Elowah Falls

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 7, 20151,246 views15 comments

I tried for a different take on this oft photographed falls. Usually shot at a long enough exposure to give a pleasant streak. This is a bit quicker.
Canon 5DMk2, EOS16-35 at 16, 2 verticals pano'd. iso500, f9.5, 1/15 sec

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Luke Ormand on February 7, 2015 at 8:00 PM

Grand image - nice blue sky with some whispy clouds and you can tell how dark it gets down in the valley. Wouldn't change a thing

Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments

Comment posted by Tom Falley on February 7, 2015 at 10:28 PM

Vertical pans are great for this type of image, especially if the exposure might need to vary from top to bottom. You have enough distance the shorter exposure still works well.

Cheers: Tom

Registered on November 21, 2014, 189 Posts, 454 Comments

Comment posted by Igor Doncov on February 7, 2015 at 10:37 PM

The 1/15 sec shutter speed is perfect for this waterfall.

Registered on November 22, 2014, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments

Comment posted by Alberto Patiño on February 8, 2015 at 12:23 AM

The speed works perfectly, in my view. A longer exposure would have obliterated the very beautiful splashing where the waterfall hits the pool. I also really like the greens, especially the ones in deeper shade.

Registered on December 2, 2014, 278 Posts, 1736 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on February 8, 2015 at 1:44 AM

Beautiful Daniel. I really like your shutter speed effect on the water; much better INHO than the usual streak. In fact, you seem to water exposures down to a science - well done!

Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments

Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on February 8, 2015 at 10:01 AM

Beautiful! Shutter speed is spot on, large waterfalls don't need long exposures due to their higher speeds, so I really like this. My only nit is some color artifacts in the clouds in the sky from post-processing. Other than that I wouldn't change a thing!

Registered on September 30, 2012, 116 Posts, 2257 Comments

Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on February 8, 2015 at 11:38 AM

A nice take on this location! I like seeing more of what is in that bowl. The included sky adds a nice color contrast, as well as sense of place. The big pine also gives a nice sense of scale.

Chris

Registered on March 13, 2007, 500 Posts, 8365 Comments

Comment posted by Ryan Shain on February 8, 2015 at 2:17 PM

Hi Daniel,

I really like how you included more of the bottom/fg so one can see the area where the falls is flowing to. The colors of green, brown, blue, and white work wonderfully together. One feels so happy when looking at this beautiful capture, and excellent work.

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

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on February 8, 2015 at 2:36 PM

This looks very realistic in terms of how we see the water, Daniel. I think the added textures in the falls from you ss choice work well with all the different textures in the land around the falls. This is a lovely view.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on February 8, 2015 at 2:43 PM

Very nice scene, Daniel. I like the viewpoint, here with the clouds adding a nice touch. I like that we can see some good detail in the cascade.

--P

Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on February 8, 2015 at 3:23 PM

Daniel, What a beautiful falls this is and I like how you captured it. Your shutter speed worked out great because I think the water looks really nice. I like seeing the surrounding area as well.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on February 9, 2015 at 5:55 PM

The shutter speed works well, not the usual milky waterfall (which also work). Real nice take on this locale.

Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments

Comment posted by Sandro Bisotti on February 9, 2015 at 6:41 PM

The rocks where the water ends its fall and that pine on the left (renforcing the vertical strenght) are the added values to this so pleasurable image.
All the best,
sandro

Registered on February 8, 2015, 30 Posts, 265 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Kearl on February 12, 2015 at 11:10 PM

Excellent view of Elowah...
I echo all the positive comments and also would tweet the sky a bit...

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Comment posted by Mark Metternich on February 16, 2015 at 9:33 PM

Works great Daniel!

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