AlanLichty
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Horseshoe Falls along Siouxon Creek in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
C&C always welcome.
C&C always welcome.
Horseshoe Falls
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Bill Swartzwelder
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You know how to use the shutter don't you. 
Nice lighting on the foliage too.
Nice lighting on the foliage too.
BarryHamilton
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Beauty, Alan! Love the bits of sunlight sneaking into the scene. And yes, great ss for the water and natural colors.
Timmeh
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Hi Alan,
Great processing and control of the highlights! The comp holds together very well with the tree on the right keeping the eye in the frame, and the 4 trees in the upper left contrasting very nicely with the triangle of fallen trees (the waterfall isn't so bad either). My only nit is that I'd like to see a little bit more of the lower right, but I'm guessing you excluded that for a reason.
Tim
Great processing and control of the highlights! The comp holds together very well with the tree on the right keeping the eye in the frame, and the 4 trees in the upper left contrasting very nicely with the triangle of fallen trees (the waterfall isn't so bad either). My only nit is that I'd like to see a little bit more of the lower right, but I'm guessing you excluded that for a reason.
Tim
AlanLichty
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Thanks - framing was dictated by trying to get the whole upper part of the scene into the shot without getting too wide and having serious sunlight blowouts. Below and to the right is another scene entirely I will post a shot from in a new thread later.
AlanLichty
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Consider the fact that when most of our geographical features got named the two creatures most likely to be present were humans and horses
Of course the other one most likely to be around in high country lakes were mosquitos....
Tom Kualii
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I really like the image. As mentioned, I would like to see a little more on the bottom right as well. Almost seems as though the flow of the falls is cut off even if its not? Just a thought after reading the comments. I didn't realize it until it was mentioned. I would also like to see if you had maybe gave it between a 5-10+ on saturation? All guessing. Great image.
Ha ha, up in the Eastern Sierra there is an area that is aptly named, Mosquito Flats...Consider the fact that when most of our geographical features got named the two creatures most likely to be present were humans and horses
Of course the other one most likely to be around in high country lakes were mosquitos....
Jim
Kurt Harrigan
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I bet this was a tricky exposure. How did you get in there?
AlanLichty
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There used to be a crude trail that veered off from the main Siouxon trail that led down to the bottom of Horseshoe Falls. This shot is quite a few years back before last year's burn. This is right in the heart of the 2020 burn area. I did a quick check and found a youTube video made by some mountain bike folks and at 5:30 in they cross the bridge at the top of Horseshoe Falls and the fire damage on this scene shown above is quite extensive.
That insha’Allah a nice looking falls. Your image does justice.
curious about the name - is there a horseshoe shape somewhere?
curious about the name - is there a horseshoe shape somewhere?
AlanLichty
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Thanks Jameel - The falls start out together at the top right under a small footbridge and split apart into the pair of falls in the image. There is a small creek that that feeds into Siouxon Creek just upstream from the bridge named Horseshoe Creek. Not sure whether the falls get their name from the creek or if the creek got its name from the falls. In either case most all the understory vegetation in this scene got burned off last fall in what was named the Big Hollow Fire. The footbridge can be seen in the youTube video I linked above at around 5:30 into the narrative and it briefly shows parts of the hillside at the top of this scene with bare ground and scorched trees. Not sure what has grown back yet or how many of the trees survived but the fire damage is a lot less than what the Eagle Creek fire did in the Gorge.
Thats a beautiful falls and has the usual Alan excellence.
AlanLichty
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Thanks Ben - this is actually an old thread from Sept. 2017 that resurfaced yesterday. The original image was a serious salvage job from 2008 with a very wide dynamic range between the dark forest floor and some direct sunlight.
AlanLichty
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Thanks Alisa - the forests are why I moved up here from Utah