A Moment Forever Caught in Time

[Octane (Humayun)]

Adam,

Cheers! As I say to everyone, go to New Zealand whenever you get the chance. You will want to move there it is so beautiful. My images don't do the place the justice they deserve.

Originally Posted by lacad01

Beautiful shot, another Middle Earth feel to it. Would definitely love to visit NZ one day

Barry,

I agree with this being my best to date. Thanks, sir.

Originally Posted by bloodhound31

You.....are the master! This is your best yet mate!

Baz

Allan,

Appreciate you looking and commenting. Thanks.

Originally Posted by allan gould

Beautiful shot H - you certainly have a good eye.

David,

Cheers!

Originally Posted by DavidU

Super good one there H.

Mitchell,

Cheers, bud.

When I have a little more time, I will revisit the other shot and will definitely tone it down. I think it's actually rather horrible after a few days. It was a different quality and intensity of light, but, I'll see what I can do.

Originally Posted by Lumen Miner

WoW!! Simply stunning!
You nailed the processing.

The illumination / saturation is exactly how, I pictured your previous image.

I agree with Barry, I believe this is one of my top 3 favourites in your works.
I would really like to see your previous SF image with this processing, I understand though that it is not necessary possible and my come out different on the full falls.

Lovely work H, I know how good you are, but you never seem not to amaze me.

I could go on and on, about the individual elements in this that I find amazing, yet will leave it as, this is near perfection (perfection being un-attainable).

Well done mate!

H

[erick (Eric)]

It's alright, I guess.

[Octane (Humayun)]

Steve,

Thank you!

Originally Posted by kinetic

H,

As Troy said,

Magical!

Steve

Petra,

Appreciate it, thank you!

Originally Posted by spacezebra

Hi H

This is absolutely beautiful! Great capture.

Cheers Petra d.

Molly,

Cheers!

Originally Posted by M54

Wow! I love it!

Geoff,

Thanks, mate. I want to spend the rest of my life travelling and imaging. I think it would be quite nice to always have a place to come back to, if required. But, whilst I'm young (relatively) enough, I may as well make the most of my energy and drive.

Originally Posted by Inmykombie

Nice work again "H".

You seem to be always out roaming and hunting for the next great image.

Can you still remember where your home is ?

Keep 'em coming mate, they are a credit to your appetite for showing us the beauty around us, that we need to stop and look at more often.

Odille,

Thank you.

You will really like Milford Sound. I'd suggest doing Doubtful Sound, too, if you can. May will be the perfect weather for it. I'll be there during April.

Originally Posted by Analog6

Beautiful image. I didn't get to Milford Sound last time I went over but going for a month in may so it's on the plan!

H

[Octane (Humayun)]

Adrian,

Thanks! Faces are lot more visible in my other shot Of Ghost and Glass.

Originally Posted by DeanoNZL

Special shot H.
Can you see the outline of a face half way down the waterfall?
In the bright plume of water.

Kev,

Not sure, mate. We'll have to see!

Originally Posted by Kevnool

Awesome again H.... just wondering how you will improve on this grand shot.

Cheers Kev.

Duncan,

Thank you. that would be a dream come true.

Originally Posted by duncan

I can just see it now! A whole book full of your photo's.

Magical work!!!!

Cheers

Eric,

Haha, thanks!

Originally Posted by erick

It's alright, I guess.

Thank you to everyone who looked and commented. I really appreciate the encouragement.

H

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Brilliant! Great stuff.

Cheers,
Stephen

[Steve_E]

Sharp, soft and dramatic, outstanding work.

[AlexN]

A joy to behold.. Beautifully captured and processed mate..

[Octane (Humayun)]

Stephen, Steve and Alex,

Thank you kindly, gents.

I have made a 36x24" print of this on warmtone gloss and it looks incredible.

There were a few artifacts that showed up in print that weren't readily visible at lower resolution on screen, so, I'm just going to get it framed and give it to the folks as a gift. They'll never notice the artifacts (which I've since rectified).

H

[AlexN]

Have you got a rough estimate on the price of digital printing Humi? Ie - how much your new printer costs you to print out a 36x24 image?

I would be interested to know.. I could really use a good printer.. The Epson you have is probably a bit above my requirements though!

[Octane (Humayun)]

Alex,

Once I've worked it out I'll let you know.

I'm using some really nice, and somewhat dear, warmtone gloss paper which combined with the K3 inkset gives a 200 year archival rating.

At this point in time I'm strictly printing gloss; to do matte prints would mean I have to replace the black, magenta and cyan ink cartridges with the photo matte conversion kit, not to mention carrying stock. I have the kit, however, when swapping cartridges, it uses between 20-25% of the cartridge as it purges all 8 ink lines. To replace the empty ink cartridges will cost me around a thousand dollars at a time. So annoying.

I have a feeling it'll be somewhere between $50 and $70 a pop.

These are rough figures. As mentioned, I'll have to do the sums and work it all out.

H

[AlexN]

50 ~ 70 a pop is worth it when you're printing work like yours mate.. Some of these shots are truly priceless.

[RobF (Rob)]

Agreed. Just stunning Humayun - showing us how its really done. Wow.

[Ric]

Just caught up with this thread H, I'm glad I did.

What a fantastic capture, you've done a great job with this one.

Cheers.

[rogerg (Roger)]

Very nice shot H, one of my favorites of yours

[Octane (Humayun)]

Rob, Ric and Roger (the 3 R's!),

Thank you kindly, gents, for your words of praise and compliments.

Cheers.

H