upper Sunbeam Falls

squirl033

going through some old shots, and came across this shot of upper Sunbeam Falls on the south side of Mt. Rainier National Park. taken with my 40D and Tammy 17-35 @ 17mm, 1/6 sec @ f/14. the 17-35 isn't bad with good light, but seems to lose a bit of sharpness when it's dull, so i "Ortonized" this to give it a somewhat dreamy feel. i think i'll go back to this spot come spring with my 5D and 24-135 and see what i can come up with... :wink

schmoo

Hey Rocky! Not sure the Orton effect does much here, but the composition is pretty nice. I definitely think revisiting this place and bracketing to get more natural exposure on the rocks is a great idea. Does the sun ever hit these falls during the golden hours?

squirl033

schmoo wrote:

Hey Rocky! Not sure the Orton effect does much here, but the composition is pretty nice. I definitely think revisiting this place and bracketing to get more natural exposure on the rocks is a great idea. Does the sun ever hit these falls during the golden hours?

hi Schmoo... i think this is in shade during the golden hours, but it might depend on the time of year. this shot was taken at about 7:30 PM in August, so i at least know it's not sunlit in the evening, anyway... it's better to photograph in mid-summer to early fall, when the flow is lower, as the falls is more graceful then. i definitely plan to go back and reshoot it, though!

hardrockron

This picture of upper sunbeam falls was taken last saturday, in the morning.

schmoo

hardrockron wrote: »

This picture of upper sunbeam falls was taken last saturday, in the morning.

Welcome to Dgrin! There's no image, so did you get stuck on either embedding or attaching one? Someone here's alway happy to help so let us know.

squirl033

hardrockron wrote: »

This picture of upper sunbeam falls was taken last saturday, in the morning.

you're confusing this post with another more recent one taken last Sunday around 9 AM...