River Spotlights
Dec 1, 2017 16:12:54 #
Laurence68
Loc: Olympic Peninsula, WA
North Fork Skokomish River, Olympic National Park, Washington State, very close to my home. September 2017 at seasonal low water.
The river was flowing at a volume of about 800 cubic feet per second (cfs)at the gauging station several miles downstream from this spot at a small dam spillway, a typical low flow that time of year, with only a few snowfields left in the high country.
About a week ago (Nov 23rd) it was at about 34,500cfs because of our typical November monsoon rains, with the "Pineapple Express" jet stream pulling warm, wet air from the Hawaiian Islands area over the Pacific Northwest mountains, contributing to the 14 FEET (approximately 4.3 meters) of annual rainfall on the Olympic coast.
UglyHedgehog has HAMMERED this image, washing out and dulling the highlights, especially robbing the "spotlights" and contrast on the foreground mossy rocks, and the gold highlights on the water. It's a little better at full screen, but on my monitor the scan of that nice big transparency shows good highlight detail. It's nice working with 6x8 FORMAT - a lot of "real estate". âº
Fuji GX680II
Fujinon 125/5.6
Provia
The river was flowing at a volume of about 800 cubic feet per second (cfs)at the gauging station several miles downstream from this spot at a small dam spillway, a typical low flow that time of year, with only a few snowfields left in the high country.
About a week ago (Nov 23rd) it was at about 34,500cfs because of our typical November monsoon rains, with the "Pineapple Express" jet stream pulling warm, wet air from the Hawaiian Islands area over the Pacific Northwest mountains, contributing to the 14 FEET (approximately 4.3 meters) of annual rainfall on the Olympic coast.
UglyHedgehog has HAMMERED this image, washing out and dulling the highlights, especially robbing the "spotlights" and contrast on the foreground mossy rocks, and the gold highlights on the water. It's a little better at full screen, but on my monitor the scan of that nice big transparency shows good highlight detail. It's nice working with 6x8 FORMAT - a lot of "real estate". âº
Fuji GX680II
Fujinon 125/5.6
Provia
Dec 1, 2017 16:39:22 #
Laurence68 wrote:
North Fork Skokomish River, Olympic National Park,... (show quote)
While the image is beautiful the water is way to foamy for my taste otherwise I think it is a great image.
Dec 1, 2017 21:33:33 #
Laurence68 wrote:
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Hi, Larry,
The spotlights and golden reflections are, to my eye and experience, unique...and thus fascinating. The “spotlights” appears almost to be focused. Are the golden reflections the result of back-lit gold foliage above?
Simply beautiful. A true, enchanting gem of a scene.
You’ve a wonderful eye for what you so skillfully capture,
Best,
Dave
Dec 2, 2017 08:39:26 #
I believe that the bigger the file, the more compression issues - this site creates a thumbnail just 600 px wide. But I'm very glad you made it nearly 1500 because enlarging in download is such a treat to view 
Lush details and colors, and though I'm often not that fond of ultra-soft water if it's falling, this is an exception. The contrasts of light and textures are highly engaging.
Another note re posting photos: you can hot link from sites like flickr, which bypasses the thumbnail and creates a large file right on the page. I've seen it done in Gallery.
Lush details and colors, and though I'm often not that fond of ultra-soft water if it's falling, this is an exception. The contrasts of light and textures are highly engaging.
Another note re posting photos: you can hot link from sites like flickr, which bypasses the thumbnail and creates a large file right on the page. I've seen it done in Gallery.
Dec 2, 2017 09:28:49 #
I think this is beautiful, although I'm not a fan of water that soft. But I think in this case it was necessary, probably. I love the lighting and the colours and sharpness of the boulders.
Dec 2, 2017 11:11:14 #
Laurence68 wrote:
North Fork Skokomish River, Olympic National Park,... (show quote)
Hi, Larry,
This image, as do many of yours, lends itself well to monocular depth cue stereo.
Here is a stereo triplet.
The left and middle image to be viewed by parallel gaze, and
the middle and right image to be viewed by crossed gaze.
Be sure to view the download; stereo viewing is easier for crossed gaze if viewing on a large display.
How does the 3D effect compare with what you saw at the time you made the image?
Best regards,
Dave
Dec 2, 2017 15:12:22 #
I really like this shot. Nice composition, the silky water at the waterfall to me is very appealing. Yet the rest of the water in the stream still looks like water. The rocks lead my eye all the way to the source at the top of the frame.
Dec 2, 2017 15:24:18 #
"Hammered" or not, it's still very nice. Thanks for trekking out there & sharing with us.
Dec 3, 2017 04:35:13 #
This has your characteristic richness of colour and detail. The golden reflections on the water aren't as good as they could be, I suspect. Glossy reflections like that tend to not react well to darkening. I recommend using the minimum that it takes to tame the highlights using Whites first and Highlights only if necessary. The only highlights that look as though they could be problematic are the ones at the very top of the frame, and they could be tackled with local adjustments.
Dec 5, 2017 16:47:00 #
Laurence68
Loc: Olympic Peninsula, WA
Thank you ALL for the good critiques and comments. I always take your constructive criticism and try to "do something" with it for the next time I'm out there.
The GX680 is a BEAST camera...but reeks of quality. I am still learning, especially when it comes to movements - the camera has about 15mm of maximum movement in all planes on the lens; no back movements because it's an SLR.
In order to retain depth of field, I had to stop down, thus slowing the shutter speed. This format has a very short depth of field to begin with, so the shutter tends to be slower than I want. Compromises...:-)
The GX680 is a BEAST camera...but reeks of quality. I am still learning, especially when it comes to movements - the camera has about 15mm of maximum movement in all planes on the lens; no back movements because it's an SLR.
In order to retain depth of field, I had to stop down, thus slowing the shutter speed. This format has a very short depth of field to begin with, so the shutter tends to be slower than I want. Compromises...:-)
Dec 5, 2017 16:47:52 #
Laurence68
Loc: Olympic Peninsula, WA
The 3D effect here is one of your best! Great job on this. I feel like I'm THERE! :-)
Dec 5, 2017 16:49:04 #
Laurence68
Loc: Olympic Peninsula, WA
KTJohnson wrote:
"Hammered" or not, it's still very nice. Thanks for trekking out there & sharing with us.
That camera weighs down my pack tremendously, especially with a heavy tripod. Part of the "pain and suffering" of this format and a big SLR like that. :-)
Dec 5, 2017 21:01:08 #
Laurence68 wrote:
North Fork Skokomish River, Olympic National Park,... (show quote)
I can understand that it might look a lot different on your monitor; but it does translate well here to my eye. Very pretty scene. The choice of the milky water is, of course, subjective. I like it with shots like this where there is not so much water. My preference is to use a faster, but not real fast, shutter speed when there is more water because I feel it makes the power of the water come through. Of course all of that is subjective and a matter of preference. Nice colors here. Well done.
Erich
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