 3099 Comments

Comment posted by Floris van Breugel on December 14, 2009 at 12:31 PM

Man, this really has a sense of vertigo, I feel like I'm being swept down in the woods

Registered on December 19, 2008, 306 Posts, 4840 Comments

Comment posted by Chris White on December 14, 2009 at 12:35 PM

Joseph,

What a great, unusual perspective and comp. I really like the plant in the lower left; I think it adds a lot.

Cheers,
Chris

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on December 14, 2009 at 12:48 PM

Dizzying perspective Joe but I like it. Excellent depth and color.

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Comment posted by Richard Bernabe on December 14, 2009 at 1:11 PM

Really nice, man. The little Rhodie in the bottom-left corner really adds a nice visual anchor.

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Comment posted by Reno DiTullio on December 14, 2009 at 1:13 PM

Lovely, Joseph, wonderful lines and detail throughout, makes my eyes walk through the scene from fg to bg

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Comment posted by Kurt Budliger on December 14, 2009 at 1:39 PM

SWEET

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on December 14, 2009 at 2:18 PM

Fantatsic effect - looking at this photo I feel like im about to fall all the way down. The only thing that "bothers" me is the stick crossing the waterfall - though I suppose it would be helpful to keep it there incase you actually did fall you'd have something to grab onto!

- Luke

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on December 14, 2009 at 2:20 PM

Great perspective, color, comp, light, and pp.

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on December 14, 2009 at 2:32 PM

This is something special, Joe. I love all the colors splashed all around the image, especially those foreground greens, yellows and reds. Awesome perspective, too.

Registered on July 26, 2007, 244 Posts, 2807 Comments

Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on December 14, 2009 at 2:50 PM

Excellent processing Joseph. It's a very interesting comp with an outstanding foreground and the colors are great. Nicely done! Michael

Registered on June 18, 2009, 86 Posts, 2317 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Zelinka on December 14, 2009 at 3:21 PM

I'll join the chorus - this is superb. Great job finding this comp.

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Comment posted by Erik Stensland on December 14, 2009 at 4:01 PM

What a beautiful place! I love the perspective! I almost feel like I'm there!

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Comment posted by Barry Vangrov on December 14, 2009 at 5:31 PM

Beautifully executed. Gives the viewer a bit of a sense of vertigo looking down the falls.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 148 Posts, 749 Comments

Comment posted by Michael Anderson on December 14, 2009 at 6:12 PM

I like the downstream perspective. Beautiful composition and amazing fall color.

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Comment posted by Matthew Jellings on December 14, 2009 at 6:23 PM

Really like the perspective, the steep drop carries your eye down through the wood to the light archway further downstream. Interesting foreground too Joseph.

Registered on November 1, 2009, 8 Posts, 97 Comments

Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on December 14, 2009 at 6:27 PM

Cool shot Man,
Love the vertigo feeling and color blast. Well done
Excellent shot

Registered on February 5, 2009, 199 Posts, 2775 Comments

Comment posted by Vance Gese on December 14, 2009 at 11:50 PM

Love the perspective Joe, almost gives one vertigo looking down the creek. Beautiful color, gorgeous image.

Registered on November 13, 2008, 298 Posts, 6629 Comments

Comment posted by Roman Kurywczak on December 15, 2009 at 4:44 PM

Hey Joe,
Very cool perspective and not the easiest to pull off effectively. Definitely a candidate for vertigo effect but the little bit of greenery keeps us grounded....very nicely done!

Registered on November 20, 2009, 56 Posts, 748 Comments

Comment posted by Muhammad Zaid Wani on September 17, 2010 at 12:24 PM

Outstanding in every way!

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