Sunbeam Creek + REPOST

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 5, 2012213 views6 comments

Another recent shot from Mt. Rainier National Park, where the sun cast a ray across the face of the snow and the top of the falls late in the afternoon. Most of the falls and facets of the snow are in shadow…

D200, 24-70 @ 66 (99mm equivalent due to dx sensor), cpl, camera resting on rock, mirror-up. Mostly cloudy with "sunbreaks" (as per PNW weather parlance).
f 22, 0.3 sec, +1.0 EV, ISO 100.

Thank you for the helpful comments on recent posts. I welcome them here as well.

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Morris McClung on July 5, 2012 at 10:39 AM

I like the contrast in light, texture, and color in this. It also has pleasing water movement with your shutter speed, and the comp has a nice "flow" from top to bottom following the falls. Well done.

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on July 5, 2012 at 2:12 PM

The fall of the water has a lovely rhythm Catherine,

Gary.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on July 5, 2012 at 4:15 PM

You've set up a very nice cadence with the falling water and light/shadow play. Very intimate, I like it.

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Comment posted by Walt Sterneman on July 5, 2012 at 5:44 PM

I like the comp and the flow of the water. You have handled the sun ray quite well here. They always give me fits!

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on July 5, 2012 at 9:32 PM

Conceptually I like the contrast between the warm-colored snow face and the bluish water. Could maybe see toning down the brightness of the snow to make the color contrast more evident.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on July 7, 2012 at 3:12 PM

Thanks for the comments everyone.
Especially to Tony K: what a great idea! Doing something like that didn't even occur to me and made a significant difference, I think. I like it better now and wonder what others think, as I repost it having applied Tony's suggested change. I also nuanced the form of the falls a little more, since other commenters seemed to like that part of the image.

Appreciate your thoughts once again.

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