[Lumen Miner (Mitchell)]

Originally Posted by rastis95

Great shots Mitchell, the first one has some great colours. Its always fun to see whats up stream or down a certain track, usually makes for a great photo, someone told me once that you have to suffer for your art, standing chest deep to get the shot, i think it falls into this category

Thanks mate! it definatley paying to venture of the beaten track. Normally the beaten track is the most logical passage of quick avenue to get from point A to B. Sometimes point C is where the real magic happens.

Originally Posted by telecasterguru

I like both of these images and it was well worth the effort.

Frank

Thankyou! Must say though, wasn't much effort for me, the water was rather inviting!

Originally Posted by lacad01

Nice shots Mitchell, the colours on the rocks in the first shot are great. Just my 2c worth but wondering if you maybe should have cropped out just above the rock shelf (i.e. sky) and some of the scrub and just focus on the falls & rocks...
Regarding suffering for your art, I have a photo book at home of rainforests and the photographer (can't remember his name now) has travelled the world taking the most amazing rainforest fauna and flora shots but in the process has been covered in leaches, bitten by all sorts of ants and bugs, crawled through mud & slime as well as the worry of his gear recked by moisture and fungus but the end result of his photos is remarkable

I think you are right about the crop. The scrub is useless apart from I wanted to de-saturate it to make the foreground stand out more. I have several other versions (30 or so shots taken) so I will continue and try to get a better version. Thanks for your critique, it is one thing to comment and say it is great, it is another to help in the future.

Originally Posted by Liz

The first pic is beautiful Mitchell - wow, in waist deep water!! I would have slipped, and camera taken a dip too
Thought the written verse was from aboriginal dreamtime lore, but you have written it!! Well done Mitchell Beautiful explaination of the 'bleeding' colours, esp in 1st shot. Very clever of you.

I think it was chest deep Liz. The verse roughly corresponds with dreamtime stories, yet I couldn't find the verse I liked on the net, so re-wrote it.

Thanks for your comments!!