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Description
After such a dry fall, it was a joyous event to find some water near the headwaters of the Pemi. I made the exposure in a bright moment between biting rain and near white-out snow squalls. Ah autumn in the white mountains!
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Technical Details
Sony A7RIVA
Sigma 35mm f/2.0 Contemporary I series
1/30th f/5.6 iso 100
Tripod
ACR and PS
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I like the many faces of those rocks. It has a cubist look to it in that the rocks are made up of little squares. I would have shot the water at a faster speed to give it more definition as it has on the lip of the cascade.
@Igor_Doncov I also made this exposure at f/11, 1/5th. Given how bright it it was without adding a ND filter (I didn’t have an umbrella with me so it would have been hard to keep clear in the rain and high gusty winds) this is the limit to how defined I could get the water…
I do like this image very much, Guy, for the reasons that Igor stated - the composition, detail, and colour palette are all excellent. This really gives me a sense of the time of year, which I find slightly melancholic but also contemplative - the in-between when the world has not quite left “this” but neither come to “that”. If there is any detail in the brightest parts of the cascade, I would like to have that brought out - maybe you could recover some through burning. It just feels a little bright (and cheery) against its more subdued autumnal surroundings. Still, I understand that you were restricted but actually, I’m surprised that there isn’t more definition in the water considering you shot at 1/30 sec.
Hi Guy,
This is one of my favorite areas on the Pemi. I just find this spot very photogenic and have several compositions that I like. FWIW, My favorite is the second image taken @1/5 sec; you have some detail in the water while at the same time I think it has a better sense of motion. Bottom line is you can’t go wrong with either one. I think you made the most of your opportunity.
I know what you mean but… The great majority of my waterfalls are captured using over a second to thirty seconds exposure. Not being able to go there, this shot was for me, an opportunity to let the light, the stream side details and the lovely smooth falloff of sharpness be the stars of capturing the essence of the moment and let the water be a supporting player not the star. But it seems the lack of definition was more distracting, at least for this audience. It will be interesting to show them to non-photographers and see what their take is.
