Quilceda Creek Morning

Beautyfull!!!

I just wanted to have a short view into the web... you detroyed my morning plan ;-) I'm completely grabed by your portfolio! The further I go the more I'm captured by your images.

This one is somehow from another world and in the same time very natural... Great! Also a candidate for POW

A beautiful picture if I ever so one. I am projecting when I say the following, as I do not know the area that this area where the photo was taken in but I suspect that this is something you are familiar with and the recent snowfall made its normally unseen beauty stand out.

This is stunning. It looks so much like a painting - how did you do it?

I would crop more off the bottom of the image, so the shoreline intersects with the LRC. The reflection of the Pine in the foreground isn't necessary, IMHO.

A most beautiful scene of undisturbed nature with a small touch of civilization. Gorgeous.

Annette

I would not crop, I like that it is "open" in the front.

a christmas card shot, wonderful image

wow. i had to check the details to convince myself it wasn't a painting. how did you get such remarkable texture?

I am delighted that you have enjoyed this scene. Actually Gerry Clarke hit it right on. I travel past that location every day (even canoe past it) and had never been drawn to photographing it, though it does have some wonderful sunsets. However, driving past it on my way to work one rare snowy morning I was really struck by the scene as though I had never seen it before. I raced home, took off from work, and spent the rest of the morning shooting a couple of rolls of it. Once the snow had melted and the neighbors saw the slide, they too felt unfamiliar with the scene, and when I told them where it was they looked at me rather dubiously. Having taken a couple of rolls, I have a variety of exposures, horizontals and perspectives. Yes Chris, I do have some (particularly horizontals) with less water foreground. But at the moment I chose this one because I like water, and wanted a photograph that was primarily a waterscape (which I feel gives it a more unusual feel) and gives the boats a better sense of place. I think some of the texture comes from an underexposure that drops out (or de-emphasizes) some of the darker areas, and even color, resulting in less competition with and therefore enhancing the effect of the snow. I really had the sky and light working for me as it was just breaking up from the snowstorm. To me it was well worth a day off to have this slide.

This picture is really wonderful. I would suggest it as POW.

My first impression was "Christmas card"...I see someone above thought the same thing. I was immediately taken back to my childhood when I would sit by the tree and look at the pictures on the cards.

Really first rate.

Great cyan cast. Another good photo.

Like others, I have a hard time seeing this as anything other than a perfect painting. Your timing and enthusiasm about this everyday location really makes it timeless. Beautiful work through all the folders.

Cropping would be a bad idea here. The water isn't really "empty space", because its filled up with the reflection of the tree on the right side. This makes the downward curve from left to right even more obvious. Nice work!

Very impressionistic! Not to mention stunning...

extreamly beautiful.

seems to be manipulated by green-toning. is that right? my pic of the week !! like a painting.

I wouldn't crop it either.  The water draws your eye to the reflections which draws you to the shoreline and boats.  I

love this photo.  Wonderful colors.