brendanwilliams

Brandywine Falls

Every time I make my way into whistler I can't help but take a hike down to the bottom of brandywine falls. Theres 2 awesome parts about being down here, 1...
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Every time I make my way into whistler I can't help but take a hike down to the bottom of brandywine falls. Theres 2 awesome parts about being down here, 1: You feel like an ant 2:you get to look up at people on the viewing platform above wondering how on earth you got down there
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Canon EOS REBEL T3i

settings

Aperture f/16 ISO 100 Shutter 40/1 Focal Length 18/1

upload_date

Sep, 2015

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1168

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+317

Awards

Winner in Where No Car Goes Photo Challenge

Peer Award

+41

Superb Composition

+40

Top Choice

+38

Absolute Masterpiece

+35

Outstanding Creativity

All Star

Magnificent Capture

Superior Skill

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Beautiful!!

beautiful landscape. beautiful capture.

This is beautiful, well done long exposure and having the hiker in there gives it an amazing sense of dimension.

Love it! I almost entered a similar shot of Brandywine into the same challenge, glad I didn't :)

Thanks man! Brandywine is a classic. All photos taken there are very similar but always just a little bit different.

Beautiful. Congratulations, I have chosen your photo as the winner of my challenge "Where No Car Goes"

Thank you so much! That's very exciting :)

Nice you did the trek down. You get the premium vantage point! Nice long exposure!

thanks! its work the walk!

Platinum

Wonderful lighting, composition and shutter speed.

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Behind The Lens

Location

I took this at Brandywine Falls located in Whistler, BC. It's a pretty iconic waterfall around here.

Time

This was one of my first times making the hike down to the bottom of the falls. We got down there in the middle of the afternoon where we hungout with a few other photographers we met that day. It was a great time.

Lighting

On a gloomy day like this I wasn't too concerned about the lighting. What was important to me was comparing the size of a person to the sheer size of this waterfall.

Equipment

This was shot on a Canon Rebel t3i with a canon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6, using a Lee Filters Big Stopper ND, and an old manfroto tripod which its exact model I cannot seem to think of.

Inspiration

I have always really enjoyed photos with epic landscapes, waterfalls, or night scenes that use people as a means of perspective. This was one of my first shots that I felt I successfully managed to do the same.

Editing

This particular photo I didn't do a whole lot of processing for. I balanced out the levels a bit more and brought up with whites a bit more, I used the selective adjustment tool to bring out some of the greens on the canyon wall and the forest above and lastly added a radial filter around my subject standing below to help him pop a bit more.

In my camera bag

Now, I almost never leave home without my Canon 60D, sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6, promaster xc525 tripod, and the Lee Filters Big Stopper ND.

Feedback

Just get creative with where you're placing your subject in the scene. Work them into the composition so it feels like they belong there and weren't just some random getting in your shot. Also try not to be too picky about how they stand. If you force it too much they begin to look rigid and unnatural which will show through in your image.

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Brandywine Falls

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