Union River

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 21, 201812,021 views9 comments

This is another picture I made last week while in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness Area of upper MI. It was a windy and rainy day when I made this picture on the Union River. A lot of the wind was blocked in this area along the river but there was still movement in the leaves much of the time. I set the ISO at 250 for this shot but that still gave me an exposure of 1.6 seconds with a polarizer on and at F/11. With a 2 sec delay set on the shutter release it was a guessing game as to just when to fire the camera. It did stay pretty still for a few seconds once in awhile.
5DMK4, 24-105L @60, ISO 250, F/11, CPL.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Michael Lowe on June 21, 2018 at 7:43 PM

Love the flow of the falls thru the frame and the framing of the falls by the nice saturated green foliage and moss covered rocks. A few questions though. Why were you not using a remote? Personal preference or forgot to bring it? Also, have you tried exposure blending for the leaf movement?

Registered on February 11, 2004, 777 Posts, 5252 Comments

Comment posted by Barry Ashenhurst on June 21, 2018 at 8:02 PM

Lovely scene Nick. Wish I'd been there. And I don't mind the slight movement.

Registered on August 4, 2009, 253 Posts, 455 Comments

Comment posted by Igor Doncov on June 22, 2018 at 5:28 AM

Great composition and wonderful dappled sunlight. I love how you handled the water. I would clone out the irrelevant white spots here and there.

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

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on June 22, 2018 at 9:50 AM

Thanks Michael, Barry and Igor. I appreciate getting your thoughts on this!
Michael, I have two camera bags and the remote was in the other bag back in my truck. I thought I had moved it into my new bag but had not. It is in there now! I usually like the 2 second delay but when things are moving the remote is the way to go. I haven't tried any exposure blending yet. Almost everything I do is one shot but I'm sure I will try it one of these days. Cheers! cool

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

Comment posted by Peter Richter on June 23, 2018 at 2:11 PM

Hi Nick,
you handled the panorama format masterfully again in my opinion and thereby give me a wonderful sense of flow and balance within the composition. It must have been a great experience to scout this place!

One minor suggestion would be to clone out the brighter brown twigs especially in the right half. The slight blurredness in the foliage does not bother me at all as the river is without doubt the main area of interest.

Peter

Registered on November 10, 2010, 218 Posts, 2723 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on June 23, 2018 at 2:59 PM

This cascading creek is very photogenic and you have captured it well here. The lines of the flowing cascades give this some nice visual flow. I also like the way that you used the trees to frame the cascades. Very nice! devil

Registered on May 28, 2004, 114 Posts, 2890 Comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on June 23, 2018 at 5:10 PM

Beautiful waterfall scene, Nick. I love the way the greens pop. I would agree with Igor about cloning some of the white spots, but not a huge deal. Most enjoyable to view.

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

Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on June 23, 2018 at 8:40 PM

The meandering water brings me through the scene. The water seems to have a slight green hue to it, maaybe from the light passing through the trees.

Registered on September 17, 2010, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments

Comment posted by Ned Fenimore on July 2, 2018 at 6:24 PM

I definitely like the slow shutter speed for that silky water look. Nice framing by the trees, too!

Registered on November 1, 2003, 467 Posts, 2803 Comments