It has been such a busy year with the new job that I have not posted for quite some time. So long, in fact, that my membership expired! I've just returned from a badly needed vacation with the family, camping at Mt. Rainier Nat'l Park. This was the view from our campsite.
I was up early to wait for the sunlight to hit the sweet spot in the canyon. I used a Singh-Ray LB ColorCombo polarizer to capture the vivid blue of the river (it really looks like that) and a 2-stop ND grad to control the sunlight filtering through the forest. Single exposure, slight curves and contrast adjustments applied.
PS: Yes, there were trout. Rainbow, cutthroat and hybrid. Many were taken on my Steffen 8' 3/4wt. There was a bottle of 18yr Macallen, too. :-)
Regards,
- Jamie, JFP
Posted by Joe Becker on August 24, 2010 at 11:30 PM
Jamie,
I was up there last week, spent several hours photographing at and above Silver Falls. I truly love the Ohanapecosh River. We camped not in the park, but down at La Wis Wis, where the Ohanapecosh merges into the Cowlitz. Anyway, love the color of the water in your image. You did a great job controlling the contrast.
Posted by Bruce King on August 24, 2010 at 11:44 PM
Nice job dude, the area has become a favorite of mine. Thanks for the trout info, I'll be packing the tripod and my Orvis 4 wt next week. What kind of flies were they taking?
Discussion
4 repliesI was up early to wait for the sunlight to hit the sweet spot in the canyon. I used a Singh-Ray LB ColorCombo polarizer to capture the vivid blue of the river (it really looks like that) and a 2-stop ND grad to control the sunlight filtering through the forest. Single exposure, slight curves and contrast adjustments applied.
Larger version here.
PS: Yes, there were trout. Rainbow, cutthroat and hybrid. Many were taken on my Steffen 8' 3/4wt. There was a bottle of 18yr Macallen, too. :-)
Regards,
- Jamie, JFP
I was up there last week, spent several hours photographing at and above Silver Falls. I truly love the Ohanapecosh River. We camped not in the park, but down at La Wis Wis, where the Ohanapecosh merges into the Cowlitz. Anyway, love the color of the water in your image. You did a great job controlling the contrast.
JG