Padley Stream
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I found this little area of the stream with a bunch of leaves gathered to create a bit of white water while up in the Peaks with Paul Morton a few weeks ago. Bright, hot conditions made the day quite hard going, but we eventually got into our stride.
That is lovely. I can feel myself gazing in the stream also.
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Nice balance between the sharp foreground rock and the less defined leaves in the flow of water
I do like these ‘coloured leaves in water’ images – very nice indeed. This is excellent. The narrow depth is really effective and gives the upper half a nice semi-abstract quality which balances the sharp foreground rather well.
Surprising amount of detail in such a simple picture, liking the way you’ve composed with opposing triangles top and bottom. Very nice…
Nicely composed shot!
great image
Beautiful shot, great detail.
beautiful picture!!!
Great colours and love the flow of the water.
Steve
1st class
If you pardon the pun Tim. A lovely "flow" to the shot. Lovely textures and love the triangular 4 corner composition to the shot.
Hi Tim, I have visited this several times because, unlike with most of your shots, I didn’t get the strong "Oh! … this is nice" response. I did like the way you have used the diagonals or X design but the fact that the only area in sharp focus was, for me, the not so interesting triangle of mossy rock, the initial appeal waned somewhat. However, more prolonged viewing has led me to enjoy the colour contrast of the blues and orange/yellows and to pay more attention to the cluster of submerged leaves just above the rock triangle. I am still a bit dubious about the f/g sycamore leaf and may probably have considered a square crop to loose this … but who knows, tomorrow I will probably think this is the best bit
) …. thanks for exercising my brain … and forgive me for rambling on. Cheers, pete
Ghostly beautiful.
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Splendid job Tim, I’m really enjoying the water covered leaf on the front rock.
Thanks for the kind comments all – sorry it’s taken me a bit long to get back, I’ve had a busy few days of shooting. I exposed about 30 sheets of film last week as Autumn finally arrived! I hope everyone’s got time to get out out to make pictures while the colour’s good.
[i]Pete: : Hi Tim, I have visited this several times because, unlike with most of your shots, I didn’t get the strong "Oh! … this is nice" response. I did like the way you have used the diagonals or X design but the fact that the only area in sharp focus was, for me, the not so interesting triangle of mossy rock, the initial appeal waned somewhat. However, more prolonged viewing has led me to enjoy the colour contrast of the blues and orange/yellows and to pay more attention to the cluster of submerged leaves just above the rock triangle. I am still a bit dubious about the f/g sycamore leaf and may probably have considered a square crop to loose this … but who knows, tomorrow I will probably think this is the best bit
) …. thanks for exercising my brain … and forgive me for rambling on. Cheers, pete[/i]
Hi Pete,
Thanks for the thoughtful reply – I wanted to achieve good focus in both the rock and the leaves at the top, but the movement of the water and the shutter speed required to get a good exposure was somewhere in the region of 4 or 8 seconds (if I recall) which meant even the slightest bit of movement blurred the leaves. They’re more blurred than out of focus if that makes sense as the plane of focus runs along the rock, but this really sprung out at me on the lightbox – the rock jumps out of the transparency and the hues in the top of the frame really complement its harshness.
I was debating whether to remove the sycamore leaf – both at the time of capture and afterwards in post production – and on both occasions I decided that it was better with than without. It could, of course, be a point of contention but the image seems to lose its balance without that element in the bottom of the frame.
Wonderful picture and a great composition, well done!
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/37423235@N02] hi, thanks for the ‘explanation/reasoning’. I see what you mean about "more blurred than out of focus" … perhaps you were actually lucky the leaves stayed in place over such a long exposure. On further consideration I think you are also right about the balance, I like the idea of the square crop because it emphasises the ‘X’ design, but as you say it changes other things too. Thanks for taking the time to reply. Cheers pete.