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
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.
Beautiful shot H, only one problem. No hobbits or elves in the piccie!!!
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!!!!
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?
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.
Cheers, girly! It's not exactly Pandora, but, about as close as I can get!
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Originally Posted by Jen
wow H, now thats my kind of fairy tale world very nice
Jeanette,
It was very still. The light fog was hanging about and it worked in my favour. : D
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Originally Posted by jjjnettie
It must have been very still there H.
Lovely!
Liz,
Thanking you!
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Originally Posted by Liz
Beautiful!!
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. : )
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Originally Posted by 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.
Roger,
Thank you, sir. Yep, agreed with you. The light through the mist has worked wonders here!
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Originally Posted by rogerg
Very nice H. It's the mist and lighting around the waterfall that make it for me.
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!
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Originally Posted by 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,
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. ; )
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Originally Posted by bojan
Where is Elle McPhearson :-)?
Carl,
Look carefully, they're there -- in hiding. ; )
I will have to look the last two up. : )
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Originally Posted by renormalised
Beautiful shot H, only one problem. No hobbits or elves in the piccie!!!
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!!!!
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.
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Originally Posted by 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.
Ric,
Cheers, mate! Glad the intent of the image has come through for you!
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Originally Posted by Ric
Very nice H.
I like all the surrounding greenery, it's what makes you feel both relaxed and refreshed.
wow H, now thats my kind of fairy tale world 
very nice 
