Oneonta Gorge

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 30, 2013627 views17 comments

Pacific NWest moderators organized a wkend tour of the Columbia Gorge...viewpoints, falls, and lush trails formed the agenda. A lot of ground was covered. Most of us were 'first-timers', so photos were sometimes not in the cards. But, action was plenty highlighted by great interactions among 6-7 participants, pass-able weather (does the wind ever stop blowing?), crowds...oh boy, new vistas for us newbies, plus good eats, and goofy jokes... including a few of my personal favs.

We had a short window to shoot the Oneonta Gorge as the sun was shifting overhead and would quickly burn the walls and canyon floor.

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(Note to self: When Stan says, "not too shabby."... chuckle... you are in photo-nirvana)

Comments

17 comments

Comment posted by Peter Coskun on April 30, 2013 at 3:08 PM

Very nice composition and light between the green walls. This is one place in Oregon I'd like to explore.

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Comment posted by Marc Adamus on April 30, 2013 at 6:38 PM

Ahhhh, boy, is that green ever glowing. Very big springtime refreshment going on in this one. If anything, I feel the lower-right gravel is taking up a bit more than its fair share of room, but a minor point. The light was what is really moving the eye back into this one.

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on April 30, 2013 at 8:57 PM

Nice composition Ken and you gotta love those PNW greens. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Evan Olson on April 30, 2013 at 10:47 PM

I like this image. Great lines running through the frame. The light feels just bright enough but not too bright down the gorge. The very top feels a bit dull to me though, perhaps dial the exposure back up a hair?

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Comment posted by Don Westbrook on April 30, 2013 at 11:06 PM

Really nice colors and composition.

Registered on January 4, 2013, 11 Posts, 332 Comments

Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on May 1, 2013 at 12:35 AM

Man, I wish I could have made it down with you guys Ken! As Marc mentioned, it's that glowing light that pulls one's eye through the scene. Love your different take on this!

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on May 1, 2013 at 2:01 AM

Love that green glow within the canyon and how the river moves the eye back to that lush green blast of light. Gorgeous.

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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on May 1, 2013 at 11:45 AM

Beautiful! I like the curving foreground & the green light in the BG!

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on May 1, 2013 at 1:01 PM

Sounds like a lot of fun. Oneonta is wonderful. Glad you got a nice shot out of it. My favorite time to go in there is when the rivers are at flood stage and it is raining, but the logistics are challenging.

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on May 1, 2013 at 7:48 PM

Cool, Ken--i really like the bg light! Not totally sold on the rocky shore at bottom--maybe more water and less rocks would have worked better for me. Overall though, not too shabby.

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Comment posted by Scott Smorra on May 1, 2013 at 11:06 PM

Very nice image of Oneonta Ken. I really like the "C" shape created by the water and the rocks. The glow on the left wall from the reflected light on the right is beautiful. It looks like the group had a wonderful time out in the Gorge.

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Comment posted by Joerg Bonner on May 2, 2013 at 3:01 AM

beautiful image, ken! the green light in the background is amazing - it keeps drawing my eyes in. the comp works very well for me, too. i agree with the others about the rocky shore - maybe toning it down a bit helps to make it less conspicous.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on May 2, 2013 at 8:34 AM

Very nice, Ken. The light and the water really pull me in.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on May 2, 2013 at 9:45 AM

The green glows are wonderful and the stream pull my eyes nicely from the darker area into the bright distance. To me, the greens and the steep, narrow canyon are the most important parts, so I'd suggest cropping the bottom curve of the stream to better emphasize those.

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on May 2, 2013 at 9:03 PM

Thanks for the detailed comments from many of you. Tweeked a bit to darken the gravel, this new version is improved...but, I kept the water at the bottom as the ripples carry the direction and lines that sweep the viewer upstream. I barely knocked the highlights at the end of the gorge as this area was quite bright and bold. Ken Smith

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on May 3, 2013 at 10:35 AM

Lovely light and colour Ken, very inviting composition too.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Margo Pinkerton on May 3, 2013 at 4:49 PM

I really like this image. Not only is it a more unusual destination, but it is very nicely composed. I might consider burning down the gravel a bit, particularly that sunny patch, to draw the viewer's eye up to the sunny part of the gorge.

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