Ramona Falls

Glad you grew up just in time to catch those beams John...beautiful and sublime! Processed wonderfully as well!

Just magical. The play of light here is great and the varied gold and blue tones are pleasing to look at.

Brilliant lighting. The transition from warm to cool works well.

Simple and beautiful with a mood to feel.

This is wonderful, John. The light here is fantastic and I really like how you captured it. The blue tones above the light rays adds such a nice depth to this. This has a beautiful and mysterious feel!!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

The slanting rays make this absolutely magical. Perfect timing!

Nice, John. How about the rainbows too? I've been shooting these beams for years, and you couldn't have timed it better. In fact, we were there on Wednesday! Late June is always best here. Absolutely wonderful capture.

Wonderful light and exposure here John! The falls look like a ghostly aberration. Excellent capture.

John,

This is magical! I know the words been used a few times already, but that's my reaction - and I'm sticking to it. This almost comes across as a composite, with the streaks of light being a separate image. No matter as this is such a unique and beautiful image. I think the cool to warm transition works beautifully too.

Lon

Thanks for the thoughts and kind words everyone.

Joe, I just had to pop back in here and say your comment really cracked me up (Glad you grew up just in time...)! You couldn't have said it better, and it made my day.

Beautiful image. The muted tones of the falls balance the sunbeams perfectly.

John, your image is an exceptional capture of a unique moment to me. Perfect choice of shutter speed to my eye, and wonderful exposure and processing.

Peter

Really megical!

This is so nice, John. Contrasting colors, contrasting lines, amazing light. Very nicely done.

Love it. Good decision to take some pics ;)

aF

Stunning, John, simply stunning. The softness, yet luminous quality of the light is gorgeous. Love everything about this.

Quintessential Ramona view, great capture - i really like how cooler shadows work with warmer diagonal light here, don't even need the standard rainbow:).

Wow John! This is amazing. The lighting here is perfect. I really like how the tones range from warm to cool in the same frame. Nice job with the blend.

Real Real Nice, John--now get back to work!

Lovely capture - the softness is striking. Looks like you may have added a darker boarder around the image? Looks uneven in places (especially the bottom), so maybe it is actualy some rock? Anyway, I think it might look better either without that boarder, just a think black edge as I see around the outside of the image. Very minor, just somehow effects my impression of the whole.

Great light show on this scene, John. The waterfall alone looks like an excellent subject, but to capture this light bath upon it was truly special.

:-) Great accompanying dialog... Simply superb image...

Wow! Nice capture of both warm and cool tones. Shutter speed and blend worked really well.

Pure art, John!

Whoa! you really "handled" the light, John!
Yes, water in shadow is blue and the look is captured so well here. It is appealing because of the softness and because the focus tends to be on the more pleasing warm, golden light. The transition between light and shadow in the comp is the key here, seems to me. The comp is masterful. So glad the sniveling didn't interfere with your trigger finger when the moment was right!

The beams of light cutting across the falls are really nice, kind of like beams through a window dancing on the dust. I could see a crop off the bottom to eliminate the brighter spot and off the left for the darker edge

Gorgeous John! For me, this tells a story of hope and life!