Trying to get a picture for a friend who loves Fisher Towers and wants a big print. But, no clouds when I got there unfortunately, although they were there when I left my house... Still, because the river was so low the location I could step onto was pretty nice (except for sinking a foot in the mud), and usually submerged, which allowed for a full on attempt. Funny, a week ago the river was full of ice. Guess winter's over here.
Thanks for looking!
Nikon 85mm f/2.8 @ 85mm f/11, 1/1.6 seconds, ISO 64
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 116mm f/13, 1.6 seconds, ISO 64
Zeph wrote:
I like this, but I would love to have a closer view, time to break out the telephoto or put that jeep in gear...
Agree. Great shot -- I had about the most blah conditions ever when attempting this shot -- but a tight shot with the snow capped peaks would've rocked. Although the reflections are really nice now that I look at it more. . .
I agree with each of you. This isn't really a printable version for me. What I liked was the reflecting color on the left side, even more than the towers themselves. That is a reflection you can't normally capture due to the tamarisk and limited locations to shoot from. Since I was cropping to fit a certain paper size, this was it, when I cropped.
It was taken from a spot not normally accessible unless you had a raft, so you get that straight on view of the towers. Also, I had gone out only with my prime lenses, I have some shots with a 105mm also, need to look at those. (What a bunch of crybaby excuses by me!) My ideal would be some dramatic clouds, closer in view, smoothed river with longer exposure... Oh, I have one shot like this with an otter looking at me too, that would top it off...
I really like this one. The viewpoint is unusual and the low angle is much nicer than the typical view from the roadway. The colors are just super...everywhere even in the shadows. The contrasting blue sky helps overall.
Well done, Craig! This Fisher Towers is not that easy to take well. Very limited view. Kinda very puzzling. But Craig has a way to capture any difficult scene.. very eye catching way. Good work.
Wow! What a beautiful scene. Craig, your images are so different from many of the others I see taken from your region.
Most people seem to just want to capture some location that has been shot before. Usually because it has the elements that make for a "by the book" landscape image. Your images offer different perspectives, and show the incredible and seemingly endless beauty around you. In reading your comments over the time I have been here, you also seem to do it for the joy of photography, rather than trying to impress anyone with your images, or see how many likes you can get. That is quite refreshing in an age when the motivation for many, (myself sometimes as well) is a competition for recognition.
Thanks for presenting honest (not overly processed) images that represent this beautiful region.
I love this scene, very nice shot.
I think I would also like a pano crop off the bottom too since there is a lot of dark river before once sees the nice reflection.
Wonderful.
I went back last night to try slow shutter speeds, 1 1/2 to 2 seconds. Turned out it blurs the reflection too much for me. Maybe I'm wrong. Here it is... I used ISO 64 and a neutral density filter + a circular polarizer to get this slowed down enough while the light was still on the towers...
A funny thing, it was dead quiet when I heard chirping noises coming down the river. I thought it was birds, but I was wrong. Turned out to be a group of around ten river otters swimming downstream chattering to each other. They all spotted me and slowed down to take a look at me, and what I was doing. Funny animals to watch, and rare to see. I'd never heard them talking before either. Cute to look at, but don't get on their bad side!
