Starved Rock - St Louis Canyon

gluwater

Another from Starved Rock, the others are in [thread=33976]Other Shots[/thread]. Critique is welcome, especially on composition. I really want to go back here in the winter when the waterfall freezes.

Thanks for looking


20D
17-40 @ 17mm
ISO 100
f/16
multiple exposures

gus

Beautiful GW ! I would love to see it frozen over.

Thusie

What a beautiful spot. The water with the ligt at the bottom. Super shot

David_S85

Wow! You were there at the right time. Great light. And silly old me thought it was always in the shade. What time of day was that, Nick?

Antonio Correia

gluwater wrote:

Another from Starved Rock, the others are in [thread=33976]Other Shots[/thread]. Critique is welcome, especially on composition. I really want to go back here in the winter when the waterfall freezes.

Thanks for looking

20D
17-40 @ 17mm
ISO 100
f/16
multiple exposures

Nick.
I re-composed your picture with the rule of thirds but I could not improve it much more. ( http://www.lunacore.com/photoshop/tutorials/tut023.htm )
As a matter of fact the photo is very pleasant and nice.
Difficult to compose.
May be you can try a larger take in the future ?
Regards.

saurora

Oh, this one really has the "Wow!" factor!!! Gorgeous shot, Nick. You really know your stuff.

erich6

It's a nice shot!

Very interesting lighting.

Erich

System

nick-

very neat photo-

george

marlof

Love the light!

R Johns

A Hidden Jewel...
I'd bet Missouri's travel bureau would love to get ther hands on this image!

David_S85

R Johns wrote:

I'd bet Missouri's travel bureau would love to get ther hands on this image!

Starved Rock is in Illinois.

gluwater

gus wrote:

Beautiful GW ! I would love to see it frozen over.

Thanks Gus. Hopefully I'll be able to get some this winter.

gluwater

Thusie wrote:

What a beautiful spot. The water with the ligt at the bottom. Super shot

Thanks Thusie, although there actually was no direct light anywhere in the shot besides the trees at the very top. I took some creative license in this one.

gluwater

David_S85 wrote:

Wow! You were there at the right time. Great light. And silly old me thought it was always in the shade. What time of day was that, Nick?

Haha fooled you. There was no direct light, it was all in the shade. The exposure on the rock face and falls was 1.3 seconds. I think that you are right that the falls are always in the shade. I believe this was shot at about 4:30PM.

gluwater

Antonio - thank you for the suggestion and the nice comment.

saurora - You are very kind. I'm not sure if I really know my stuff but it sure is fun learning.

Erich - Thank you but there really was no light on it, I just did some creative photoshopping on it. I'm glad you liked it.

George - Thanks for looking

Marlof - Thanks but as I have already confessed the light is what I wanted to see, not what was actually there.

R Johns - Thank you for the praise, but David is correct. This was shot at Starved Rock in Illniois.

ian408

Very nice! I'd like to see the shot at say 10mm...

Ric Grupe

Well done, Nick.

I may go to Starved Rock in the near future. It's an easy trip for me.

Our family used to go there when I was a kid. (ancient history)

I meant to go there this past February and never made it. It's supposed to be an excellent place for Bald Eagles wintering over.

gluwater

ian408 wrote:

Very nice! I'd like to see the shot at say 10mm...

Your wish is my command!

gluwater

Ric Grupe wrote:

Well done, Nick.

I may go to Starved Rock in the near future. It's an easy trip for me.

Our family used to go there when I was a kid. (ancient history)

I meant to go there this past February and never made it. It's supposed to be an excellant place for Bald Eagles wintering over.

Thanks Ric. I've heard the same about the Eagles but I have not been there at prime viewing times. Your right about the easy trip, it only takes me about an hour 15 to get there.

Ric Grupe

gluwater wrote:

Thanks Ric. I've heard the same about the Eagles but I have not been there at prime viewing times. Your right about the easy trip, it only takes me about an hour 15 to get there.

Right after I replied to you, I clicked on your map link....

My wife is from Warrenville and went to Wheaton Central High School at the same time as John Belushi (rip).

DanielB

wonderful exposure GW

wxwax

Very nice, Nick. I think the compo is excellent. I'd be tempted to cheat and find ways to make the trees and sky at the top a bit darker, and maybe the water a bit lighter. But I understand the conditions are less than ideal. Sweet spot, tho.

ian408

gluwater wrote:

Your wish is my command!

Thanks!

gluwater

DanielB wrote:

wonderful exposure GW

Thanks Daniel!

gluwater

wxwax wrote:

Very nice, Nick. I think the compo is excellent. I'd be tempted to cheat and find ways to make the trees and sky at the top a bit darker, and maybe the water a bit lighter. But I understand the conditions are less than ideal. Sweet spot, tho.

Thanks Sid! The trees at the top were the only thing in the pic that were lit by the sun so I did two exposures. One for the trees and the other for the rock and falls. I wasn't sure if I should try to darken the trees more but I definitely see what you mean, I'll try it out and see what I think. Thanks for looking and the comment.

vermenton

gluwater wrote:

Thanks Sid! The trees at the top were the only thing in the pic that were lit by the sun so I did two exposures. One for the trees and the other for the rock and falls. I wasn't sure if I should try to darken the trees more but I definitely see what you mean, I'll try it out and see what I think. Thanks for looking and the comment.

I just love it. nice work, did oyu try it in BW

David_S85

Ric Grupe wrote:

Right after I replied to you, I clicked on your map link....

My wife is from Warrenville and went to Wheaton Central High School at the same time as John Belushi (rip).

Now that's close. Not only is Warrenville a 10 minute bike ride from me, but I owned a building in Naperville that had Jim Belushi as a tenent. Not exactly 6 degrees of separation there.

So Ric, if you decide to run down to Starved Rock anytime soon, PM me and place a post in the Midwest Meetups thread, OK?

Phil U.

When the pic displayed I actually said, "Holy S**T". It does have the wow factor. Just beautiful. Congrats.

grimace

Great shot Nick!!