Looking Downstream

This is the shot I had in mind before I went into the gorge. As I was shooting I noticed the sun spotlighting the giant icicle on the right hand side of the gorge, as you can see under the bridge in the distance. I tried to rush over to my kit bag to get my long lens to zoom in on the glowing icicle but wading in the deep fast flowing water was slow and when I got back in place in the stream, the light had moved off. I'll have to go back down another night at this time of year to get the shot as it promises to by dramatic! Maybe we have another Horsetail Falls (Yosemite) phenomenon here in Ontario. Got my feet wet by the way, as the water went over the tops of my boots.

Absolutely amazing! I'm new to photography and see images I know would make a good photo. just understanding how to capture it is my issue. I have a Canon EOS Rebel T5. Wish me luck!!!

Too bad they put that damn bridge there.  I have been to the gorge many times but I never thought of going there at sunset as I had always thought it was dark.  Did you try to find an angle that excludes the bridge?  However, as taken, I can imagine a crop directly under the bridge, eliminating the bridge, lamppost, and leaning tree on the right.

Thank you Linda and Bryce! Linda, keep looking at photos you like and figuring out how the photographer made them. In this one, I waded into the stream and put my camera lens as close to the foreground ice as possible on the tripod then waited until the sunlight was as pretty as it was going to get, which was in this case about 45 minutes, then took the picture. I used a wide angle, 17mm lens to get the whole scene in view and used an aperture setting of f22 to enable me to get the whole scene in focus. I set my focus to a position just short of the Infinity setting on my lens.Then on the computer, I lightened the shadows, darkened the highlights, increased the contrast, sharpened it and voila. Also getting educated suggestions from experienced photographers like Jeff Bryce, here, help you think about the decisions you made making a photograph differently, often with beneficial results.

Thanks for the suggestion, Jeff. Please see my cropped image below. I think it is an improvement! I used the Photographer's Ephemeris to determine in which line the sun will be shining at sunset this time of year, and that led me to this part of the Gorge as the line is straight up the gorge right now, allowing light down into it. As an aside, there weren't any options for positioning myself further downstream as there was too little ice and too much water.

Yes, Greg, I agree that the crop is better as it adds drama and mystery.  Perhaps I'll find you down there one of these days, but my newly-purchased waders only go to my hips, and it looks like you're into it chin deep!