Rapids

[AlanLichty]

When I first got a digital camera I was elated that I could finally do my own processing without waiting for my film roll to be full and some film lab to develop shots. One of the first things I did was to wander up the Columbia River Gorge and endlessly shoot moving water to try to get a handle on what sorts of water flows worked with what kinds of shutter speeds and what the results looked like. This is an image from one of those sessions back in 2003 along the rapids just below Bridal Veil Falls.

Don't worry about this being a waterfall shot not on a Wednesday and me running out of waterfall shots. I still have thousands more in my archive

Below Bridal Veil - Rapids

• AlanLichty
• Jan 27, 2020

A closeup of the rapids below Bridal Veil Falls in the Columbia River Gorge.

C&C always welcome.

PS: This is actually a color shot and I did try converting to B&W but didn't like the result at all.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Nice Alan, I had the same thoughts when I changed to digital. This is slightly too fast a shutter for my eventual taste, but not far off.

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice Alan, I had the same thoughts when I changed to digital. This is slightly too fast a shutter for my eventual taste, but not far off.

Thanks Ben. This is a bit faster for shutter speed than my current M.O. but one where I liked the textures the water revealed with this particular shot. This was one of about a dozen shots taken of the same scene each with a different shutter speed ranging from 1/15s to 1.0s. This shot is at 1/6s.

 

[JimFox]

Now see I was thinking looking at the photo that for me, this is right about at my ideal shutter speed got water, 1/5th of a second. So it was nice to see I wasn’t far off.

I agree that Digital really opened things up for us. I had copious notes in a notepad for when shooting film for what settings I liked best for various subjects and time of day (or night). Converting to Digital gave a unique sense of freedom if you will in that we could see immediately if our camera settings were giving us the results that we desired, and if they weren’t, we could immediately change them. We didn’t have to wait months or another year to get back to that location and try a new photo with changed settings.

 

[JimFox]

BTW, I like this shot Alan, the mono feel while still being color can be a really cool look.

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

When I first got a digital camera I was elated that I could finally do my own processing without waiting for my film roll to be full and some film lab to develop shots. One of the first things I did was to wander up the Columbia River Gorge and endlessly shoot moving water to try to get a handle on what sorts of water flows worked with what kinds of shutter speeds and what the results looked like. This is an image from one of those sessions back in 2003 along the rapids just below Bridal Veil Falls.

Don't worry about this being a waterfall shot not on a Wednesday and me running out of waterfall shots. I still have thousands more in my archive

Below Bridal Veil - Rapids

• AlanLichty
• Jan 27, 2020

A closeup of the rapids below Bridal Veil Falls in the Columbia River Gorge.

C&C always welcome.

PS: This is actually a color shot and I did try converting to B&W but didn't like the result at all.

I love the water texture in this & it does look BW but the little tinge of blue gives it away & I like it! Very cool & refreshing looking.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice one Alan. Love the texture of the water flow and the reflected light.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

I like the texture and the usual great composition, Alan.