Water in Crack, North Creek, UT

Fall colors along North Creek in Zion National Park.

Beautiful Photo. Great colors but the blur of the water really makes the photo.

Great color and nice composition!

Very sensuous....awesome, really.

just a great idea for a photo. nice exposure too.

Perfect. The contrast between all the elements just works!

the most slippery spot in the entire canyon! I hope you did not fall (one of my friends almost broke his elbow here). The picture is great. Maybe a little more diagonal would be better. Perfect shutter speed and exposure.

Yes, this is really slickrock in every sense of the word. This was my second time in the left fork of North Creek aka "The Subway". I had really been looking forward to going back and getting this particular shot right. I didn't slip and fall though :-)

Hi Inge - congratulations on having the vision to previsualise the final result. Only a knowledgeable photographer in harmony with nature could capture an image such as this. Reminds me of a vein of opal running through its native rock.

...can I say, "eye candy?"

Beautiful Inge. For me the angle of the water flow preserves a nicely subdued mood among those bright spots of colour.

Beautiful!

Wow, I am a sucker for flowing water, but this is a really great shot. It looks like a satin fabric twisting down the rock! Great exposure. And, of course, the colors!

The translucent rock surface, the delicate leaf colors against earrth tones and, oh yes, the otherworldly slash of flowing water combine to make this exquisitely memorable. --jim

Exposure too long for water..As somebody else pointed out, look of satin or silk, or even molten silver..Blurring is OK, but water is water, and should be shown as such, otherwise it is a gimmick that doesnt work..To give more balance, and depth, the top of the photo could have been more OO focus, and the camera closer to the flowers, maybe using even an 18mm...OR... was the water falling vertically..we cant tell...Was a tripod used..as detail is not clear on rocks and flowers..I guess if u use Canon and not Zeiss, u need all dem filters to help get some decent saturation...no wonder so many Canons go to Zeiss...

I saw this photo recently in Pop Photo. I think the only thing different is the arrangement of the leaves. Were you the author of that photo as well?

I looked at your folder and realized that there is another image that was in that same issue of Pop Photo. (within last year) I'm assuming it's you.

"Blurring is OK, but water is water, and should be shown as such, otherwise it is a gimmick that doesnt work".

 

WOW! I had no idea there was only one way to shoot water. I'm so thankful I haven't done blurring water (oh wait... I have).

 

Good grief Tom, I think the blurring WAS the point and it certainly isn't gimicki when done well as this obviously is.

Hi Jason, sorry I don't read Pop Photo so I haven't seen the pictures you are referring to. I'm pretty sure they're not mine, but there are probably photo credits in the magazine. These are all very public places (e.g. national parks) so I am most likely not alone in having photographed them.

... I assume the part about the Zeiss lenses was a joke, right? Kind of hard to judge lens detail, contrast, and sharpness from a 800 by 600 jpeg scan... The only filter I used on my lowly Canon lens was a warming polarizer to cut down the glare from the water on the rock surface.

very nice! excellent lines in great colors..

Exceptional and impressive. Your whole portfolio is worth coming back to again and again. Thanks for allowing us to visit first class work.

Good picture ! ...probably inspired by some images of James Kay (http://www.jameskay.com/gallery2/gallery2.htm)

But who cares ! The important point is to shoot a good image, and that's what you've done.

This is just great! Very nicely done.

Beautiful! It looks more like fabric than water!