This photograph was made one overcast morning at Marian Creek.
I've triple-processed the single RAW file; one processed for water, one for the foliage in the rear, and, the other for the boulders, moss and the trees in shadow to the rear left.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
2s f/22.0 at 17.0mm iso100
I have not had much time over the last couple of months to check this forum, have been tied up with Jupiter, either imaging, processing or sleeping. I do nothing in half measures.
What a pleasure it is to become reacquainted with your work again, truly another masterpiece. The atmosphere you have created with the stream is exceptional, love how it leads into the image and the undulating texture created by the flow of the water over the rocks in the background is a feature.
The grass and I think fern, silhouetted against the stream in the foreground look great and the rustic fence to the right seems to be guiding the flow of water.
But it does not look like water, it almost looks like fog or cloud coming up from a chasm, with the rocks showing through just enough to infer that some mysterious land may lay beneath it. Maybe I have too vivid an imagination but I find that much of your work evokes so much more than the impression one gets from just a nice landscape.
I never feel that I am just looking at your images, more like the impression of looking into them. That, I think, is a special gift that few photographers achieve. I know I have said this previously but I reiterate, Humayun, your are a true artisan.
As I can see also your other images, all of them are simply spectacular, amazing, georgeous, awesome, fantastic .......
Mike,
Cheers. Everyone I've shown this image has remarked about the observation area. I really debated processing this image as I'm not too fond of including human elements in a landscape. I think this is the third image that I've shot that features something which is inextricably linked back to humans. But, I caved in and did it anyway.
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Originally Posted by iceman
Stunning, H. I love the observation area on the right.
Trevor,
Oh, my. :blush:
Like yourself, I, too, don't do anything in half measures.
You do have a vivid imagination. However, that is the exact type of person that I want viewing my images. I want the viewer to be transported to the location, or, wherever the location in the image takes them. The primary goal is to portray a real place, however, in an imaginary/surreal way; to make you pause and reflect. I am a ways off doing that with every image, but, it's something that I'm striving towards.
Thank you ever so much, Trevor.
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Originally Posted by Quark
Humayun,
I have not had much time over the last couple of months to check this forum, have been tied up with Jupiter, either imaging, processing or sleeping. I do nothing in half measures.
What a pleasure it is to become reacquainted with your work again, truly another masterpiece. The atmosphere you have created with the stream is exceptional, love how it leads into the image and the undulating texture created by the flow of the water over the rocks in the background is a feature.
The grass and I think fern, silhouetted against the stream in the foreground look great and the rustic fence to the right seems to be guiding the flow of water.
But it does not look like water, it almost looks like fog or cloud coming up from a chasm, with the rocks showing through just enough to infer that some mysterious land may lay beneath it. Maybe I have too vivid an imagination but I find that much of your work evokes so much more than the impression one gets from just a nice landscape.
I never feel that I am just looking at your images, more like the impression of looking into them. That, I think, is a special gift that few photographers achieve. I know I have said this previously but I reiterate, Humayun, your are a true artisan.
Regards
Trevor
David,
Thanks! I think I'm getting better at scoping a potential shooting location. I see something, and then imagine how it looks in 3:2 at some focal length. If it works in my mind, I plonk the tripod down, compose (oftentimes roughly following the rule of thirds), make sure the light is right, and expose.
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Originally Posted by DavidU
Awesome H. You must do a lot of thinking before a shot is even taken.
