Forest mist
One of many waterfalls on the Dardenelles walkway, Blue Mountains, Australia
One of many waterfalls on the Dardenelles walkway, Blue Mountains, Australia
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occasionalclimber
January 15, 2017
Thank you Steven. It was the first day using my new Nikon D750 and somehow RAW capture turned off, so the highlight blowouts in the water couldn't be corrected unfortunately - but I do still like the image too.
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Location
In September, in the forest of the Dardenelles Walkway, Blue mountains, Australia.Time
Late morning.Lighting
The lighting was perfect for long exposures during the day. Although it was drizzling, I was deep in the forest where the light was really soft and low and, due to the weather conditions, it was also quite even.Equipment
A Nikon D750, a 24-120 F4 lens and lightweight tripod. For this shot the zoom setting was 24mm, ISO 50, F22 and shutter 13 sec.Inspiration
I was looking for a really nice waterfall setting on this trail - there are many along it. The lighting was ideal so it was just a case of picking the best composition. This one had everything – lots of water trails, lovely big moss covered boulders and a natural foliage frame.Editing
This was the maiden voyage of my new D750 and, very disappointingly, it was malfunctioning. Somehow (it wasn’t me) the camera went off RAW, so I only had a jpeg file to work with afterwards. I was actually surprised how the highlights in the water blew out and, not having the RAW option meant I couldn’t fully recover this. But I still did some work on high and low lighting to even things out so all the beautiful details and texture could be seen better.In my camera bag
I love the mountains, so as little as possible - at present a Nikon D750 camera body, a Nikkor 24-120 small zoom and the 55-300 bigger zoom, a spare battery and beaten up lightweight tripod - good for hiking. If I'm going for a summit then it's even less - a compact Nikon P7800 with mirrorless through the lens digital view finder, full manual operation and RAW file capture - absolutely great when you still want to control your photography but need to keep moving and can't afford to have stuff hanging off you.Feedback
For this kind of slow exposure you really need soft lighting and a good tripod (mine id dubious). And shoot RAW so you can optimise the image.
