Upper Falls

© Greg Cooksey

Upper Falls

Uploaded: September 18, 2004 23:27:53

Description

Letchworth State Park, NY
PhotoStitch of 2 picts
0.3sec, F7.1 ND plus polarizer

Comments

Gloria B. Wood September 19, 2004

Wow Gregory...this is beautiful...I like it all...especially the detailed flowers showing in the left lower corner! Great composition...well done! #170345

Jill A. Johnson September 19, 2004

Beautiful Work Gregory!!! :) #790529

Kelly Abernathy level-classic September 19, 2004

Beautiful! -K #790585

September 19, 2004

Gorgeous Gregory!!!!! #791163

Murry Grigsby September 19, 2004

Super image Greg! Love the pano crop, action of the falls and the BIG DOF to keep the delicate flowers in the foreground sharp!! Well done. #791226

Deborah C. Lewinson level-addict September 19, 2004

Outstanding landscape, from flowers to falls! #792049

Greg Cooksey September 21, 2004

Thanks everyone!
This was a fun picture to take: tripod standing in thick ground cover and hanging on the edge of the cliff. Kept the camera strap in my hand! Used remote to fire the camera once it was set up, then gently rotated for panorama (for larger resolution compared to crop).
Letchworth State Park in Western NY, the Grand Canyon of the East (though it's more like Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone), is a waterfall lover's paradise (and not as crowded as Niagara). #796588

Kip T. Berger September 21, 2004

Very nice panorama stich Gregory. I especially like the blurred water cascading over the falls. Did the polarizer keep the image from becoming over-exposed with the slow shutter speed necessary to blur the water?
Cool picture; hope to see more. #796596

Greg Cooksey September 22, 2004

Hi Kip,
The polarizer helped do several things. First, it knocked down the exposure about 2 stops, allowing longer exposures for more smokey water (this was also aided by using a small aperture and my camera's built-in neutral density filter). Second, it reduced the sharp reflections off the flat water on top of the falls. Third, it enhanced the greens by knocking out the reflections from the leaves (try this, it's great!). #797813

Murry Grigsby October 15, 2004

Congrats Greg! #845582

Deborah C. Lewinson level-addict October 15, 2004

Congratulations!!! #845590

Mette Vendelboe Allison level-classic October 16, 2004

Greatly composed, beautiful lighting job, could be a winner! Congrats! #847679

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