I thought I would post this older image of this waterfall at Sonora Pass. First, I wanted to show the entire falls in context with their surroundings, and second, I recently reprocessed it.
Lon, I was about midway down the slope from where you were, and had to use some pretty extreme back tilt and front rise to pull this off.
I would appreciate your thoughts on this one.
Tachihara 4x5
90mm Nikkor
60 seconds at f45
Astia 100F.
No Filters
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Posted by Lon Overacker on August 17, 2010 at 8:27 PM
Preston,
The first thing that comes to mind is how on earth you were able to capture this on a piece of film with no GND? Ok, Astia may help with the range, but knowing how down-right tough the light is up there, this is an amazing capture.
It's a great composition and showcases these falls in their "environment" nicely. I can imagine from this angle you had fun getting that 90mm lined up and focused!
I have a couple of observations/suggestions. The first being the warmth of the mountain peak. No doubt it was warm and time of day would agree with that. I think it's a tad on the yellow side and a little saturated. Actually not off by very much the more I look at it.
The other thing would be the darkness on the LH of the rock. I would like to see a little more lightness in there - although I certainly realize that there are naturally shadows there due to the big chunk of granite blocking everything. so I guess both of these are merely a matter of taste and choice.
WOW, nice angle on this one for taking it all in, Preston. I'd have to also add, the dynamic range looks very good for not having to drag out a grad for this scene. Well done.
I would be curious what kind of detail you could pull out of those shadows on the face of the main rock in the falls. I am finding the dark area dominates the image for me. I would agree with Lon about the warm ridge and color/saturation.
Posted by Robert Dayton on August 18, 2010 at 2:11 PM
Well composed, Preston. In my opinion, you've left just the right amount of space at
the top and the bottom. The colors are great, particularly the golden mountain. It also
looks like you got the shutter speed right for the falls. Thanks for sharing.
I'll poke around a bit on the value and saturation of the the sunlit peaks. I'm not sure if I can pull more detail out of those deep values on the rock with my scanner. I'll check, but it may require a pro-flatbed or drum scan to pull it off--the dynamic range in the shot was right at the limit for Astia. I made this photo in 2004, and as I recall, I placed the high values to get the detail I did get, so the low values fell pretty low on the scale.
Robert, the shutter speed gave nice texture (or lack of it) to the water, but the exposure time was really by necessity because of the low light level and small aperture required for depth of field. The funny thing is that I didn't have a watch to time the exposure: I used the 'one-one thousand, two-one thousand' trick in ten-second increments, keeping track on my fingers!
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Posted by Steve Sieren on August 18, 2010 at 9:49 PM
Amazing that you caught it all on one piece of film Preston. The alpen glow is nice there too but maybe a little more on the reddish orange side. Looks like you all had a great time at this little fall. Hope you guys got wet!
Discussion
6 repliesLon, I was about midway down the slope from where you were, and had to use some pretty extreme back tilt and front rise to pull this off.
I would appreciate your thoughts on this one.
Tachihara 4x5
90mm Nikkor
60 seconds at f45
Astia 100F.
No Filters
--P
The first thing that comes to mind is how on earth you were able to capture this on a piece of film with no GND? Ok, Astia may help with the range, but knowing how down-right tough the light is up there, this is an amazing capture.
It's a great composition and showcases these falls in their "environment" nicely. I can imagine from this angle you had fun getting that 90mm lined up and focused!
I have a couple of observations/suggestions. The first being the warmth of the mountain peak. No doubt it was warm and time of day would agree with that. I think it's a tad on the yellow side and a little saturated. Actually not off by very much the more I look at it.
The other thing would be the darkness on the LH of the rock. I would like to see a little more lightness in there - although I certainly realize that there are naturally shadows there due to the big chunk of granite blocking everything. so I guess both of these are merely a matter of taste and choice.
Thanks for sharing this view.
Lon
I would be curious what kind of detail you could pull out of those shadows on the face of the main rock in the falls. I am finding the dark area dominates the image for me. I would agree with Lon about the warm ridge and color/saturation.
the top and the bottom. The colors are great, particularly the golden mountain. It also
looks like you got the shutter speed right for the falls. Thanks for sharing.
I'll poke around a bit on the value and saturation of the the sunlit peaks. I'm not sure if I can pull more detail out of those deep values on the rock with my scanner. I'll check, but it may require a pro-flatbed or drum scan to pull it off--the dynamic range in the shot was right at the limit for Astia. I made this photo in 2004, and as I recall, I placed the high values to get the detail I did get, so the low values fell pretty low on the scale.
Robert, the shutter speed gave nice texture (or lack of it) to the water, but the exposure time was really by necessity because of the low light level and small aperture required for depth of field. The funny thing is that I didn't have a watch to time the exposure: I used the 'one-one thousand, two-one thousand' trick in ten-second increments, keeping track on my fingers!
--P