In a Fairy Tale World

[Octane]

A glimpse of Hopetoun Falls in the Great Otway National Park, Victoria.

These are the types of scenes landscape photographers dream about; they take us away from the drudgery of every day life in the concrete jungle.

Locations such as this remind us that there's immense natural beauty on our doorstep just waiting to cleanse us; to take us back to a time of innocence, youth, purity and freedom.

Softly diffused light stifled through fog has aided me in making this image.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
3.2s f/16.0 at 40.0mm iso100

Slightly bigger version here (http://users.tpg.com.au/octane2/iaftw.html).

As always, your comments and critique are most welcome.

H

[Jen]

:eyepop: wow H, now thats my kind of fairy tale world ;) very nice :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

It must have been very still there H.
Lovely!

[Liz]

Beautiful!! :)

[shelltree]

Beautiful capture H, great control of lighting and extremely serene. A fairy tale place indeed :)

Your comments are so very true, places like this seem to make everything else worth it.

[rogerg]

Very nice H. It's the mist and lighting around the waterfall that make it for me. :)

[koputai]

A lovely image Humayun. A question if I may. Did you post process to get such an even exposure over the whole image? It looks incredibly flat exposure-wise.

Cheers,
Jason.

[bojan]

Where is Elle McPhearson :-)?

[renormalised]

Beautiful shot H, only one problem. No hobbits or elves in the piccie!!!:):P

Mind you, I like Bojan's idea...maybe a Megan Gale, Elle, Danica McKellar (now there's beauty and brains:)), Morena Baccarin or someone like them in the picture. Argh...damn it, have them all there!!!!:):P

[hotspur]

Reminds me of the 007 film 'Moonraker',the scene where Bond is in the Amazon rainforest and the goddess appears from the waterfall.and then the snake tries to eat Bond.


Amazing photo,I imagine Jennette is right,-very still conditions,was the photo taken early in the morning?

Well done.:thumbsup:

[Ric]

Very nice H.

I like all the surrounding greenery, it's what makes you feel both relaxed and refreshed.

Cheers

[En1gma]

Reminds me of an old snes game for some reason

secret of mana

image is great

rob

[leon]

Top effort again H, our water fall man, love it.

leon

[RobF]

Just stunning - as always Humayun. Very special place you've obviously enjoyed capturing and sharing.

[venus]

beautiful image, makes me homesick...

[luigi]

I really love fantasy-themed landscapes and this is great. Excellent color and the framing is superb.

[Vanda]

Beautiful - you made it into a huge poster?

[troypiggo]

Another beautiful and serene shot. Just noticed another quality about your images/posts - aside from the lovely light and scene itself, your titles are perfectly matched.

[Octane]

Jen,

Cheers, girly! It's not exactly Pandora, but, about as close as I can get!



Jeanette,

It was very still. The light fog was hanging about and it worked in my favour. : D



Liz,

Thanking you!



Shellie,

Shooting early in the morning as the light changes rapidly is a difficult time to shoot, but, if there's cloud, mist or fog about, it really can make your job a whole lot easier.

Glad the emotional message behind the image came through for you. : )



Roger,

Thank you, sir. Yep, agreed with you. The light through the mist has worked wonders here!



Cheers, all.

H

[Octane]

Jason,

Thanks, sir!

I was very lucky in this exposure, I didn't need to blend any other exposures to get it like this. It really was all in the fog and the fleeting moments of sunlight shining through every now and then. I took 3 shots of the scene; one was completely cloudy and so was rather dull, although, could still work; one was far too backlit by the sun; and, the third had a mixture of both. I stuck with that one, and it worked!



Bojan,

lol! Well, I don't think I'd ever get to image the likes of Elle, but, I have a couple of things in the pipeline with some pretty things. Keep an eye out. ; )



Carl,

Look carefully, they're there -- in hiding. ; )

I will have to look the last two up. : )



Chris,

Sadly, I've not seen that movie. : (

Thanks for the compliment, and, yes, the photo was taken early morning. About 45 minutes after sunrise, I think.



Ric,

Cheers, mate! Glad the intent of the image has come through for you!



Thanks, all.

H

[Octane]

Rob,

I don't recall that game. Will Google it!

Thanks!



Leon,

Thanks, mate! They really are my favourite subject. I just wish we had lots and lots of mountains, as that is what I really love. Oh, well!



Rob,

Thank you, kind sir.

The secret ingredient in all the images I post is a love. ; )



Lydia,

Thanks! I can imagine why you'd be homesick -- it's stunning down there.



Luis,

Woohoo! Glad you like this one, too. : )



Cheers, all.

H

[Octane]

Ian,

Thank you! See attached, does that answer your question? ; )



Troy,

Thank you, my friend!

I do spend a bit of time thinking of the names for the images. Usually, it's towards the end of the processing cycle. I fullscreen Photoshop, hide all the menus and tabs and just sit and look at the image for a minute or two. It usually comes to me then. : )



Thank you so much, everyone.

H