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Ouray Falls

Feb, 2015

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King of the heard. This guy lost his felt sooner than the rest and he knows he is top dog. I love the background of the other mountain range adding

I thought about tweaking this shot and making it more colorful and less realistic but I couldn't do it. This shot was taken at almost 12,000 fee

A young hawk I saw when I first got out of my car.

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Location

Box canyon falls in Ouray Colorado

Time

Around 4 or 5 pm

Lighting

The sun was going down with some excellent reflected light from the terrain outside of the falls

Equipment

I used my D810 Nikon with the Tamron 15-30 f2.8 lens.

Inspiration

I love the falls and I need little encouragement to shoot the canyon cut out by the water.

Editing

Very little post production was done. I used paint shop pro and only used fade correction along with some vibrancy elevation.

In my camera bag

D810 Nikon camera with Nikon lenses 28-300 zoom working lens, 50mm f1.8, 85mm f1.8, 70-200 f2.8, 24-70 f2.8, 15-30 f2.8 Tamron and a new macro lens. I also carry plenty of batteries, water and supplies to keep me going during a long day of shooting.

Feedback

Look at your environment and put yourself in the best place to take the shot you want. I walked into the water up to my knees so I could shoot this picture. It was cold and slippery with a fair amount of risk to myself and my camera. I wasn't alone so I had someone to get help just in case I needed it.

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Ouray Falls

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