The Drapery Falls

[Octane]

After experiencing the heaviest rain in ten years, this past April, the waterways of the South Island of New Zealand were abundant; creeks and streams overflowing, and waterfalls pouring freely; you'd think there was a neverending water supply.

Presented here is the base of the magnificent Matai Falls in the lush dense temperate rainforest of the The Catlins on the south coast of the South Island.

Processed whilst listening to Opeth's magnum opus Blackwater Park.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
2.5s f/11.0 at 33.0mm iso200

Slightly larger version available here (http://users.tpg.com.au/octane2/tdf.html).

Your comments, critique, etc., are most welcome.

H

[jjjnettie]

Stunning!

[marki]

Stunning pic H, simply stunning.

Mark

[bloodhound31]

Hmmm...cropped just a tad too tight this time for me mate. I think some colour in this one would have worked, but that's just my taste.

Loved your last one on the coast, which I think tops this one by far.

Sorry if that's a bit too honest. You are a far better photographer than me anyway.

Baz.

[Ric]

Very nice H.

I like the starkness of it combined with the water effect.

Cheers

[troypiggo]

Looks like a pretty cool waterfall! Does kinda leave me wanting to see just a little more of the top and sides.

[StephenM]

Looks great to me Humayun! The tight crop focuses the attention on the water. Nice work (as always)!

Cheers,
Stephen

[spearo]

Awesome!
frank

[Jen]

:eyepop: wow H i love it in black and white, very nice ;):thumbsup:

[Octane]

Jeanette,

Cheers. : D



Mark,

Thanking you. : D



Barry,

That's the full frame. But, I do agree, it's too tight. My hope was that having it this tight would allow the eye to concentrate on those centre-right columns with all their detail.

I have a landscape-format version of this which more breathing room on either side, and, will be processed in colour. Though, the black and white looks stunning, too.

Cheers.



Ric,

Thanks, mate. The stark contrast is due to the location of this waterfall; there is forest surrounding it and the light when I shot this was coming from above and behind the fall, so it was quite dark there.



Troy,

Thanks, bud. Yep, as mentioned above, wide format coming soon with more breathing room!



Thanks, all.

H

[Octane]

Stephen,

Thanks, kind sir! Glad the composition works for you. : )



Frank,

Thanks, matey. : )



Jen,

Glad you like it. : D



Thanks, all.

H

[multiweb]

That is just beautiful. :thumbsup: Almost symetrical arrangement. There are always a lot of patterns in your shots. Do you do that on purpose or subconsciously when you compose your shots?

[Octane]

Marc,

When I'm not imaging people (or the stars), I find it exceedingly difficult, almost impossible, to pick the camera up and take a photograph of "something". There's nothing in that for me, and, it doesn't bring me the joy and sense of accomplishment that comes from actually planning for an image and capturing that light. Part of that whole planning rigmorale is finding compositions which work on the whole; ensuring there's appropriate empty space, appropriate borders, rule of thirds, golden ratio, and so on. Sometimes I succeed, sometimes I fail, with cluttered messes. These are sometimes difficult to see in landscapes, but, much easier to see in portraits.

I guess it probably is now subconscious.

Thank you.

H