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"Water Fall"

Patagonia, Argentina 2017

Patagonia, Argentina 2017
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SONY ILCE-7R

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Aperture f/22 ISO 50 Shutter 4/10 Focal Length 1550/10

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Oct, 2017

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Awards

Zenith Award

Top Shot Award 22

Honorable Mention in Capture Running Water Photo Contest

People's Choice in Waterfalls Marketplace Project

Contest Finalist in Waterfalls Marketplace Project

Contest Finalist in The Beauty Of Fall Photo Contest 2018

Contest Finalist in Celebrating Nature Photo Contest Vol 4

Contest Finalist in Rule Of Seconds Photo Contest vol1

Contest Finalist in Fall 2017 Photo Contest

Peer Award

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Absolute Masterpiece

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Superb Composition

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Top Choice

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Magnificent Capture

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Outstanding Creativity

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Superior Skill

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beautiful!

wow - congrats :)

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Awesome

Stunning!

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Epic shot dude !

Superb view

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What a gorgeous shot.

Stunning

Beautiful composition and colour contrast. 👌🏼

This is one of the most beautiful photos I have ever seen!!!

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Magic

Very good and beautiful composition!

Amazing capture.

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viewbug.com/challenge/colors-of-fall-photo-challenge-by-tanda4bama

This one Of the most beautiful photos I’ve ever seen

Very beautiful!! Amazing colors and so vibrant.

Just an amazing waterfalls and image itself.

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Beautiful Autumn capture.😊

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Wonderful!

beautiful

Stunning!

I couldn't really add anything original that hasn't already been shared. So, I'll echo what I've read....indeed stunning, beautiful, creative perspective....talent for sure. Honestly, it blew me away, sitting here I stared at each part of the shot-the framing of falls, array of colours...I had no idea this existed....opened my eyes n mind. Thank you so so much.

Great shot!

Amazing

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I would have picked this Winner but Art is so subjective! Congrats on your Honorable Mention!

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Lovely composition, beautiful colors. Congratulations on all your awards!

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Beautiful! you’ve captured nature’s beauty magnificently!!

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You have a great gallery .

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Great eye! Superb framing! Congratulations

Wow I'm in awe of this capture,absolutely stunning,the colours are stunning.

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Behind The Lens

Location

As a photographer that is constantly trying to create unique, original imagery, traveling to popular locations such as Patagonia can be quite challenging. In 2017 I spent an entire month backpacking in the forests and mountains of Southern Argentina and Chile in order to have plenty of time for exploration and to find beautiful scenes to capture. After the first couple of weeks, I had made some images but still felt like I hadn't created anything that was truly mine. While the photos I had taken were indeed original, I still felt like they resembled the other popular images that we have all seen before.

Time

On several different occasions while hiking to a lake up high beneath the mountains, I would pass by this waterfall. I stopped for just a moment to admire it a few different times but didn't feel moved to try and photograph it–mainly since I was either in a hurry to catch the light up at the lake, or to get back to camp and make some dinner. On this one morning while I was hiking back to my tent, there was something about the light and how it was perfectly illuminating this waterfall that stopped me in my tracks. By now, since a couple of weeks had gone by since I had first passed it, the foliage all around the waterfall was now vibrant and colorful. I pulled out my camera and took a few minutes to frame the scene you see here, as it all just naturally came together.

Lighting

Lighting and composition are everything in photography, and while this composition could be done at any time of day, the lighting you see here was really crucial in making it work. The way this small spotlight filtered through the clouds and trees was the perfect way to highlight the waterfall and make it really sing as the subject of this photo. The fact that the rest of the scene is in the shade helps to give separation and depth that this composition really needs in order to work.

Equipment

This photo was taken with a Sony a7r with a Canon 70-300 f4L and metabones adapter mounted on a RRS Ascend Tripod.

Inspiration

This image has now become one of my favorite photographs in my portfolio. It's not often you find such a beautiful waterfall framed perfectly by such amazing red and yellow leaves like this. As time goes by, I feel more and more grateful for witnessing such an incredible place in nature.

Editing

With such great lighting, this scene really didn't require much post-processing. In Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop, I applied some midtone contrast, created color separation, and cloned out a few minor distractions, all things that I teach in my tutorial video courses on post-processing.

In my camera bag

I usually travel nowadays with my a7rii, metabones adapter, Canon 70-300 f4 L, and Canon 16-35 f4L. With those two lenses I can cover a wide range of focal length without my gear taking up too much space in my bag or being too heavy for longer hikes. Occasionally I will also pack my Canon 100mm f/1.8 Macro lens if I suspect there will be subject matter for it.

Feedback

Always look all around you, not only at the iconic obvious scenes, but all the others that are just waiting for someone to see them in the right way. These kinds of photographs always feel more meaningful as they have a personal feeling from not being the usual scenes we often see. Creating unique work just comes from honing in on the things that really interest you, pay attention to the things that you connect with.

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