Flying Spray Photo

Photographer’s Note

Following on from my last post, this is the next waterfall we came to on our hike through the Jamieson Valley. Much higher than the first small waterfall and a lot more exposed. The wind by now was getting very strong, the effect it had was to blow the water spilling from the cliff all over the place, creating rainbows which would hang in the air for just a few seconds, then disappear when the wind shifted and the spray was blown in another direction. I hope you like the shot, dammed near killed me getting up to this part of the track.

Clementi, ktanska, vmf-214, gunbud, alftrek, Gerrit, npecanhuk, snunney, rginer, hispic, daddo, zeynepe, banaei_nikon, ChrisJ, ribeiroantonio, macondo, Kielia, SridharRao75, fulvio52, AiresSantos, Silversnow has marked this note useful

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banaei_nikon (775) 2008-12-18 2:46

Hi Peter
Excellent capture of this male Whinchat with good pose and composition, sharp details and bright natural colours.

TFS
**MAb**

ChrisJ (70443) 2008-12-18 2:48

Hi Peter

A superb landscape of Wentworth Falls, & good choice of a vertical format. Wonderful colour, sharpness & contrast. The rainbow is a welcome bonus. Tfs!

zeynepe (9364) 2008-12-18 2:51

Hi Peter,
A splendid rainbow , what I understand is that taking these kind of pictures can be very dangerous ....
Your POV, the sharpness, the polarized sky and the fantastic natural beauties are all superb.
Congrats and have a nice day,
zeynep

dta (6225) 2008-12-18 2:58

Hello Peter ,
What a beautiful view ! The fall , coloured rocks , green trees : all these elements make a wonderful place . The rainbow is the cherry on the cake .
Congratulations
Denis

westozman (2887) 2008-12-18 3:22

G'day mate!
Now I'm impressed! Great colours displayed here - maybe the rainbow was coming from your sweaty brow??? You've managed to include a 'true blue' Aussie sky and some gum tree leaves - but no rock wallabies?
Good stuff!
Jeff

daddo (11569) 2008-12-18 3:23

Hi Peter. Well, the gods must have decided to reward you after the hard yacka.Magical place, beautiful colours and a spectacular POV.Truly an inspiring place. regards. Klaudio.

cagla (2255) 2008-12-18 3:24

Hi Peter, what a beautiful place this is, and you are so luckyly captured that wonderful rainbow. The trio of the high rocks, fantastic water fall coming from quite high points, and the beautiful rainbow form an incredibly nice atmosphere. Thanks for sharing. Regards. Çağla.

rginer (590) 2008-12-18 5:12

Hi Peter,
Amazing and astonished landscape of this waterfall ! Well done. Excellent shot, colors, vertical format, sharpness. I am sure it has been really difficult for you to take it. Decisive moment with the rainbow colors. Fantastic landscape !
Warmest regards,
Roser

snunney (35564) 2008-12-18 5:13

Hello Peter,
A very appealing well composed scene. The vertical format suits perfectly. I like the light and natural colours. Perfect rendering of the rainbow. Excellent clarity.

npecanhuk (14798) 2008-12-18 6:56

Hello Peter!
It seems to be a pretty wild place and your photo has very good qualities to present it to all of us! I specially like the way you have managed to get the rainbow in it! The vertical format was the best choice as well! I miss a bit of sharpness, but nothing that bothers me too much! A great pov and a very good composition compensates it!
TFS - congratulations!
Warmest regards,
Neyvan

Gerrit (36325) 2008-12-18 8:06

Hi Peter,
excellent POV for a fine view over this beautiful waterfall and a great capture of a local waterbow.
Beautiful light and colors.
Regards, Gerrit

WelshTraveller (354) 2008-12-18 12:16

Great view and lovely saturated colours. Good rainbow too! Well done and TFS
David

hay_kes (28562) 2008-12-18 12:39

Hi Peter,
Very bautiful waterfall and superb rainbow.Great POV, light and colours.TFS.
Regards,

hAyAti

alftrek (2931) 2008-12-18 15:57

Hello Peter,
I think this is still within sight from your backyard too! Just about 2 hours drive...LOL. The hike through the Jamieson Valley proved to be worthwhile to get an opportunity for a shot like this. The rainbow is no doubt the best element in this fine composition, but I also like the bit of blue sky framed by the branch which has the same curvature with the mountain skyline. The varied tones of green in the vegetation which clad the rocky cliff is definitely a pleasing sight.
Hope you have a good Christmas and New Year holidays.

Regards
Alfred

gunbud (28181) 2008-12-18 19:41

Hi Pete,
Another beautiful capture from our intrepid hiker.
The rainbow is a wonderful plus to this beautiful high falls that is so beautifully framed by the lush green growing out of the cracks in the rocks.
Wonderful details and sharpness to this natural wonder.
Regards, Tom

vmf-214 (1624) 2008-12-18 21:13

Hi Peter,

Great capture and very well done with rainbow coming off the water. Composition and color are perfect, perfect sharpness and detail. Well done Peter.

Regards
Jason.

Graal (58828) 2008-12-18 23:36

Hi Peter,
fantastic place, great nature. Fine POV You had. Amazing presentation of waterfalls with rainbow. I like it a lot.
Gr., Aleksander

ktanska (16695) 2008-12-19 4:45

Hi Peter,
Vertical framing works well on this. Beautiful waterfall that looks great from this lower viewpoint. Red rocks make good combination with bright green trees. And that rainbow is special.
Kari

brano14 (1968) 2008-12-19 9:08

Peter,
Your gallery looks great, a lot of water, blue, blue everywhere! I like that!
This one is probably one of the best, everything is perfect,details so clear, colors, nice view and completed with good frame.
Thanks!
Brano

Clementi (45339) 2008-12-19 13:42

Ciao Peter,
splendid fall, marvelous angle of nature, the strong piece is the rainbow. a beautiful composition with some beautiful colors and a perfect frame.
Giorgio

angela926 (1882) 2008-12-19 22:05

Hello Peter, great shot, excellent composition and depth of feild, lovely natural; clors and lovely addition of the rainbow, well done
Angela

ribeiroantonio (21983) 2008-12-20 17:54

Very nice natural colours and also a nice rainbow to compose well the shot. The note is full of good info too. Where is the Jamieson Valley?
Antonio

macondo (13275) 2008-12-21 1:53

Great capture of the rainbow, Peter. The shot is well composed, although the clouds are a bit wishy washy, and I wonder if you could dispense with them altogether. The exposure of the rock, the fine spray-haze and the rainbow itself is superb. I haven't been to this area for quite a few years and can't remember if I saw these falls at all. I wasn't a TE fanatic in those days, though.
Regards,
and best wishes for Xmas
Andrew

bracasha75 (22431) 2008-12-21 2:58

Helo Peter
Beautiful face of Australian nature and this rainbow came on this picture like smille on child face
Excellent present
TFS
Cheers,Braca
PS Something new????

skippy007 (7361) 2008-12-21 4:28

Hello Peter, how is the old ticker?, that rainbow was well worth the hike. Nice waterfall & interesting landscape captured in good colour & detail.
Cheers
Santo

hispic (7399) 2008-12-22 1:30

Hi Peter,
Wonderful shot that a lot of everyone's favourite elements were put in the frame. Green at the bottom of the image is beautiful indeed.
Thanks for sharing the summer image from Australia.
Best wishes, Hisashi

Nicou (45831) 2008-12-22 1:52

Hello,

quel merveilleuse cascade d'eau pure, dans un décor buccolique, ce vert, et surtout la couleur de la roche, fantastique.

Bravo et amitié

Nicou

marion44 (4284) 2008-12-22 2:24

Hello Peter,
Waow, beautiful one ! The rainbow add some magic to this majestuous landscape ! Beautiful POV !
I went there 2 years ago, at his very place... but it was all dry with almost no water... far less impressive ;)
Marion

aadilj (17950) 2008-12-22 2:56

Thats so lovely Peter and so beautifully captured. i love that rainbow and I love the way you have captured this scene.

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foozi (4735) 2008-12-22 6:13

Hi Peter,
you have another beautiful shot of this waterfall. really excellent with a dreamy type of shot thast you seldom hace. The silky water flowing down, and the superbs element comes in...the rainbow. it is so beautiful and breathtaking peter. Real shot you make it.

Regards,
Foozi

Waylim (11163) 2008-12-23 19:46

Peter,
Excellent shot, love the rainbow colors before the waterfalls. Excellent details on this massive cliff and waterfsll with beautiful vegetation and natural surroundings. Good composition, good clarity and beautiful colors and light. Well done once again. Thanks and Happy Holidays to you and your love ones.
Way

Kielia (8739) 2008-12-24 3:37

Hi Peter,
a very interesting place and a pleasant capture of the falls. The rainbow is amazing! This impression was really worth all the efforts! My compliments!
With my best wishes for a Merry Christmas down under and a Happy New Year!
Harriet

vjmite (1565) 2008-12-25 23:44

Hi Peter,

You were at the right place at the right time to get this great rainbow in front of the cliffs with their reddish colours and green vegetation. Good work.

This waterfall is Wentworth Falls, one of the highest in the Blue Mountains. You managed to get both the upper and lower falls in the photo, which requires a pretty wide angle lens, as I recall from when I was last there. You can walk all the way to the bottom of the falls, where there is some nice rainforest, but then you have to walk back up again.

Cheers,
Vince

SridharRao75 (256) 2008-12-26 6:32

Peter, Peter!

Great capture. Beautiful composition. I can see the difficulties you went through to get this shot. It's good to away unscathed.

You SHOULD leave such shots to youngsters like me!

Cheers!

Sridhar

fulvio52 (8314) 2009-01-13 5:51

Hi, Peter.
This location, minus waterfall, is a dead-ringer to a spot on the North Kaibab Trail, way below the Grand Canyon North Rim. And since the moment at the time I was hiking with the wrong shoes it nearly killed me too, a couple times... Now, this is a GREAT shot. Most specifically, the way you managed the light in wind and spray moisture deserves nothing but praise. Truly an awesome view, perfectly framed, TFS! Have a nice day, I'll be seeing you.
Fulvio.

carper (65768) 2009-01-13 9:13

very beautiful spray here Peter,
the composition is nice and the rainbow is a extra, well seen and good photo job here, have a nice day.
regard jaap

AiresSantos (42986) 2009-01-19 22:54

Hi Peter
I like a lot the waterfalls but in Portugal we have few. In the Lisbon area we have a small one.
Amazing rainbow in this picture with a waterfall. Excellent POV and colours
TFS and greetings
Aires

smarcell (14653) 2009-01-20 1:20

Very wild place, and the rainbow adds a very special touch.
I expect a beautiful pool to swim at the bottom of the waterfall !
Regards Stefano

Silversnow (2121) 2009-01-21 9:08

Magnificent waterfall you've got there :D
Composition and colors are great, the raimbow on a dark background is just a whopping ton of icing on the cake.

mkamionka (5004) 2009-02-10 14:37

Fantastic waterfall.
Usually to get a rainbow you have to stand at a certain angle against the waterfall, here that angle appeared to be a fantastic point of view.
Congratulations,
M

Photo Information

Copyright: Peter Wall (phwall) (5711)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-12-13
Categories: Nature
Camera: Nikon D90, AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-85 f/3.5-5.6G ED VR, Hoya 67mm Pro1 S-HMC Cir-Polar
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/160 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Waterfalls [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-12-18 2:30
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