Not sure these are worth posting but after walking through the bush in the dark, then crossing the barely frozen river and then standing in the river on top of ice that had water over top of it wondering whether I was bright or not for an hour, I thought I would post them here to see what you thought.
And this was the 4th weekend I went to this spot based on the weather forecast.
This spot can be spectacular on the right day but alas this was just a good day.
I prefer the second one, as it showcases the "flow" of the river a bit better ... which interestingly enough seems to juxtapose against a frozen sheen, leaving you to wonder if it is frozen or not
EGrav: Glad you like them. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
RustyBug: Glad you like the 2nd. I used a 10 stop nd to create the sheen (long exposure). I am glad you like it.Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
JimKied: It was not particularly cold - maybe -5c. But as always the wind picked up at sunrise, and when your boots are in close to 0c water and the wind is blowing, it felts cold. Glad you like 2. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
Really nice work Scott, and I especially really like your second image here! Compared to the first image, it has a neater, simpler foreground without the shrubs and driftwood on the sides.
How's you manage to cross the Kananaskis river? Is it not very deep here?
Nori : Glad you like 2. I agree - the mountains need to be bigger or I need to get a ladder and get higher. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
tmiller9:Glad you like the ndx10 effect and 2nd. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
Gary Clennan: Glad you like 2. I am waiting for snow as well. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
kwilliam8: Glad you like the composition and colours in 2. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
Tom Nevesely: Glad you like the 2 closer view. I did not cross the main channel, I just crossed the side channel. Its always nerve wracking on this river because it is a hydro controlled river which leads to empty areas under the ice and pools where you don't expect them. So I am not sure how deep it was under where I was sinking through the ice. I just followed the west side of the river and picked a spot that was narrow to cross on he ice.Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
dwa652: I saw that you had snow. Snow in Houston would be way colder than snow in Calgary!. Glad you like 2 for clean and elements. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
Nice set Scott! I prefer #2 as well for the simpler compositional elements and scale. I also like how you went with the cooler temp color to better portray the actual cold temps you shot this in. I never dare to do this as I always have a hard time with WB to begin with and usually aim for neutral.
lighthound wrote:
Nice set Scott! I prefer #2 as well for the simpler compositional elements and scale. I also like how you went with the cooler temp color to better portray the actual cold temps you shot this in. I never dare to do this as I always have a hard time with WB to begin with and usually aim for neutral.
Dave
I am glad you like 2 composition and elements. You give me too much credit on colour temperature. I did lots of work (darkening sky a bit to reflect my recollection while lightening a bit the foreground to meet my recollection) and finally looked at the end product and asked my self should I make it cooler and concluded no that I remembered it being brighter (les cool and more reflective of the sky colour) and left it alone. When I look at it now, I am tempted to cool it some more to get more temperature emotion. So although I thought about it a it was more intuitive than deliberate. Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
Your comment reminds me that so much is lost in 13 stops of dynamic range (well maybe 17 after blending) expressed in a medium (paper or monitor) with perhaps 7 stops of dynamic range, that it requires a human (me)to choose what is presented in order to display to a human (you). Thus it is ultimately artistic. A profound conclusion for an engineer like me. I am an artist. The end product reflects my recollection of the mood I was in when I took it.
Scott Stoness wrote:
Tom Nevesely: Glad you like the 2 closer view. I did not cross the main channel, I just crossed the side channel. Its always nerve wracking on this river because it is a hydro controlled river which leads to empty areas under the ice and pools where you don't expect them. So I am not sure how deep it was under where I was sinking through the ice. I just followed the west side of the river and picked a spot that was narrow to cross on he ice.Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. Scott
Oh, ok. That makes sense. I thought that you had maybe parked on the side of the highway and hiked in through the bush and somehow across the river.
Tom Nevesely wrote:
Oh, ok. That makes sense. I thought that you had maybe parked on the side of the highway and hiked in through the bush and somehow across the river.
It would be over my boots - and require hip waders and considerable risk. I just walked south along the river. If you go head up the paved bike trail a bit and head through the bush parallel to the river for 300meters or so and then back to the river - otherwise you will have to cross ice.
