Very beautiful series Mark. Hard to believe the exposure times on some of these (as other's have stated), but you can't argue with success.
Top notch work Mark.
Beautiful images, Mark. My favorites are the first two. Although it looks like the first could have the cyan in the waterfall toned down to make it even better.
Mark,
WOW what a beautiful set. The first two are absolutley wonderful. The dreamy appearence of the first is just killer.
The second BW shot with the wave rocks as well.
Very well done on the shooting and PP.
While they're all very fine images in their own way, I could have stopped looking once I got to the 2nd. That's the bring down the house, standing ovation shot in the bunch for me.
Incredible pics... #7 is it for me though... Wow. It is one of my favs I've seen here I think.
I loved your shot-by-shot commentary, too. It reminds me why I love photography so much. After I click "Send Reply," I'm going to get off my butt and do some shooting in this moment of inspiration.
There she blows. Great stuff. i've been looking to find a spot to capture like you did in 2 w/ the ocean and sky blending but have yet to accomplish that. That's the winner in the set. Overall I think you're greens could use a bit of work as they seem oddly flat for as green as the scenes are. Also find the splash takes away a bit in 5. Otherwise just my nits. 5 is wicked w/ that even light. Love the long exposures. Which ND and umbrella? :-P
Wonderful stuff, Mark! Really love the 1st, 4th and 5th. I like the 6th, too, but feel the green on the fg rocks may be a little too vivid to my eyes.
The 7th is special and I appreciate the shot of Nick....offers that sense of scale not often seen.
#1 is lovely, dreamy, serene,
#2 is simply jaw-dropping,
#4 is imposing,
#6 is eye-popping,
and the others ain't half-bad either!
Thank you also for the detailed notes; just phenomenal set, every single one. My absolute favorite, though, is the B&W "Ghost Tree." Can't think of the word to describe it at the moment (no coffee yet this morning), but it made my jaw crack on the desk in awe when I saw it.
Raven Falls wrote:
So, how many ND filters were you stacking on that first shot, to need seven seconds at f/11?
Hi Raven,
7 minutes by stacking a circular polarizer and a 9 stop Hoya ND during raining, misty, foggy conditions (it was a bit dark when shot). Sometimes I sort of guess on exposure (as was the case here). On this one it pushed the histogram to the right perfectly, yet blowing out a very small area of the sky. That is what made me think of the square crop. The hardest part was staying dry. BTW, the Canon 5D II had no noise at all at 7 minutes. Great camera (I rented it for this shoot and am buying one very soon).
