Ohanapekosh

A view from the bridge just below Silver Falls early last month. This was my first outing with the Sigma 24-70, a nice upgrade from the 18-55 kit lens.

I took a tighter shot excluding the fg snag thinking it might be a distraction, but I think it provides a nice anchor for the rest of the image. There were a few tripods lined up on the bridge shooting the falls, but I didn't find that scene all that photogenic. There was a huge log jam just right of the plunge pool and a black snag jutting across the lower part of the falls that interupted the scene IMO. Not as pretty as my snag of course.

Quickie lens review:
The colors and sharpness are really sweet. It's a big, clunky, 82mm lens and using the swtch to get to manual focus is not as handy as the setup on the Sigma 150 Macro where you hold down the shutter release halfway and boom you're in MF. At half the cost of the Nikon version I'm very happy with it.

Post Script-Seeing the posted image it appears a little darker than pre-post. I don't know what's going on there.

Bruce, did you get a shot without the log? I think if you could do a crop just above the log and a little on the left side it might work better. I feel the log and below doesn't add a lot to the scene IMHO. This is a pretty scene with a lot of potential.

Here's a repost Eric. This is a different shot taken after hiking farther up trail on the return. It was late morning by then and the light wasn't as complimentary and if I remember the branches were being blown around. Still, I do like the tighter look down the canyon.

My vote is for the second one.

I like the second one also but I think a crop from the bottom on the first one works better. The latest version looks too compressed because of I suspect the longer lens. All in all nice work!

I agree with Erik, I'd crop the first one taken with the wider angle. Very nice.

Nice work Bruce. I like the second one a lot mainly because of the compression. I also think the first one with the crop works too. Nice job on shutter speed, exposure, and colors. NW Green!

Both are nice shots but seem just a tad dark on my monitor. I vote #2 because cropping out the log might introduce another distraction- the tree branch above the log on the right side.

I like #1 with the suggested crop.

Hi, Bruce. Either shot does well for me. It's a good scene; hard to find pristine log and stick free shots in the forests of the PNW! What I think would improve both is a little brightening. What I usually appreciate when I'm in the Ohanapekosh area is that the color are vibrant but soft and soothing. This seems a little dark and heavy. Unless of course you were there on a dark day...

I like either also. On a day like today it makes me want to jump in, not caring whats around the corner.