Spinning, Swirling.... (w/Repost)

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 25, 2010764 views21 comments

Still Descending. Like a spiral sea, unending!

I was making my way up the Lynn Camp Prong in the Tremont area of the Great Smoky Mountains NP last month when I came across this wonderful eddy in the creek. I have seen photos of leaves in eddies before but never had the opportunity to make one myself. It was fun playing around with the different shutter speeds and seeing the effects. Hope you like it.

C&C always welcome!

Canon 5DII, 24-70mm @ 38mm, f/22 for 6 sec., ISO 200, tripod (duh!), polarizer

Comments

21 comments

Comment posted by Abdullaziz Bin Ali on November 26, 2010 at 1:17 AM

Phillip, I like to FG
the motion is ideal here

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Comment posted by Michael Anderson on November 26, 2010 at 3:45 AM

Wow, that swirl of leaves is awesome! Beautiful composition and color. I love the luminosity of the forest.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on November 26, 2010 at 5:09 AM

That's a lot of movement and leaves in 6 seconds. The beautiful background matches the awesome foreground, often a weakness in shots like this.

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Comment posted by Giovanni Russello on November 26, 2010 at 6:49 AM

This really works. Very beautiful image with a very balanced composition. I really like that you put the camera so close to the swirl.

gio

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on November 26, 2010 at 10:00 AM

Not only is the eddy enticing, but the scenery behind is gorgeous took and fits well with the foreground swirl. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Robert Dayton on November 26, 2010 at 10:04 AM

Beautiful, Phillip! I have always wanted to capture
this kind of scenic. I also like the intensity of the
colors throughout.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on November 26, 2010 at 10:12 AM

Wonderful, Phillip. The creek and forest behind the swirl add so much to this too. I love the light.

Nick Bristol
lone Rock, WI.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on November 26, 2010 at 10:18 AM

Excellent. The light on the swirling leaves is superb.

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Comment posted by Phillip Noll on November 26, 2010 at 11:44 AM

Just for fun, here are 4 shots I took at various shutter speeds.

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Comment posted by Adam Gibbs on November 26, 2010 at 1:23 PM

Philip, what a great find. the forest is a wonderful compliment to the foreground swirl, nicely done.

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on November 26, 2010 at 1:49 PM

Phillip,

That swirl is phenomenal, it just pulls you in. I love how you can sense the speed increasing as you move further out from the center. And its in a beautiful setting.

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Comment posted by David Edwards on November 26, 2010 at 1:53 PM

A beautiful forest scene, Phillip. The light on the bg trees makes this a great shot for me. I also like the way my eye wanders up and down the stream. The massive swirl of leaves in the fg sure is an eye-catcher, and offers a big contrast in movement to an otherwise tranquil scene.

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Comment posted by Robert Stough on November 26, 2010 at 3:06 PM

This is excellent, a lovely interpretation of this scene. I might have tried a little wider angle to take in all of the swirl but this is an outstanding image just as it is.

Registered on November 20, 2010, 26 Posts, 273 Comments

Comment posted by Matt Anderson on November 26, 2010 at 11:02 PM

I've photographed a few eddy's

and this is quite a nice one!

IMO you have framed this composition perfect with the surrounding environment.

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Comment posted by Ben Horne on November 27, 2010 at 12:26 AM

The foreground is awesome here, but it doesn't stop at that. This is not "just another spinning leaf shot" because you've also captured a very captivating background. The trees have a very luminescent, and refreshing light quality to them.

My only nit is the bit of rock that pokes into the lower left side of the photo -- mid swirl.

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Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on November 27, 2010 at 5:51 AM

Lovely colours in the forest and what a fantastic swirl. 6 sec seems just the apt shutter speed amongst the lot.

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Comment posted by Jimmy Gekas on November 27, 2010 at 12:14 PM

This is sweet. The swirl is awesome and it radiates into the glowing forest quite nicely.

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on November 27, 2010 at 12:57 PM

Way cool!

I love the sense of motion you created with the swirls, Phillip.

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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on November 27, 2010 at 6:56 PM

Some enchanting light here Phil and beautiful color/action. Hard to go wrong with that combo! Very well done.

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Comment posted by Wayne Rhodus on November 28, 2010 at 10:45 AM

The light on the bg is great and really sets the mood for the spiral of leaves in the fg. Really strong image Phillip, I like it.

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Comment posted by Naret Visesvongsa on November 29, 2010 at 3:15 AM

I like the way you play with slow shutter speed to create this effect. The composition and color of this image are also beautiful.

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