Flowing Water
This photo was taken along a stream of water near the Crags trail, located near Pikes Peak in Colorado.
This photo was taken along a stream of water near the Crags trail, located near Pikes Peak in Colorado.
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Behind The Lens
Location
I was up hiking on the Front Range of the Rockies in Colorado. We were on the backside of Pike's Peak, near an area called the Crags. Probably up around 8k or 9k feet.Time
This was early afternoon. Myself and my friends had spent all morning hiking and decided to stop next to this little creek for lunch.Lighting
It was roughly midday, so the sun was pretty high in the school, so not the greatest light ever, but it was filtered enough by the trees to not be overly washed or anything.Equipment
At the time, I was shooting with a Nikon D5100 and I believe a Nikkor 28mm lens. I had a neutral density filter on the lens to allow me to do the long exposure in the bright light to get the motion blur of the water flowing. The camera was mounted on a Alta +263AGH tripod. The only additional piece of equipment I wish I would have at the time would have been a remoteInspiration
We had been hiking all morning and decided to take a lunch break next to this stream. The bright green of the plant life and its contrasting with the brown of the rocks in the water really struck me. So while my friends were enjoying the break, I decided to set up and try to shoot this image. My first couple of images I just went capturing the scene and then I decided to try for the motion blur of the water, which turned into a much more interesting photo.Editing
At the time I wasn't much for editing my images. Though I had been shooting for a few years at this point, editing just wasn't a huge tool in my skillset. I believe the only thing I did to this image was slightly crop it and added a watermark. Nowadays I probably would have stilled cropped it and maybe do some color grading. I've definitely gotten away from the habit of adding my watermark to every image. I'm a much different photographer/editor in 2020 than I was in 2014.In my camera bag
My gear set has evolved dramatically since I originally took this photo in 2014. My go to camera for the last 5 years has been my Nikon D750. I'm currently regularly packing a Nikkor 24-70mm 1:2.8G and a Nikkor 200-500mm 1:5.6E. I have found that what I usually end up photographing, these lens will serve me well. I also have several prime lenses that I will pack along if I feel I need more variety. A SB-700 speedlight along with a SU-800 commander make up my typical lighting equipment. And then there's a variety of odds and ends; SD cards, batteries, gaff tape, a gerber multitool, etc that goes into my bag. Depending on where I'm going and what I'm doing, for a bag I flipflop between a GoRuck GR1 Shooter, a North Face Recon bag, or a Maxpedition Mongo shoulder bag.Feedback
Always have your eyes open. Had I not been paying attention to my surroundings when we stopped for lunch, I would have missed this scene entirely.
