Cascade Creek

Gallery: LandscapePosted January 2, 20103,220 views26 comments

A small waterfall along Cascade Creek in Marin County, California. This spot is located along the short (1.3 mi.) but spectacular Cascade Canyon Trail, which features nine waterfalls of between 25-75 feet in height. This a much smaller cascade that caught my eye because of its pleasing setting and the soft sunlight in the background. All comments and critiques are greatly appreciated.

Canon 5D, 17-40L at 28mm, f/16 for 8 seconds (ISO 100) with a Singh-Ray warming polarizer; a second exposure at 0.6 seconds (ISO 200) was blended in to provide some texture in the water.

Comments

26 comments

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on January 2, 2010 at 5:21 AM

Very nice result for this shot. The texture of the water works very well.

D&L

Registered on October 7, 2008, 166 Posts, 3044 Comments

Comment posted by Greg Maklae on January 2, 2010 at 5:23 AM

Good exposure on the water. The moss looks a bit over sharpened to me.

Registered on November 18, 2008, 170 Posts, 759 Comments

Comment posted by Bret Edge on January 2, 2010 at 8:40 AM

I'm really missing summer now. Beautiful, lush greens and soft light. The blend worked perfectly. The FG rocks anchor this really nicely. Good work, Phil.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 711 Posts, 6363 Comments

Comment posted by Robert Dayton on January 2, 2010 at 8:53 AM

Thanks for sharing this location. This is a very pretty image that you've
composed well.

Registered on November 11, 2008, 281 Posts, 3958 Comments

Comment posted by Andreas Resch on January 2, 2010 at 8:54 AM

I like it, Phil. Looks like one of my favorite gorges here in Austria. The moss is wonderful - especially up there where the leaves sit on to of it.

Registered on November 14, 2007, 322 Posts, 6101 Comments

Comment posted by Ant on January 2, 2010 at 9:03 AM

Very pleasant, intimate landscape. Very well exposed and composed, too.

Registered on April 13, 2009, 27 Posts, 474 Comments

Comment posted by Anthony Vincent on January 2, 2010 at 10:22 AM

Wow haven't seen green in a while, thanks for the memory. Great shot Phil and love the mosses.

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

Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on January 2, 2010 at 10:33 AM

Phil, I enjoy everything about this. The composition is outstanding as all of the elements really come together nicely. The color is also very rich and vibrant and it comes alive with great clarity. I can't think of anything that would improve this. Great work!!

Registered on May 28, 2004, 114 Posts, 2890 Comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on January 2, 2010 at 11:02 AM

Fantastically lush green Phil. I like the light and water motion too!

Registered on January 4, 2009, 1015 Posts, 13229 Comments

Comment posted by Miles Morgan on January 2, 2010 at 12:14 PM

As lovely a creek shot as I've seen. Extremely pleasing.

Registered on November 23, 2009, 6 Posts, 185 Comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on January 2, 2010 at 1:02 PM

The blend works really well, and this has great light and color as well as a strong comp. Excellent work!

Registered on May 7, 2007, 670 Posts, 19650 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on January 2, 2010 at 1:05 PM

Well composed. The combination of overlapping green semi-circles really complements the shape of the small cascade.

Registered on September 9, 2009, 294 Posts, 2006 Comments

Comment posted by Reno DiTullio on January 2, 2010 at 1:28 PM

What's not to like, Phil, love the greens...well done

Registered on November 14, 2003, 130 Posts, 1644 Comments

Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on January 2, 2010 at 1:47 PM

I think this is one of the more aesthetic cascades I've seen from this area. It does look very lush, and clean(uncluttered). Not an easy thing to compose in these forests. What season was this taken? Very nice!

Chris

Registered on March 13, 2007, 500 Posts, 8365 Comments

Comment posted by Larry Gloth on January 2, 2010 at 1:47 PM

Beautifully composed waterfall image. The falls are well framed by the moss and fern covered rock. The trees in the background add a nice vertical element. The lighting is perfect. Well done.

Registered on August 29, 2007, 96 Posts, 1003 Comments

Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on January 2, 2010 at 2:21 PM

Phil,

Beauiful light. When did you take this? I was on the trail last Saturday with a worksop client, but it started raining on us pretty heavily and we had to cut our work short and never made it to any of the cascades.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 474 Posts, 5555 Comments

Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on January 2, 2010 at 2:33 PM

Youssef, this was taken on Tuesday (12-29). I got a bit of rain that day as well, and this was the only sunny moment that I happened to notice after about 11:00.

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

Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on January 2, 2010 at 3:21 PM

This is gorgeous, Phil. Excellent comp with plenty going on and lots of color.

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

Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on January 2, 2010 at 4:17 PM

Great choices Phil, a wonderful presentation

Bob

Registered on October 27, 2005, 289 Posts, 4202 Comments

Comment posted by Phil Pogledich on January 2, 2010 at 6:10 PM

Just realized I made a mistake with the name of the trail (Cataract Canyon) and creek (Cataract Creek) . . . rather than Cascade Canyon/Creek. Very embarassing! Not sure how I confused that. Anyway, thanks for the comments so far.

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

Comment posted by Mark Metternich on January 2, 2010 at 9:06 PM

Very solid comp and very nice photo.

Mark

Registered on June 19, 2009, 276 Posts, 6240 Comments

Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on January 2, 2010 at 9:25 PM

Pretty lovely indeed. Great job w/ the greens and warmth

aF

Registered on October 26, 2009, 399 Posts, 2789 Comments

Comment posted by Doug Roane on January 2, 2010 at 11:20 PM

excellent capture - great comp, shutter and colors

Registered on December 12, 2008, 213 Posts, 2226 Comments

Comment posted by Roman Kurywczak on January 3, 2010 at 1:08 PM

Hi Phil,
You really captured the lushness of the area very nicely. Super job composing and blending this!

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

Comment posted by Dean Sauskojus on January 3, 2010 at 8:45 PM

Lovely scene Phil. I love the detail of the ferns clinging to the moss covered rocks. Nicely balanced. Great image!

Registered on September 29, 2009, 137 Posts, 2659 Comments

Comment posted by Joseph Balcken on January 5, 2010 at 9:21 AM

Beautiful light and comp...love the ferns, especially to give it some scale. A couple of nits are 1) that it seems a little flat in the shadows on my monitor and 2) a little oversharpened in the moss and rock detail.

Great shot!

Registered on November 29, 2009, 48 Posts, 249 Comments