Alberta Falls

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 25, 2012265 views6 comments

Just took a short trip to Rocky Mtn. National Park. Two and half days for beautiful weather and one day of rain. Then it was snowing fairly heavy when we left the park on Thursday. Alberta Falls is on the trail to The Loch in the Bear Lake area. This was hand held. I had a tripod with me, but it malfunctioned. I had the camera up against a tree and doing everything I could to get it study. I should have upped the ISO to get a faster shutter speed. The image is not tack sharp like I wish it was, but I couldn't pass it up. Thanks for your comments and critiques.

Canon 40D
Sigma 17-70
All settings on manual
Shutter 0.5 seconds
Aperture f20
ISO 100
19mm
Polarizer and Grad. ND Filters
Some color correction in PSE9

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Jean Day on May 25, 2012 at 7:35 PM

Nice spot and I like the symmetry between the falls and highlight of the cloud. There is too much magenta for my taste and the line in the lrc is a bit distracting, but overall a very nice shot for handheld.

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Comment posted by John Mumaw on May 25, 2012 at 8:29 PM

Very nicely composed and exposed. The first thing that caught my eye was the symmetry between the falls and the cloud.
The second thing that caught my eye was that line in the lower right corner. An easy fix there.
As noted, there is a slight magenta cast, but it's only unsettling in the sky on the left side of the cloud.
A very nice capture, Richard!

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on May 25, 2012 at 11:26 PM

Ditto John's comments. It's a lovely scene and I really like the shapes and textures of the rocks and water. Feels like a bit of a CCW tile to me, but that could just be the parallax of the trees.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on May 26, 2012 at 11:38 AM

something a little different from you. I like it. The line in the lower corner must go (as mentioned) but the rest of this image is excellent. I don't mind the magenta cloud, personally, and the water is very well done. Nice comp.

Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on May 27, 2012 at 11:36 AM

What a great looking place, Richard. To bad your tripod malfunctioned but still a cool looking image. A agree about the line in lrc needing to go. Hope you get back there again!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on May 27, 2012 at 8:23 PM

Richard: One of my favorite places on the planet and a fine capture especially considering the impediments. Very nicely done. >=))>

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