Lower Falls by Moonlight

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 17, 2011228 views8 comments

Please view larger version for more detail. This is the Lower Falls at Graveyard Fields near Mt. Pisgah, NC. It's 10 pm with a 7/8th full moon shining through the trees illuminating the falls. I enhanced just a bit with light painting from my headlamp on the falls and the water in the foreground pool for a few seconds. The area was past peak on it's color, but the rust of the remaining leaves gave an interesting tone.

Canon 5DII, 16-35mm at 16mm, 30 sec., F4, ISO 1600

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8 comments

Comment posted by Eva McDermott on October 17, 2011 at 6:39 PM

The thumbnail does not do this justice Wick and I am glad I opened it. Beautiful display of autumn color at night and pin point stars. The larger version really needs to be viewed to enjoy the falls.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on October 17, 2011 at 6:42 PM

Beautiful. The stars really set the tone here and the falls simply glow.

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Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on October 17, 2011 at 9:34 PM

Love how the blue above plays off the green below. The lighting on the falls is magical.

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Comment posted by Michael Hackett on October 17, 2011 at 11:15 PM

Great light and great colors. What really cought my eye was the lack of movement in the trees. A 30 sec. exposure and no blur is just amazing. well done.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on October 17, 2011 at 11:17 PM

This is really nice, Wick. The lighting looks perfect and completely natural. Stars sure make a clear sky look better than just a clear blue sky.

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Comment posted by Michael J Greene, on October 18, 2011 at 4:11 PM

The processing looks awesome Wick and I really like the luminance of the moonlight. Your composition is rather unconventional and while it works, it feels a little tight on the right side. I would have liked to see more of the upper fall too, not sure if that was possible though...

Michael

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Comment posted by Tom Hilton on October 18, 2011 at 4:17 PM

Wick, between this and your highway shot you got a LOT accomplished, before the sun got up....
Nice work on both shots...
creative - interesting and well captured and processed...

Registered on September 19, 2011, 68 Posts, 668 Comments

Comment posted by Wick Smith on October 18, 2011 at 5:56 PM

Michael,
I would have loved to have shown more of the top and right of the falls, but I was standing on a large rock in the middle of the stream - the only spot to get a good shot looking up the falls and a decent view of the sky. This whole area is down in a hole with lots of other rocks & trees blocking the view. With the stars, I had to use 16mm as the focal length. I deliberately cropped out the right side as there was a large rock that intrudes just out of the frame.
Thanks for the suggestions!

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