Jamison Valley Photo

Photographer’s Note

Immediately after I took my photograph of the Wentworth Falls I turned 90 degrees to the right to look out over beautiful Jamison Valley, with the Valley of the Waters and the sandstone cliffs of King’s Tableland to the left. The outcrop to the right is Sublime Point. I couldn’t capture it all in one shot, so what you have before you now is a pair of photographs stitched together. Jamison Valley is a part of the Cox’s River Canyon system in the Blue Mountains. The cliffs surrounding this valley can reach heights of up to 1000 metres. The valley floor as you can see is very densely forested. Those are full grown trees down there, some greater than 50 meters high.

This is one very small part of the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area. This blue-green expanse extends 200 kilometers on a north-south axis, covering 10,000 square kilometers. I’ve got a lot of exploring to do.

This particular spot is less traveled than that found at Echo Point (I’ll get pictures of it up eventually too), but I found it just as beautiful, with easier parking. The walk down was a little tougher but very interesting too. One of the earliest visitors and explorers of this spot was Charles Darwin, with Paul de Strzlecki in the 1800’s. He mistakenly surmised that this area was once filled with sea water.

Some of this from: Merideth, Peter and Don Fuchs, The Australian Geographic Book of The Blue Mountains, 1999

Workflow for this photograph was as follows:
Two shots were taken in Raw with a polarizing lens at exposure 1/45 sec f13
The two NEF files were adjusted in parallel for shadows and highlights
They were stitched together into a panorama and cropped. The fit was actually very good. I didn’t see saturation problems between different pictures as I sometimes do.
The new photo was adjusted for curves and saved as a tiff
For this posting I adjusted the image size, framed, sharpened using smart sharpen, and saved as a jpeg.

tico_tic, Flavia, mvdisco, jammer79, vonp, Koopman, TravelerNL, ktanska, gunbud, jmcl, saylan-cb, triptych2003, linask, MLINES, sarahnatalie, Silke, bigboroboy, Matthew-Watt, pierrefonds, Dpbours, pboehringer has marked this note useful

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colinb (1351) 2007-02-27 20:05

Nice shot. I love how the dramatic sky provides a mirror to the landscape. Very pleasing to the eye. TFS.

jawx (0) 2007-02-27 21:15

Very cool shot. I really like how you've pulled the scene out using both photos to create a very wide angle shot. Great colour saturation throughout with a perfect balance of contrast as well. I also like your framing and overall presentation along with a great note. Well done and thanks for sharing. Cheers.

tico_tic (395) 2007-02-27 21:24

wow, really perspective wise. i love the flow of the clouds above and the wide scene of the surroundings. except for the framing. i wished it was black=)

TFS & Regards,
Frisco

Flavia (10094) 2007-02-27 21:58

Hi John,

What an amazing picture. I love the vastness feeling here. The deeph of field is very good and we have the eyes to the infinite, the composition and POV also help to this feeling. The light and colors are natural and beautiful. Bravo!

Regards,

Flavia

mvdisco (10588) 2007-02-27 23:42

Bonsoir John,
Beautiful Landscape with great colors of Jameson Valley, I love that picture with a nice panorama view of green colors..The sky is supers too..Great Shot..
Well Done..
Michel

jammer79 (2666) 2007-02-28 0:54

I know that place, I have been there couple times myself. Its very nice down there. Like the colours and point of view choosen. Also the clouds are very nice, they are adding some dynamic to his shot!
Cheers, R.

vonp (2225) 2007-02-28 2:17

Ciao John,
Amazing landscape, very well composed.
The contrast and the color of the sky and the green are wonderful.
Thanks for this shot.
See you soon...
Paolo

Koopman (871) 2007-02-28 4:30

Hi John,
Nice panorama shot, interesting and useful information,
Regards Henk

TravelerNL (2461) 2007-02-28 5:30

Hi John,
I have been to the Blue Mountains a few months ago, unfortunately all of my photo's got overexposed as I took them on automatic. The light was much stronger and there were hardly any clouds. At what time of day did you take these photo's?
On this one, I realy like it. Very nice colors, a very nice sky to it and a good compo. Well done.
Harko

ktanska (15214) 2007-02-28 7:32

Hi John,
Yes, this is a beautiful lookout point too, though missing the charm of the Three Sisters. Now the sun hits nicely to the cliff on the left. Forest indeed looks dense. Clouds add nice details to the sky.
Kari

capthaddock (28640) 2007-02-28 13:55

Hi John - the landscape is pretty enough, but what impressive me the most is the total lack of human impact, the valley looks totally untouched by man, the sky is nice as well.

gunbud (25481) 2007-02-28 19:18

Hi John,
Beautiful valley landscape with lush green surronding the valley and a lovely blue sky with stunning patterns to its white puffy clouds.
Regards, Tom

jmcl (13251) 2007-02-28 21:54

Hi John,

I really really really like this .. my kind of beautiful vastness .. the colors are so vibrant ... the trees are so lush and yet it is perfectly crisp .. a stunning and wonderful expanse .. great stitch.

take care,

John

saylan-cb (12716) 2007-03-01 5:58

Hi John
Wonderful sky and good POV.I like perspective
Well done.
TFS/Regards

baba_flies (7071) 2007-03-01 11:58

Hello John! Impressive, the trees seem like a carpert, and they go on as far as the eye can see. I like the clouds over the valley, adding some extra drive to the picture. A "nature pure" photo, and I can never get enough of them. Beautiful. Barbara.

triptych2003 (1396) 2007-03-01 19:59

hi john

by crikey that's a sweet view. the stitching of the two shots has worked really well. obviously this part of the valley wasn't touched by the bushfires this year. fantastic colours and perspective. i'd love to see this shot a lot bigger, poster size even. well done!

MLINES (10308) 2007-03-03 16:13

Hi John. A superb landscape of this Blu Mts view. You have captured its beauty very well. I especially like the cloud patterns which enhance this and the good cropping. TFS. Murray.

sarahnatalie (689) 2007-03-06 18:36

Hi John,
Incredibly beautiful scene! Nicely captured and technically perfect from what I can see. I like the white frame, too. Good job!
Sarah

mpb001 (4574) 2007-03-12 21:51

Excellant wide view, John. I like the way you cropped this shot to achieve the panoramic effect. The wide view really is fittine for this composition. Great color and contrast too.
Mike

zenskat (656) 2007-03-14 18:24

Hi John, great panorama, love the punchiness of the sky achieved with polariser; slight tilt could be corrected?

Silke (3023) 2007-03-15 18:20

Cloudscape, landscape, colours, PoV, composition and PP work all outstanding with superb notes!!!
A beautiful place from start to finish, well-captured and well-presented
TFS
Silke
(back with :)
P.S. Thanks for your visits to my gallery -- hugely appreciated

bigboroboy (1009) 2007-03-16 2:35

That sky and composition make this landscape panoramic work. The colours in the valley themselves lack a little saturation but that is a minor complaint with a nice, tranquil landscape.

PHIL

daddo (10427) 2007-03-22 7:45

hi John. All that work was definitely worth it. great panoramic shot with wonderful topography, green vistas and dynamic sky/clouds. Excellent- looks untouched this land.Regards. Klaudio.

Matthew-Watt (4179) 2007-06-19 0:13

Hello John,

Your Australian images are always such a classic portayal of the ancient landscape. I love the depth of the image, extending into infinity down the valley. I have spent a few days in the area, it is such a great wilderness worth exploring. I am sure you are aware of the amazing Wollemi Pine discovery, proving the remoteness and grand size of the area. Very sharp, clear sky, full of detail and wonder. A breath of fresh air. Thank you for posting.

Matt

pierrefonds (23528) 2007-09-01 4:18

Hi John,

A nice image of the Jamison valley, the phoot has a good composition, DOF and nice colors. Thanks for sharing.

Pierre

pablominto (35973) 2008-01-03 1:22

Hello John,
This is what appears to me as a typical Australian landscape, typical in the sense it can be found nowhere else!
Fertile land, since the forest seems to cover all no matter how steep and rocky the ground!
...
And I wish that a HAPPY NEW YEAR will come your way!
Seasonal greetings from a chilly Norway,
Pablo -

Dpbours (9508) 2008-02-29 14:25

Hi John,

Here you go! f/14!! Why not on the other one?! Look at the sharpness, the detail. And really, if you would stitch this out of 5-7 vertical images, you'd be surprised with the gain in quality! You used 2 here. Horizontal layout? Try PTGui photostitching software if you have saturation problems. It can automatically adjust saturation and exposure for various photographs to be stitched. :-)
Okay, this really is my last comment for the evening. Though the Glenelg Jetty is wonderful! Couldn't you change the light in the lantern there?1 ;-P

Greetings!
Dennis

pboehringer (768) 2008-03-03 8:56

John,
a very nice stitch work. I can't see any flaw there! The composition with the rock at the left and the clouds mimicking the rock's movement is a great thing. The static image gets dynamic and almost 3-D.
Peter

dkeus31 (24548) 2008-03-03 9:28

hi John,
very nice image, the sky is really great with the cloudy pattern.
regards
didier

Photo Information

Copyright: John Plumb (JPlumb) (3131)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-01-05
Categories: Nature
Camera: Nikon D200, Nikkor 18-200mm 3.5-5.6 G ED AF-S VR, Sigma EX Wide Circular PL 72mm
Exposure: f/13.0, 1/45 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-02-27 19:42