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A fall shot of small lake falls

Joe Gagliardi
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A fall shot of small lake falls

Joe Gagliardi
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59 Comments |
HES-Photography
 
HES-Photography June 18, 2013
Wow! Love everything about this! Awesome capture!
ChristinaFreak
 
ChristinaFreak June 18, 2013
Amazing!!
MaryAnne306 PRO+
 
MaryAnne306 June 19, 2013
What a beautiful and unusual shot. The colors are great.
JoeyGag
JoeyGag June 19, 2013
Thanks, it was Fall and evening.
inge_vautrin Platinum
 
inge_vautrin June 20, 2013
This is fantastic!
animals
 
animals June 26, 2013
so beautiful
JoeyGag
 
JoeyGag June 30, 2013
Thank you all, it's wonderful reading the comments!
kasper Ultimate
 
kasper July 06, 2013
congratulations. pretty amazing picture.
mylene_ralph
 
mylene_ralph July 06, 2013
Awesome capture, very nice.
Farah
 
Farah July 06, 2013
fantastic!
jenniferleah
 
jenniferleah July 06, 2013
very nice! Congratulations.
AlanJakarta
 
AlanJakarta July 06, 2013
Beautiful time exposure with very nice colors. Congratulations on being featured.
catini
 
catini July 06, 2013
Great composition and exposure, congrats on your feature!
JoeyGag
 
JoeyGag July 06, 2013
Thank you all for the wonderful comments!
HappyTree
 
HappyTree July 06, 2013
Very peaceful shot!
GWarrenPhotog
 
GWarrenPhotog July 06, 2013
beautiful shot
jleiweke
 
jleiweke July 06, 2013
Congrats!
mikeslanzi
 
mikeslanzi July 06, 2013
Wow!
JeffreyA
 
JeffreyA July 06, 2013
congrats... great work!
hotpixel PRO+
 
hotpixel July 06, 2013
Stunning image ! Congrats on your feature (:
mailsmc
 
mailsmc July 06, 2013
Wonderful shot, love the pov... congrats on your feature!
debhall Platinum
 
debhall July 06, 2013
Absolutely stunning shot! Congrats on your feature...well deserved!
sweetpea72
 
sweetpea72 July 06, 2013
Absolutely stunning :)
MarcoPoveda
 
MarcoPoveda July 06, 2013
!!!!ESPECTACULAR!!!!
iceman2
 
iceman2 July 06, 2013
Beautiful capture.Congrats!
Brun0
 
Brun0 July 06, 2013
Nice shot, congrats
JoeyGag
 
JoeyGag July 06, 2013
Thank you all for the wonderful comments, coming from fellow photographers means a lot!
drakkardarkblade
 
drakkardarkblade July 06, 2013
congrats, fantastic, please check out my work
rebecamello
 
rebecamello July 06, 2013
Lovely lovely !
batmantheking
 
batmantheking July 06, 2013
very nice, how many seconds during this shoot?
JoeyGag
JoeyGag July 06, 2013
Thanks. This was 7 sec at f8 iso 50. Just after sunset.
JoeyGag
 
JoeyGag July 06, 2013
Way too many to thank individually but I loved each comment! Thank you!
Timbo
 
Timbo July 06, 2013
Very cool capture.....
Springer55
 
Springer55 July 06, 2013
This is just too cool...Excellent work here! Love that defined edge.
Kim20
 
Kim20 July 06, 2013
Absolutely gorgeous!!!
sfun012
 
sfun012 July 06, 2013
I love it!!
coolspider Platinum
 
coolspider July 07, 2013
Great creativity, Congrats!
steveclayton
 
steveclayton July 07, 2013
Absolutely stunning well done..
GordonD
 
GordonD July 07, 2013
Beautiful, congratulations
JoeyGag
 
JoeyGag July 09, 2013
Thank you for all the recognition! :)
redwriter Platinum
 
redwriter July 10, 2013
Great image. Congrats. - Jake
Jinjinphoto
 
Jinjinphoto July 12, 2013
Love it
Carli
 
Carli July 13, 2013
beautiful! congrats :D
Jonocon
 
Jonocon July 21, 2013
Nice
ThompsonsPhotography
 
ThompsonsPhotography July 29, 2013
great shot
grahamwalker
 
grahamwalker July 31, 2013
A very long exposure? How long was it?
VHiggins
 
VHiggins July 31, 2013
beautiful shot....great pov!
fila4
 
fila4 July 31, 2013
Gorgeous!
hello7671
 
hello7671 July 31, 2013
WOW! Astounding shot!
ZachRosa
 
ZachRosa August 04, 2013
Great shot!
julienjohnston
 
julienjohnston August 26, 2013
Love it!
JoeyGag
JoeyGag August 26, 2013
Thank you
daveyjphotog
 
daveyjphotog September 20, 2013
Wow, looks so smooth! Beautiful image!
ShutterBug76
 
ShutterBug76 October 01, 2013
very nice
HRImages
 
HRImages November 01, 2013
Amazing!!!
dougkamm
 
dougkamm November 06, 2013
Awesome shot! Did you use any neutral density filters on this photo?
Luis-Gomes316
 
Luis-Gomes316 May 01, 2014
No words...but "outstanding"
Dankan_Rathnayake
 
Dankan_Rathnayake June 18, 2014
wow this is awesome
tincamera
 
tincamera June 18, 2014
Stunning shot. beautiful effect.
bronfebey
 
bronfebey January 01, 2015
Great perspective :-)
Manoel
 
Manoel May 13, 2016
Simply amazing!!
JoeyGag
JoeyGag May 22, 2016
Thank you
pmjfloyd
 
pmjfloyd May 18, 2016
Nice capture!
JoeyGag
JoeyGag May 22, 2016
Thank you
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Behind The Lens

Location

The photo was taken some years ago with a Nikon E8700. It is a tiny falls from a tiny lake called "Rock Ridge Lake", in Denville NJ.

Time

It was October at 6PM at night, the light was fading but the colors were magnificent.

Lighting

I love long exposure of water, and the colors of the leaves, the berries and the reddish-brown water from the cedar lake contrasted with the white foam seemed like the shot I wanted. The time of day was perfect for beautiful lighting.

Equipment

The photo was taken some years ago with a Nikon E8700; 7 seconds at f8 and ISO 50. It was October at 6PM at night, the light was fading but the colors were magnificent. I had no tripod but managed to prop the camera with sticks, lens cap, and dividers from my camera bag.

Inspiration

I was walking around endlessly, frustrated that nothing seemed to inspire me and I desperately wanted to create a photograph. Since it was a fall day and late in the day, a lake caught my eye. I took many shots of the fall colored trees and water reflection but they all looked like common shots. I gave up, and walking away I noticed these small falls under a concrete bridge. They were well hidden but I propped my camera on its side and took a few long exposures.

Editing

Very little post processing was done since it was before I worked in Photoshop.

In my camera bag

In my bag I usually have my Nikon D7000, Nikkor 80-200 2.8, Nikkor 50mm 1.8 and Tamron 24-70 2.8. Those are my three go-to lenses.

Feedback

Capturing moving water at the right time of day and year can be very rewarding. I try and keep the ISO as low as possible, keep the lens within its focal sweet spot and test shoot a few different speeds. I tend to shoot these at around f10 and 25-30 seconds. If the light is too bright, a neutral density filter may help in reducing it and allow a longer shutter speed.

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