eastern washington The Columbia

Your comments and suggestions are most welcomed.

Hello David, I like the shot. I hope I shall be able to describe well my opinion. To me, it evokes an atmosphere of a calm late afternoon or evening, the calm being emphasized by a feeling of being at a distant place devoid of disturbing civilisation and the sky being not indicative of anything sinister to happen. The ripples on the water add a dynamic element. Colors are not vibrant, but I guess this would not be your intention here, and the lighting would not allow for them to appear anyway. My eye wandered long along the frame on the leading line forming layers radially emanating from the middle left point where the water meets the two banks of the lake/river. Is this a composite of two exposures, one for the sky and one for the hills ? I assume the difference in their luminosity is difficult to capture on a single frame. Best regards, Peter.

Great perspective... my eye is drawn along the river by the ripples and strong diagonal, and when I get to the end, I'm taken towards, and up over the mountains by the clouds. And at the bank, we have that large rock, which might be a good place to rest and soak tired feet... and I notice how well the ridge line mimics the line of the bank.

CR: The stone in front as antipode for a look at the infinity. Impressive scenery. REgards

David, very good scenery. I like the white line that parts the composition, the ripples and reflections in the water, the browm and the blues ( warm and cold colors).My nit pick is the half and half composition, I would think that a bit more sky will be a nice addition. very harmonious image! Pnina

The elements are very nicely placed here David and I like the way the scattered rocks seem to echo the scattered clouds. A little more light to brighten up that far wall would have been nice, but you've taken great advantage of the conditions as they were presented to you.

I like the atmosphere of your shot; I think that's what has attracted my eyes. The sky, particularly the clouds are very impressive. Yet I think there is too much shadow in the water. Maybe a stronger con,trast between water and land would have been interesting...

Gorgeous shot, well-composed. Colors and sky are great, as usual. I think a touch lighter would be better, though. Great work.

David, there's not much left to say other than this is another image with a wonderful sense of peace. All the elements are working together. It looks like you must have got wet feet for your art.

Thanks folks for your comments and feedback. I think I will have to go back and rework this to brighten up the canyon walls some.

 

Peter this is indeed a blended image. I generated two exposures from one Raw file which I then blended. I think you best captured what I liked most in this image which was the radial expansion in two planes, the sky and floor.

 

Thanks Stephen for pointing out the similarities along the bank and canyon ridge line. I also very much enjoy your rich imagination...

 

Reiner, ahhh to touch upon infinity...

 

Pnina, I too like that white line. I guess I am comfortable with the symmetry here. Mostly because of the two planes have some interesting dynamics as alluded to before.

 

Eric your observations are carefully listened to by me. I should be able to lighten up these canyon walls some. I agree they are too dark. Although I did intend there to be some obscuring within the shadows. I have another shot from here with these stones where the play with clouds is even stronger.

 

R Jehanne,I am pleased you liked these clouds. I am a cloud chaser.

 

R Jackson thanks for your feedback. I will work on this...

 

Jeff, I danced upon this stones without once falling in -- most unlike me not to have taken an unintended plunge. Thanks Jeff.

David, I am a bit ambivalent about the darkness of the hills. They seem to divide the shot between the foreground stones and water ripples in the lower part and the clouds in the upper part. In a way that provides a good sense of reality and three dimensions - on the other I would prefer there to be a more definite centre for the shot. regards - Colin

Another fine shot David. I like the eruption of cloud, and the relationship between foreground rocks and their cloud counterparts. I also like the way you've taken the lake to a convergent point at the left -- a very nice geometric detail. Regards.

It's quite a complex scene, with a lot packed in to seemingly simple landscape (shore, river, cliff, sky). I'm a little late to the comments here (was away on a tributary of the Columbia in central Oregon), but pretty much agree with them. I do think the cliffs could benefit from a little more detail - to an extent, some of the processing seems a little too obvious in the cliffs if I look closely. I like the center horizon, if only because I really like the foreground rocks, and how the polarizer brings these out even below the surface of the river - I like that you shot very wide, and think that if you'd framed to get more sky, you'd have to lose some of the foreground, and if you'd framed to get more foreground, well, it would have been too much foreground and not enough sky. Nice clouds too. Best, Jeremy.

Colin, Leigh and Jeremy. I thank you all for your comments. They were all much appreciated.

 

I also want to congratulate Leigh for having his photograph chosen as the Picture of the Week. If any of you have not seen this image please check it out http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1071407. Really quite outstanding work that you do Leigh.

Jeremy, I also wanted to acknowledge your observation about the polarizer. Sometimes it is really good to see what is underneath. Thanks for noticing...

David - thanks. I just returned from a 3 day trip on the Deschutes. I spent some time one morning shooting the sun on the river and a set of riffles. Needless to say, I forgot the step-up ring for the lens I wanted to use, but did make a point of trying to get below the surface with the polarizer, so it was kind of on my mind. Not too sure of the results, though - I now know that reeds move underwater, and therefore blur at long exposures ;-(

David, thanks for the kind words. Regards.

thoughtfull silent mood here, good lines, that hold the attention.

Very artistic presentation in your typical, bit soft toning. I don?t know if you already worked out the shadow details on the mountains, but at least on my monitor its just right, I would not go farther because more dodging could look artificial. You convey a great feeling of space with this foreground, leading into the scene. About the dead center horizon, Pnina had a valid point, maybe I would have tried a vertical pano of two landscapes for a square formatted Golden Section ratio composition. However, I do not feel uncomfortable with the 50/50 ratio here, and rules are there bo be broken ;-)