Rainforest Canyon

I have seen a lot of photographs of Oregon's unique Oneonta Gorge. I

have taken a lot too. Over many years, I have found one favorite way

to shoot it - in the pouring rain. I came out here many times and

finally, on the heels of two days of rain as it was, got the type of

deluge I was looking for. The effect of the rainfall on a 10-second

exposure is the misty atmosphere you see here and the additional side

waterfalls which rarely occur within the canyon. For me it brings

about the essence of the temperate rainforest.

Nice composition

Best regards

Xavier Corcobado

xcorcobado.blogspot.com

Your efforts have been well worth the time, this is really an excellent shot. The POV is great and the overall atmosphere comes through.

Sincerely,

Holger

Incredible location and image you caught,I think it was not at all easy do it,splendid no other words,compliments.

RC

Beautiful colors!

This one is really grabbing my attention. It's absolutely a winner! I love rainforest. Though I have only seen it in photographs and documentaries. I like everything about that picture. It's mystic, because the viewer can only be surprised of what's behind that corner. The whole composition is like prelude into the canyon filled with sun-rays that bounce off of the canyon's walls making moss, humidity and haziness so magical.

Thanks for sharing it,

Kristina 

Creative as always Marc. Beautiful, ethereal, and unique.

Insane image, National Geographic level.  I love it.

EDIT: I just checked your profile, and you do get published in NG, so there you have it.  You belong there.

It's more then NG level, great colors, i like this green, Best regards, David!!

Like being in a hall of ancient giant statues lit from above; I get a feeling of awe. There's a couple of things I don't understand here: how does one travel in these canyons with no shore and fast water lapping both sides, and, with the long exposure time why do we see waves on the water?

@ Marc Dilley, I imagine the waves are standing waves.  Once again, it's the unusual length that you're willing to go to in order to get the photo that really helps set you apart.  This is wonderful.

Marc:  I feel wet!  Alan

Gorgeous..!!!

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If your intention was to create a sad picture, I thing you did it with success...

With apologies to Marc for a rather tenuous association, this image caught my immediate attention as it reminded me of one of our local photographic legends... Peter Dombrovskis
Have a look at Morning Mist, Rock Island Bend on the Wikipedia link and see where I'm coming from.
Obviously, Marc has done a splendid job of balancing the higlights and shadows in this image, especially with the sunlight outlining the vivid green vegetation on the canyon walls.
Although there is plenty of depth, I find that this image doesn't hold my attention for more than about 60 seconds (which is longer than my average).
In the main, the falling water action and the misty far reaches demand most of my attention, whilst I'm wishing for more interest in the foreground...
Cheers,
Due to personal circumstances, I check into PN only about once every few months, at the moment...
Couldn't get past this POW, though. Great collection, Marc!

Aside from the beautiful aesthetics of the shot, the vanishing point perspective really sucks you in. Your patience really paid off. 10 sec exposure... very nice.

Well, business as usual. What is there to discuss about this pretty picture. It's very pretty. And it's been done before. Many times. Maybe we should discuss what sort of greeting card this photograph would be good for. Anyone for a caption brainstorming?

How about: "Our heartfelt condolences over your recent loss. We feel your pain."

Certainly, Marc knows what he is doing in this genre, but I have to agree with Alex here. The image is essentially just another pretty redux of things seen over and over again. No revelation, no depth, no soul, just another pretty picture of a pretty place.

That said, it is a nice photo for what it is--just not something I can get excited about.

I love it. The areas in shadow provide an excellent contrast to the white water. The green vegetation makes the image alive. Images like these are why I come to photo.net.

Galen Rowell is my favorite photographer of all time. Perhaps one day Marc will be considered that great.

Excellent image Marc. Very good composition and just enough blurring of the water to be effective without being "over the top". The contrasts work well and I like the center focal point that disappears into infinity. Very well done and congrats on your selection.

Great nature and landscape photography is almost always about perfect timing and the patience to wait for just the right conditions. A spot like this is photographed by many, but its mystical beauty is only truly captured by a few. Marc, never-mind these jaded critics, who week after week tear down the photos posted in this forum, offering minimal intellectual critique, and who apparently have little to offer, insofar as photographic talent, themselves. Congratulations on a fine POW. Good choice elves.

John and Alex, what do you want? Leprechauns? It is a green environment, afterall. Would have helped to have a rainbow too though. Now that would have been unique! ;-)

My focus as a photographer is this: Make photos of pretty places. I make a very good living at it, actually. I enjoy it thoroughly and it does not get old for me. There have been times I have pioneered or refined new techniques to do so throughout my career and I've also learned a lot from those that came before me. While this particular piece isn't one of my most evocative works (or even close) it does absolutely capture this place in conditions that are very, very rare and also employs effects that are not often used (such as shooting in pouring rain to create mist, for example). You could likely not find a like shot from this heavily photographed canyon for those reasons.

In landscape, it's been done. It's been done a zillion times, but hey, there's a zillion photographers and a zillion pretty places that are readily accessible to the public. If I want to record the type of big, sweeping vista that will best describe to the viewer being a part of the landscape in which I stood, I usually don't have an option that hasn't already been photographed. The difference between people that really understand landscape photography is they see those subtle differences in artistic decisions, rare conditions, rare light, processing work, etc. that separate something like this that often requires dozens of visits and years of experimentation from what your average Joe gets in his first visit.

The combination of my style, which relies heavily on those large, all-inclusive landscapes and a totally unique and/or deeply evocative approach is simply not always compatible, and to some number of folks out there these images, no matter how much creativity, determination and effort they took to create, will always look like postcards. However, looking at the light, mood, conditions, etc. contained within my pictures I would hope that you at least realize every attempt at creating something a little more interesting than the ordinary was made.

Some people are entertained by only one type of photograph. For example, street photography. Most anything else considered by that person is labeled rubbish.