Sunset in Mirkwood Photo

Photographer’s Note

After a hiatus from TrekEarth, I have returned, brandishing a new DSLR. I went for a walk yesterday with some friends to this, one of my favorite secret places.

This ravine is just around the corner from a waterfall in the rugged North Shore mountains. It is wet and cool, the perfect recipe for Westcoast rainforest life. Everywhere you look, rotting trunks host a dazzling array of green flora, showing the circle of life as clearly as any animals could. In this picture, if you look closely, you can see a tree has fallen across the river, and has overgrown with new life.

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PJE (19533) 2007-04-08 18:43

Well Andrew nice to see you in the DSLR Camp. Good choice of camera too. I too have stepped up from the 300D to the Xti. Now I am looking at more lens....more and more...

The time exposure here is very smooth. I tend to like the realistic capture by keeping the shutter speed around a second more or less. I think its a personal thing with each photographer's viewpoint and their idea of composition. I would say though the best thing to do is to shoot at a variety of shutter speeds and pick the best one. Honestly though I will have to say this looks like a secret hiding place where some wonderful shots could be captured. Thanks for sharing and all the best with your new DSLR toy!!

Paul

danielswalsh (13330) 2007-04-08 20:22

Welcome back Andrew and Congrats on the new toy! (even if it is a 'Nikon' ;-P

The composition here is excellent. Nice low POV and a good exposure. That's something I REALLY miss about Canada is the streams, rivers and lakes. Here in Singapore there really are no hills or mountains (the biggest being about the same as Queen E. Park). So finding running rivers and streams to capture shots like this- is quite difficult.

The frame is nice and sharp which tells me that you added it after resizing the image as apposed to before. Did you do any sharpening with this image or use any noise removal software Andrew?

Regards,
- Dan

john_c (24635) 2007-04-11 10:47

Hi Andrew,
Good to see you back posting. You will have to disclose this sectet place to us sometime...I like the silky blur effect and note the timed exposure of 6 seconds. The straight on POV is quite dramatic and you obtained great clarity of detail with the trees despite relatively low light conditions - a testament to both your skills and that new D200. At least Alvin has company now in the local TE group. First rate work...later.
John

Manamo (3474) 2007-05-13 22:31

Hello Andrew Boots,
I'm amazed by your gallery. Your action shots are very good! Ascent is a perfect shot and it also belongs to an outdoor magazine, Take a look at this: http://www.rockclimbing.com/photos/ and you'll see yours is very good.
So, for this shot, I have to tell that even though there are many on TE, I'm still looking to shoot a good one...What I'm looking for is exactly like this one. First, since you have to shut the aperture to 20 or 22, there has to be a nice background, ideally other waterfalls and a nice forest full of trees and of mood! That aperture allowed you to get so much movement, it's so soft and beautiful. It lacks only the salmon moving up the stream and it would appear in a Nat Geog. report:D
It's all good Andrew!!
Have a good evening,
Marc

NikoFantom (163) 2008-04-08 14:54

Zdravo Anrew
Odlicen efekt,kompozicia....
Nico, Macedonia