A Place to Rest.

This is quite simply a fabulous shot!

Everything is sharp, colours are superb, framing,

1/3rds, colours!, Very well done!!!

Steve, I am using a Minolta Dimage Scan Multi Pro multiformat scanner (aka DSMP).

Walter, thanks. I'm sure you did try all 365 variations :-) As I said, it's the best one I think overall.

beautiful. just beautiful.

gorgeous!

pleAZe note that he hAZ rated this photograph, for which I am appreciative. RegArdZ.

great colors and work!

Nothing could be better!

not sure what to say other than it looks very good indeed. congrats.

Muy bella, congratuletions!

a wonderful composition

6/4 from A Z. That's a good score!!! Something to be proud of. He is the hardest grader but also has the best judgement and most experience eyes. IMO

It is even better than the earlier posting, excellent as it was!

Walter, it's going to take me forever to comment on each of your photos so please allow a summary here. You have posted some beautiful images of nature that I only wish I could replicate, and lord knows I've tried. It's a bar I'm trying to reach in my own work that hopefully some day I will. You and many others posting similar quality of work have inspired me.

Wonderfull! vivid fall colours, blue blury water, all in all a gorgeous photo.

Interesting how that didymium filter changes the entire feeling of the actual scene. I was there on the same day,... in fact I think I past you on the trail. For reference, I included a link to an "exposure check" shot from my Powershot G2 before exposing some RDPIII 6x6. This is how the scene actually appeared.

 

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1882012

 

What a shot - I think I have to get myself a 'didymium filter' - whatever that is - because Greg's picture looks more like I have seen this spot many times. I wasn't there on the same day with you guys though ;-)

Thank you Greg for your "reference shot". As I mentioned above, I made several exposures at this site; one without any filters save for a UV. If one discounts its higher contrast and image sharpness, it looks very similar to your digital preview shot. By the way, were you the guy I kicked in the groin for trying to get in front of my camera? Regards.

Amazing colors.

Great shot Walter. I like this much better than the previous shot with the foreground leaves out of focus. The focused foreground lends a nice frame and the scene is absolutly breath taking. Congrats on a fine shot.

Walter, it's a beautiful shot as most have commented, don't think that I was disrespecting your photographic skills or vision. For my tastes though, it's just way too saturated. There just wasn't any orange color in that scene as I recall. But then, photography is art and each will see a different image given the same scene. And no, I wasn't the you think you kicked, I'd never interrupt another photographer. I'll be sure to post my 6x6 images from that day and request a critique on the same image.

Greg, I did not take offense. Indeed, just the opposite. You are right about how we all see and interpret our own realities. I did not want this photograph to look the same as that which has already been done; I already have enough of those. My effort was to make this photograph unique.

 

I have been attracted to this spot since I was a little boy. Under those big boulders, at low water, are all kinds of tunnels and caves that, back then, I would crawl through and explore. For you, the reality of this location is how the scene actually looks on a rainy, overcast day. For me, it is a reverie of that world-famous spelunker and explorer seeing his challenges before him. Both views are equally valid. Both are as real as we make them. I wanted this image to invoke the same mysterious magnetism that it worked on me so long ago.

 

From looking at your folder Greg, I know that your MF photograph of this location will be beautiful. I think everyone will enjoy seeing it as well. It is a great location! Regards.

Perfect! Stop at 4.

Interesting discussion above, I also checked out Greg's version. To be successful in this business, you simply must do your absolute best in each stage of the photographic process. That means from the shooting of many angles, focal points, apertures, bracketing, using different filters etc etc., to the editing (or in most cases scrutinizing) very carefully to get the best images selected, to the scanning, Photoshopping and even printing and proofing. The process can seem endless, but that is nonetheless the process necessary to produce superior images in today's market. In my opinion Greg's image is a nice shot. He says outright that it was for exposure purposes and that he really never tried on this day. In your case Walter, you took the time to shoot carefully and extensively. In the Photoshopping section you may have added more richness to those reds but in my own estimation it does work quite well. Greg's snapshot is nice, yours here of the exact same location is exceptional, and could probably be sold for an income. The truth is we all have the same opportunities to go as far in this process as we wish. And for those that do not wish to be left in the dust in this very competitive market, going all the way really is the ONLY way. Great shot here and a nice discussion as well! Aloha.

 

 

 

Walter, Interesting, that you should conclude that "Unfortunately the weather did not hold, making this a rather rainy day. The river had swollen considerably." The soft, low contrast light allowed details to be revealed here that your other shot lacks & the swollen river is by far more picturesque. YOU may have been more uncomfortable due to the rain but this result is a quantum leap up from your other post. Your use of the foliage on all sides as a framing tool works extremely well. No 'improvement' comes to mind. I guess I think you nailed it. Best, LM.