Evening at Great Falls, MD Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Potomac River in a channel alongside the rapids at Great Falls.

Nobody has marked this note useful

Critiques | Translate

zadok (60) 2004-10-12 10:10

nice stream great picture.

Homerhomer (4005) 2004-10-12 10:14

Geez, Alan, what a great evening this must have been, your shutter speed is perfect, your have been able to show rapids without going into the silky mode which works very well here, and the play of light is quite frankly stunning. I like the composition, the foreground is busy but not too busy, and it's also where the light plays it's music. You may consider trying to clone out few dead branches in the foreground in the lower right portion, I don't think they add anything (even though they are fact of life), and to some degree take away from this lively scenery, also in the higher part of the image on the left there is a small area of overexposed water, IMO correcting it would make the image spectacular.
Thanks for sharing it with us.

[2] +

adind (738) 2004-10-12 10:17

water streams are beautiful...like painting..nice shot..atis

Emile (19973) 2004-10-12 10:41

Preciosa composicion, la corriente de agua parece como si fuera caramelo derretido.Linda foto.

annaw (90) 2004-10-12 11:32

Excellent composition. I like how the water has a smooth, soft feeling.

justa (0) 2004-10-12 11:41

Wow! Wonderful shot! Nice water and light! Good!

strangiato (76) 2004-10-12 12:30

Very good shutter speed here and nicely framed with the branches and leaves.

[2]

softflower (0) 2004-10-12 17:18

Très bon choix du temps d'exposition. Bravo, j'aime beaucoup l'effet final.

jiherka (4465) 2004-10-12 17:58

Nice view of this river. The good exposition time to have the leaf freezen and the water running.
Well done Alan.

quegardens (1469) 2004-10-12 21:05

Excellent capture of the silk-like movement of water through the rapids.That dark vein looks like a perfect line for slipping a canoe down through the rocks:-)

Danzi (2403) 2004-10-13 9:02

Alan, this is nice shot!

Wonderful picture and excellent composition with great colours and light! It is very impressive shot.

I like your long exposure time to capture the flow of the water.

Thanks for sharing !

soundsangels (1695) 2004-11-01 12:46

Superbe...mouvement tellement gracieux...et lumière juste a point...
Tres impressionnant...et surement une source d'inspiration pour plusieurs.
Merci!

rabani (9421) 2004-11-16 2:22

Colorful silk in motion. It looked kinda busy with all the leaves and branches, framing the motion. I think you are creating a sense of harried or chaos here. In contrast to some other photographers who'd like to capture a soft/gentle scene.

Nothing much cropping could improve or better this photo. Unless you could totally removed all the foliage framing this river.

jrj (34779) 2004-11-21 9:03

The long exposure, the play of light works well in this compo where also the natural framing of the branches is important for the fine result. Very good Alan

rajhema (1865) 2005-09-21 12:13