Natural Wonderland Photo

Photographer’s Note

Hi Everyone, sorry I've not been posting much recently but life has been a bit hectic in the last couple of months. I've started a new job working with a tour company specialising in Asia and in particular China. It's long hours but it's great fun too.

Anyway today I've decided to post a photo from one of my favourite places in China. This is Jiuzhaigou, which translates as Nine Villages Valley. It's named after the small Tibetan villages that are found here (even though this area is outside Tibet itself).

The area is known for its spectacular natural beauty of lakes, mountains and waterfalls. This shot is of the magnificent Pearl Shoal Falls. I posted a shot some time ago taken from a different angle but I think they're worth seeing again!

Emiel_Skyfreak, Alain_cdn, kiwi_explorer, luluwi, PixelTerror, pingu23, roamermark, Tue, alvaraalto, bibiweb, jafadabret, jhm, Vato_Law, AmiBe, quantabeh, macondo, riclopes, prezntime, cengiz, Didi, banyanman, annaart, john_c, bakes888, Tone, keribar, abulafia has marked this note useful

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kiwi_explorer (12203) 2006-08-05 7:10

Hi Jonathan,
Spectacular sight and well composed. You're very lucky to get opportunities to visit these wonderful places with your new job. Excellent and TFS.

Alain_cdn (41) 2006-08-05 7:10

Hello Jonathan,

This is a really nice place and you were able to capture it very well.

Very nice colors, great POV.

TFS

Alain

Tracker (1940) 2006-08-05 7:15

Hi Jonathan,
Interesting and wonderful place! Great colours and light and you're lucky with the blue and sunny sky. Regards.

Gerrit (36967) 2006-08-05 7:15

Hi Jonathan,
spectaculair place good composition.
I like the way the sun lights the water falling down.
Rggards, Gerrit

Gustaw (21670) 2006-08-05 7:24

Hi, friend!
Beautiful view! Realy I like it, nice colours, well composed, good light.
Marek

luluwi (224) 2006-08-05 7:27

Ciao! The waterfall is spectacular and the place is perfect. Still I try to understand where does the water come from to make such a large waterfall in the bottom of the valley. A lake? A large portion of the river. Spectacular rocky step...
The composition is well done, because you included the trees in the front, that "courtains" of trees in the middle plan, that high mountain in the back.
and the image looks very neat too.

xavshot (63863) 2006-08-05 7:28

Bonjour Jonathan
content de te revoir sur TE surtout avec une photo de ce calibre ! J'aime beaucoup cette immensité et ces chutes vertigineuses. La lumière est vraiment très belle et donne un caractère apaisant à ce paysage magnifique. Bravo
amicalement
Xavier

Keitht (1132) 2006-08-05 8:03

It's certainly been worth the wait if this is what you post after a break. Superb framing and the very fast shutter speed works perfectly for me in freezing most of the water movement.

pingu23 (588) 2006-08-05 8:27

What a spectacular natural view ! Technically, there's nothing to say, it's just perfect, we can almost feel the movements of the water falling down ! Very well done !

roamermark (1588) 2006-08-05 8:41

Hi Jonathan,
Good to see some new ones from you. Also fun to see a photo taken right where I have stood in the past. I hope jiuzhaiguo is as relatively untouched as it was last time I was there (about 7 years ago)...it is a great place and you have captured a fine image from it.
Cheers
Mark

mlu821 (1063) 2006-08-05 11:03

Woooooooooooow! is it really as impressive as it looks?

PeterDF (300) 2006-08-05 12:20

A beautiful photo and a beautiful area! They are really quite stunning in the different layers and heights of the falls. Very wonderful photo!

Tue (25770) 2006-08-05 12:54

Hej Jonathan,
Wonderful and impressive nature. The falls are great and you captured is very nicely too, the composition is good. I like the colours as well. Thanks for sharing!
Hilsen,
Lars

anesugur (17303) 2006-08-05 15:03

Hi Jonathan,
Wonderful shot.
Fantastic view with excellent colors.
Well done. Uğur

alvaraalto (5353) 2006-08-05 17:54

Hi Jonathan,
I wish you success with your new job. This picture shows you interest and knowledge of China, so I imagine you are on the right post. The exposure time is always a difficult choice for taking pictures of waterfalls. You did the right choice here.
Groet Rob

Gdouble (5245) 2006-08-06 4:48

Hi Jonathan,
A fantastic shot with an amazing cascade.
A real postcard.
Guy

Mikos (4324) 2006-08-06 6:08

Hi Jonathan

I like the effect of the water gives to the whole proportion of the image. The composition is really gorgeous, breathtaking, the sky and the rest of the elements that conform the picture, are vivid.

Good job ;-)

Miguel

PixelTerror (88585) 2006-08-06 6:13

Hi Jonathan,
Always equally impressive your photos of the Chinese Rockies, a superb virgin landscape and even without person to give a scale we can easily imagine these waterfalls are quite big. very good exposure.
Have a nice week end,
Jean-Yves

bibiweb (8) 2006-08-06 6:20

Hi Jonathan,
Nice to see you back on TE especially with such a high quality shot. This is not the usual scenery that comes to mind when one thinks of China. The shutter speed was perfect to freeze the ovement of the water and your compo is wonderful. These waterfall seem huge!
Have a nice Sunday.
Brigitte

jafadabret (41625) 2006-08-06 13:01

Jonathan, c'est une chance de cotoyer des merveilles de la nature comme celle-ci. Ce paysage est grandiose et les chutes d'eau remarquables. Ta photo restitue bien l'émotion que tu as dû ressentir.
Jacques

gebala (0) 2006-08-06 14:14

hello Jonathan:)
exellent nature shot:) great colours:)
great point of view:)

well taken
rgs

jhm (85052) 2006-08-06 15:07

Hi Jonathan,

Natural Wonderland this is a very well title, you frozen the waterfall wonderful, great composition and lovely natural colours, excellent depth and very well perspective.
Thanks for sharing.

Good evening,
John

Vato_Law (11828) 2006-08-06 17:42

Hello Jonathan,
Good to see you back and with great stuff. I like the pov you chose for this one, enhancing the height and magnificence of these waterfalls. Great colours, light and details on this photo, and I like the way water was captured so sharp and with a great sense of movement.
Rgds.
Paulo

AmiBe (6042) 2006-08-06 18:49

Hi Jonathan,
great landscape shot, really beauty place.
Good compo, good light on the waterfalls.
Well done

quantabeh (5203) 2006-08-07 0:27

hi Jonathan,
a masterful shot with such a superb composition. beautifully framed and exposed!
cheers

macondo (13519) 2006-08-07 2:53

Hi Jonathan. A very impressive photo of a spectacular scene. The water is captured really well, with wonderful lighting. I'm glad you included that thin leaning tree on the left - it's a good balancer. Must try to go to China some day. I've seen so many spectacular scenes from that country.
Regards,
Andrew

rosaline (0) 2006-08-07 3:27

Hi Jonathan
Welcome back. Hope the new job is going well and that you have continued opportunites to travel. I've been missing some of your shots so you'll have to make an extra special effort and post some more!!
This is a great one. I particularly like the composition. The POV is very well chosen. The cascade of the water is well captured too and the image is nice and sharp. Well done indeed.
Aubrey

riclopes (33487) 2006-08-07 7:54

Hi Jonathan,
Yes, they worth! The scenery is amazing and the visual impact of that waterfall is increadible. Excellent POV and composition.
Ricardo

ainem (248) 2006-08-07 11:20

yes, it is wonderland, nice shot, good luck in your new job.
Monika

branley (3681) 2006-08-07 14:51

Hi Jonathan,

glad to see you back again. This is a wonderful shot, very well composed with great colours. You're a lucky man.

Regards

Stephen

Graal (60312) 2006-08-08 2:09

Hi Jonathan,
great view, superb shot, good POV. I like the colours and composition also. Fantastic waterfalls, interesting a place. Well done photo.
Rgs, Aleksander

capthaddock (28640) 2006-08-08 10:29

Hi Jonathan - this is is even more beautiful than the previous version, here the falls appear larger and more powerful, the water seemingly gushing out of nowhere and disappearing into the vegetation below, the snowy peak completes the scene, this looks like a must see destination.

prezntime (3945) 2006-08-08 23:41

Hi Jonathan.
It is indeed a beautiful landscape. This photo has a wonderful life to it with a fine sense of movement. Good balance between the greens, the white water and the blue sky. Enjoy your new job,
Chris

Rusty (206) 2006-08-09 15:05

Beautiful composition, and you're lucky that the sky was so blue! I wasn't as lucky as you saw in my photo!

cengiz (3581) 2006-08-10 8:02

wellcome back jonathan,
we relly miss your photos..
see you more often
cengiz

Didi (37199) 2006-08-12 14:11

Hello Jonathan
The flow this these falls is fast with comparing with the speed of your camera. I appreciate much this composition as well as the colors.

hoorge (1434) 2006-08-18 23:49

Definately a painting like picture. The white color of the water and the flow of the waterfalls are stunning.
Well done.

banyanman (7743) 2006-08-22 10:06

Hi Jonathan. If this was 1st April, I would guess you were fooling us all with a photograph of one of those oil paintings that you see in the markets in China, but if this is for 'real' then I would have to say that it is one of the best landscape photographs that I have seen on TE for a while. The scenery is this part of China is quite breathtaking, and you have captured it superbly. Technically excellent in all respects and perfectly composed (that's why I wondered if it was a painting!) Cheers . . . David

annaart (311) 2006-08-27 15:36

hi
wow. what's a lovely view. I like it very much. good staff, beautiful place... nice composition.
cheers
Anna

john_c (24635) 2006-09-03 11:18

Hi Jonathan,
I missed this earlier shot in your gallery...What a stunning view. I especially like the appearance of the foaming water here; it appears your shutter speeed was right on. The persepctive is intriguing, with all the foliage, because there is such a feeling of power and majesty in the falls but not the usual scene of a large river below. The shadow effects here are very enhancing. An alluring shot, Jonathan. Well captured.
John

bakes888 (18353) 2006-09-05 0:33

Hi Jonathan. Very impressive falls and also nice that not all waterfalls have to be taken at slow shutter speeds to be beautiful. Well composed and thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

rabdelnoor (2973) 2006-09-26 21:44

Hi Jonathan,
Spectacular view of this impressive waterfall. You chose a very nice POV, showing the several layers of pure nature. Great light and beautiful colors.
My best regards
Ricardo

gregsk (739) 2006-10-12 2:23

Beautiful photo. I like it, nice colours, well composed, good light.

arturo (31) 2006-11-01 11:06

Hi Jonathan,

now i know where to take the best refreshing shower...the colours are very natural, well, even the nature looks natural;-)...the compo is well defined and the view simply stunning...thank you for sharing...cheers, arturo

keribar (42760) 2006-12-11 0:44

Hello Jonathan,

I am used to look at Fall pictures, but th,s one is ( For me ) evenb more striking that / say - Iguazu or Victoria - because it is more at the human level, and I can appreciate details much better. Take for instance the tree at the left which gives depth or the different steps of earth where the water falls. Moreover this is no easy take, because of the location which is so difficult to access, certainly not the falls next corner.

Best wishes - Izzet

sssimon (684) 2006-12-21 14:46

Hi Jonathan!
Nice POV!
The colors are nice. The exposure time is perfect. If I had one thing to say... The tree on the left side disturb me juste a little! It attracks my attention maybe a bit too much. Just adding a bit of blur there would solve it.
Great picture anyway!

abulafia (4802) 2007-02-26 14:29

Hi Jonathan
I can see why this is one of your favorite places. The waterfall is breathtaking.
Nice one
Harry

amstel (2304) 2007-08-01 2:11

going straight to my favourites!

well justified title to the picture!

cheers

Silversnow (2161) 2008-08-08 8:35

Magnificent exposure you've got there :)
The falls themselves are spectacular, but the composition is also somptuous, with dark foreground and far snowy mountains that add to the scene instead of distracting the eye.

Mat87 (225) 2008-08-20 12:10 [Comment]