Rainbow & Waterfall

The photo is taken at Mt. Rainier National Park.

Comments are welcome.

Really nice effect!

Certainly striking but is it real? maybe this doesn't matter, it's lovley and well seen and make a great poster.

It is most certainly real, the rainbow was produced by the waterfall itself, at

a very bright sunny day. It was incredibly bright (and polarizer is used to maximize the capture of colors) and surprisingly stable. I was there for probably an hour, and

it looked like it is going to stay there all day as long as sun illuminates the waterfall. It was a very unusual and beautiful sight. There are quite a few waterfalls in Mt. Rainier Park and it is the largest one I have seen so far.

 

While I can't find anything "wrong" with it, I can't seem to feel captivated by the photo. Maybe there are too many strong zones in the photo : top of the falls, rainbow and rocks at the bottom...

I will later post a horizontal format version

with only rainbow and water. It was

a magnificent waterfall (photo captures only a part

of the waterfall) and I had various shots of it.

 

I think the ratings are a little low for this one... I think the average should be closer to 6 than to 5... Well... That's my opinion! Very nice shot, great opposite diagonals in he frame, good use of a slow shutter speed. I like the "abstract" feel given by the fact that you framed tight, taking away surrounding elements. I guess you pushed the saturation just a little , after your scan, giving us a punchy green and rainbow, which is appropriate in this shot. Or maybe is it just the Ekta VS, which I use once in a while, who is responsible for that saturation (I don't know if you tried this film for portraits... DON'T! The face will look horrible and take a dominant color you don't want!). Try a roll of the new Velvia 100F if you can, it's a little less saturated than the VS, but the grain is smaller and the colors are less "extreme". Well, I like your shot, I really think it's great! I don't understand the 5/5's... Come visit my folder one day if you have a minute, and comment! My folder asked me just yesterday: "Gilbert, when is Marianna gonna come? I miss her so much, I haven't seen her in a while!" Just kidding... Sometimes, there is a glitch in my brain... I will take a closer look at your folder later...See you!

Marianna,

Thanks for stopping by my portfolio! Many of the waterfalls around Mt. Ranier are magical to photograph. I like the lush feeling of this image...and the rainbow is spectacular. I find myself wanting to see more of the base that disappears to the left, do you have other crops of this location?

Yes, I took about 20 pictures there from the

entire waterfall picture to almost rainbow only

(with different sutter speeds).

The problem that the light was extremely harsh (essentially midday) so I croped the picture to

minimize the ugly shadows from the sides.

Scanning the slides (Velvia 100F) only exacerbated the problem. I will try to scan a slide with not so tight crop and post if it

look reasonably ok. I only had about half a day

at the park at that visit and did not have a chance at different light at that location ( but I did see the rainbow!). I did get nice sinrise and early morning pictures though - will post later.