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Photographer’s Note

Jasper National Park
Driving through Jasper National Park was wonderful, especially on that beautiful day when the sun was shining and when there was no single cloud on the sky. We really HAD to stop every couple of minutes to enjoy the fantastic view and to take some pictures. There were many beautiful places we wouldn´t have discovered if we had just driven from one parking lot to the other.....just like the river you can see on my picture. Looking out of the window I saw a nice little river on the right, that was quite hidden behind bushes, so I told my father to stop. Actually I hoped to see a Grizzly Bear trying to catch some fish or other animals quenching their thirst on the water, so I walked down to the river. Well, there was no bear (but at least we saw two of them on our way back), but I had a wonderful view along the river, so it was worth the stop anyway.

It was quite hard to place my tripod on these rocks, and it was so bright, that F/22 only allowed me to use 1/5 second to make the river "floating", but it still worked quite okay. The colors of the photo aren´t edited, I used my polarizer, and that did all the job for me :)

I´m glad for any advice, hint or proposition, that could help me to improve my photography.

broglia, Manuel1982, Floydian, npecanhuk, lilimih33, JCG, Dpbours, zeca, Tue has marked this note useful

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broglia (3361) 2008-09-21 11:56

Hi Jonas - fine composition with a strong sense of perspective and nice diagonals created by the tree line & the mountain. Not so sure about the long exposure though IMO - it works well in those moody, atmospheric shots but kind of detracts from the power of this river as it flows into the distance.

Fine piece of work nonetheless.

Best regards, Roberto

Hunkar (4922) 2008-09-21 12:01

A beautiful nature scene..
Good light..
Good sharpness..

jimkilgallon (0) 2008-09-21 12:14

Hello Jonas
The colours are superb and saturated well with a nice composition, silky racing water and spot on sharpness. A very good Canadian scene captured here.
Regards
Jim

mad_mike (446) 2008-09-21 12:20

Hello,

Très belle composition, belle lumière, cela nous montre à quel point la nature est magnifique. Bravo.

Regards
Michael

Prisley (1249) 2008-09-21 12:46

Hi Jonas,
Very interesting note. I thought it was taking during a trek actually. You're lucky to have these scenery at ome foots from the road! ;o)
I think you did very well with the photograph here. A lovely canadian nature scene as i like them ;o)
Everything works well. The Composition is perfect as many lines lead to a converging point, up to the mountains (the one in the backgorung looks like a glacier, is it?). Color saturation is excellent, maybe some rocks could feel like burnt because of harsh sun light but looking it a second time I think it's just fine. About the long exposure I can't believe you managed it by such bright light in fact! I still cannot do it myself. I do not agree with Roberto and think the smooth effect of the river is a good idea as it contrasts with the very sharp rest of the scenery. It enhance the feeling of velocity and finally avoid the 2D effect of a full nature (no people, no animal) pic.
Great work!
Pris.

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Nelu_Goia (2742) 2008-09-21 13:03

Hi Jonas,
This is a very fine photo in all the aspects and the only way to improve it is to by an alarm clock and be there at sunrise:)
Cheers:)
Nelu

Manuel1982 (942) 2008-09-21 13:47

Hi Jonas,
super Bild. Hier passt einfach alles. Bildaufbau, Farben, Schärfe usw. Die fließende Bewegung des Wassers passt hervorragend und macht dein Photo noch interessanter.
Viele Grüße aus München

Manuel

danielswalsh (13330) 2008-09-21 18:51

Great shot Jonas;

The exposure here is perfect, just the right amount of blur to shot the movement. nice view up the river, the polarizer really worked well with the sky, very natural colors and an overall great shot.

Well done,
- Dan

Waylim (11157) 2008-09-22 19:33

Jonas,
This is fantastic wheather for such a wonderful landscape. You're right, if you don't stop and take sometimes, you miss many wonderful scenery. But in Canada's Icefield Parkway, the road between Jasper and Banff, it so beautiful all the way, you can't possibly stop every time you see something nice. Well, you stop as many times, especially you have such a nice day. When I was there, I didn't see much of Jasper, because it rained and snow, even in August last year. This one is great, technically all is just perfect. Good sharpness and clarity, good composition. Thanks
Way

gracious (20017) 2008-09-23 1:20

Hello Jonas,
Good shot with good pov for this wonderful image of the country!
good use of f/22 to achieve the effect on the running water!
good colour contrast as well
TFS
cheers
Tony

Floydian (30970) 2008-09-23 2:52

Hallo Jonas,
Maybe i was lucky with the weather at Mt Rainier, you were more lucky in Jasper. I had only clouds and rain while you had wonderful weather with clear blue skies. Man that blue is something i was hunting for, so deep, so intense, so beautiful.
The low shutter gave you a nice movement in the water, but also the perspective depth is very clever composed...your good eye did not let you down...great shot.
Hope to see more from you in and around Jasper...
Take care, Henk

baba_flies (8099) 2008-09-23 3:07

Hallo Jonas! Ja Du hast vielleicht Erwartungen :)))) ein Baer der Fische faengt ... das hat es mir auch schon getraeumt!!!!!! Allerdings, wenn ich ganz ehrlich bin, habe ich mir auch so was erhofft ... das war vor zwei Jahren ... GRINS. Ich finde die Bewegung im Wasser voll gelungen, man hat das Gefuehl dort zu sitzen und dem Wasser "zuzuhoeren". Du hast ein herrlicher Tag erwischt, was fuer ein Himmel, blauer geht es nicht mehr. Tolles Foto, der Zwischenhalt hat sich gelohnt, keine Frage. Mit Gruss ... Barbara.

mark_mk (246) 2008-09-23 4:58

Hi Jonas,
super Bild! Ich finde es zu schade, dass ich nicht genug Zeit hatte in Kanada auch nur einen einzigen Nationalpark zu besuchen, aber man braucht immer was fürs nächste Mal, stimmts ;-) Tolles Bild und super Exposurehandling um das Wasser unscharf zu machen. Mit Graufilter ginge es natürlich noch krasser, aber hattest ja keinen dabei. Tolle Farben und schöner POV, ich könnte echt auf fast alle deine Bilder einen grünen Stern hinzufügen, aber wie sieht das denn aus? ;-) Tolle Arbeit!

Beste Grüße
Mark

Kris_Luxenhofer (752) 2008-09-23 10:50

Wow Jonas,
sehr sehr schön! Das Wasser sieht super aus und die Natur da erst recht! Klasse POV um genau das zu zuzeigen,
Super!
Viele Grüße,
Kris

lilimih33 (9874) 2008-09-23 16:27

Hello Jonas!
Another lovely composition with nice point of view and excellent colours!
Good work, again!
Best regards!
Lili

JCG (25753) 2008-09-24 4:32

Hi Jonas,

A good photographic work here, I like much the aspect of the torrent with this f/22. The landscape is fantastic and quite luminous. An area which I will like to discover one day !!! Natural space to be protected absolutely. Thank you Jonas for this pretty and pleasant panorama.

With all my friendships and a very good day… Very difficult to connect correctly in this moment !!!

Jean-Charles

Dpbours (220) 2008-09-24 13:18

Hello Jonas,

Haha, I like the 'we HAD to stop every couple of minutes'.
I know the feeling and you picked the right moment here to stop.
I might have added a little touch of yellow to it. The green gets quite cold now, but it's really nice.

Greetings,
Dennis

npecanhuk (14718) 2008-09-24 17:08

Hello Jonas!
That's a very beautiful landscape, wonderfully captured by you!
TFS - Congratulations!
Warmest regards,
Neyvan

Tue (25608) 2008-09-26 1:49

Hi Jonas,
Beautiful capture of the nature in this national park. I love the combination of the blue sky and the green of the trees. The colours are wonderfully brought out by the fine sunlight too. The river is also very well placed in the composition. Very well done!
Regards,
Lars

zeca (20026) 2008-09-26 8:35

Jonas, the blue sky makes everything even more beautiful and you did a nice work capturing the nice view of this river. The motion creates something different, but I don´t know if I like it like this or would be better with sharpen details on the white splashes. Anyway, its different from it all we have seen and I like it. The framing is excellent, with nice depth. Excellent photo, my friend!
Regards,
Zeca