Beneth The Surface (+ repost)

Taken yesterday in the Gorge. What do you think?

5D / 17-40L @ 17 / f/10 and .6 sec
ISO 250
Polarizer
2 Shot Blend

Thanks for all honest comments!

I'm thinking it's great! love the clearness of the water, and how the light is illuminating the stream bed..!

Thanks Ned. Ya, as I started up the creek I was not to happy that things were lightening up with the sun trying to make an apperance. Yet it ended up working here.

I like it Adrian, the flow seems nice. I like that the rocks are visible in the FG. Maybe could use some sharpening...?

Beautiful, Adrian...

I am definately enjoying all the images from the Gorge and this one is no exception. Very nice.

Nice use of a the foreground. It really stands out with this wide perspective.

You've picked an effective way to use a blend.

If anything, you may have overdone these. Seeing the stream flowing right at me at this perspective is a little disconcerting. I wonder how this would look with the same foreground but a fair bit tighter and with a more subtle blend. On the other hand, there's certainly room in the world for drama and this has it.

Sean

Sean, thanks for your comments. I am not sure what you mean by more subtle blend? The blend was for the foliage and the water, same image, just double processed. I am missing where it shows signs of a blend. If there is and I am missing it please do let me know though so I can look into it. Thanks!

Jeremy, it is a tad soft on the BG. I usually run one action for my web resizing that works for most online posting but not on this one. Here it is but slightly sharper. Thanks.

Sorry Adrian. The rocks in the foreground seem unnaturally bright to me. I'd assumed you had made the lighter exposure show the most in the bottom center with to add a spotlight feel to the FG rocks.

Of course, since I wasn't there, it's possible to mistake more extraordinary light for tricky postproccessing. Again, sorry for the false accusation.

Sean

No problem Sean. I take no offense to it at all. That is why I post here. I value honest feedback. I am human so if I missed something in processing I like to know so I can work on it. I might look at toning down the rocks some. For me though I like that they pop and provide a good FG element. However, I see what you mean in that not being there and knowing how light it was or wasn't makes it hard. I guess in the end it comes down to the artist preference. We should look at how we want to convey a scene and not always does it look excatly as we would expect it. Again, thanks for taking the time comment!

Improving the sharpness really helped!

Adrian if you turn around and shoot the other way the waterflow leading in to the pool makes a killer shot with all the trees lining the pool of water.....one of my most fav places in the Gorge!!!!

on a side note....I have had my camera and tripod straddled over the water up there where the channel is!

Thanks Darren, I will keep it mind next time I am up there. I actually thought about that shot as I went MUCH further up this creek. However, it was at the end of a long day and this was the final image I was into at that moment.

Nice, Adrian. The second post with the sharpening is a definite improvement. I like the strong sense of movement on the water and lush green above. Great shot for a Monday morning.