Tangle Falls

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 5, 2014200 views13 comments

On the way up to these falls on the Ice Fields Parkway, I happened to look down at my gas gage and noticed I was down to a quarter tank. No problem I thought, rather than double back to Lake Louise, which was about 15 miles behind me, I figured I would just get gas at the Saskatchewan Crossing and pay the higher price. When I got there though it was closed,...... dohhhhhhhh. Now considerably low on gas I had no choice but to go back nearly 50 miles. Luckily I made it without running out and was able to return and get this shot. Thanks for looking, comments appreciated.

D800
24-70
f/8
1 sec
iso 100
42mm

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by Stuart Williams on November 5, 2014 at 1:46 AM

lovely, sharp image with a great, muted palette. those thrill seekers out there might think that there's not enough colour in this for their psychedelic tastes but it's damned near perfect to me. I would experiment with cropping off the log at the bottom - see how you feel about that.

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Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on November 5, 2014 at 8:38 AM

I too like the muted colors here, although I would like to see what a small boost in saturation might do. And that log might be expendable.

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Comment posted by Pat Sampson on November 5, 2014 at 10:01 AM

Really nice scene Cary and I particularly like the composition. I might increase the contrast a bit. Other than that, no suggestions.

pat

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on November 5, 2014 at 10:13 AM

An option to adjusting the saturation might be to just adjust curves a bit. Looks a bit over exposted and lacking contrast. May appear more saturated after this adjustment. I say the log interrupts the flow of the image.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on November 5, 2014 at 10:43 AM

This is real nice. I like it uncropped. But I might experiment with pulling in the black point just a bit to get a touch more contrast. Bummer about having to go back for the gas, but worth the drive to get this.

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Comment posted by gary phillips on November 5, 2014 at 11:25 AM

I like the understated nature of this image, Carey. Very pleasing and it displays the chill in the air very nicely. Glad to hear the gas held out.

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Comment posted by Ryan Shain on November 5, 2014 at 6:36 PM

I do enjoy this image as posted, but would like to play around with it a bit to see what else I could come up with Carey. The image has out west rustic beauty to it, and I dig it.

I can see where the log hamper the flow a bit, and maybe would consider a crop, but either way sweet image.

Registered on February 20, 2007, 226 Posts, 4571 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on November 5, 2014 at 9:51 PM

I sure like how the falls steps and shifts its way down the cliff. I think the muted colors and hints of snow work well also. Add me to those who think a contrast bump would be nice here.

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Comment posted by Bill Reid on November 5, 2014 at 10:01 PM

Very nice comp with a nice flow to it Carey. I agree on it needing a contast boost especially the midtones. Maybe a bit of green saturation to pop the trees out slightly. This is a very nice scene as is though and glad you made it to gas.

Registered on January 27, 2013, 65 Posts, 2460 Comments

Comment posted by Carey Closs on November 5, 2014 at 11:28 PM

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I get what you mean needing more contrast and saturation but whenever I tried boosting it the scene kind of started to look harsh to my eye so I tried something different. Here's a version with just a slight boost but a lot of dodging and burning. Please let me know if it's an improvement. As to cropping out the log, I thought the same when I was in the field, so I took a few shots that cut it out of the frame. I'll have to develop those later on.

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Comment posted by Carey Closs on November 5, 2014 at 11:31 PM

Guess I should have included the pic, lol

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Comment posted by Stuart Williams on November 6, 2014 at 2:32 AM

just passing by and saw there was a re-post here. it's the original for me and my 2c.

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Comment posted by Carey Closs on November 7, 2014 at 8:45 AM

Thanks Stuart, I concur.

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