Apparition Falls

Spray from the Oregon's Proxy Falls is extremely intense and it required about 350 images over two days to work the scene, wiping my lens after nearly all of them and trying to keep my set-up from moving. The image is a blend of two exposures for dynamic range - one for sky and one for everything else, and three other exposures which allowed me to remove minor water spots. The primary exposure was 8/10 of a second which was enough time to allow the spray in the air to catch the light in the form of the beams you see here.

Your creativity and technical skills are outstanding! Congratulation for the excellent work.

Just a question: what camera body did you use?

Regards, Alberto.

I have a 1Ds Mark III and a 5D Mark II at present time.  Most all of my recent work is with the 1Ds III.

Superb as usual, technically and aesthetically,well worth the time and effort.

The image is superb and sharing the technical notes is commendable... Mike

Marc, your efforts certainly deserve an A+.  Excellent work and a very, very nice composition.  I can feel the mist.  And thanks for sharing your techniques.  Congrats indeed!

Well achived, great manage of the light, the exposure is awesome and beautiful composition.

Congrats.

Your persistence, and expertise won out Marc. This is excellent! Beautiful image.

All the best,
Neil

An excellent scene captured by your dedication and hard work....Bravo!

I enjoyed your photo of the falls. very nice. I like how the light rays split . take care,

Great work. BR / Volker

applause, applause, applause, applause,

Marc - Very cool the way the misting light shafts mirror the shape of the falls above and the water below the mossy rocks.  Also, I like those logs angling toward the center of the image while the water and spray angles away.  These just work perfecting to unite the whole image.  At an intstant glance the image draes me in.  My fav of your recent few.

Regards, Harry

Excellent.

One of your best shots!