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Curtis Falls


Curtis Falls
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Copyright: Richard Cridland (rcrick) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 717 W: 37 N: 1558] (5011)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-03-16
Categories: Rain Forest
Camera: Canon 5D, Canon EF 16-35mm f2.8L USM, SanDisk Ext. III 1GB, Hoya 82mm UV SMC
Exposure: f/22, 30 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-03-17 2:29
Viewed: 1325
Points: 22
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Having spent a couple of hours working on this image this morning I up-loaded the wrong one, call it old age! or not wearing my glasses, so here we go again after removing the incorrect file and up-loading this one, and yes I have my glasses on ;)

My wife and I paid a visit to Curtis Falls over the weekend, it is in the Joalah section of the Tamborine Mountains, and is about a 1.5km journey down to the falls and takes about 30 minutes. Joalah is an Aboriginal word meaning "haunt of the lyrebird".

On this track you will walk through rainforest and descend steep stairs to a large pool at the base of Curtis Falls. There is an impressive view of the falls and surrounding columnar basalt rock face.

Swimming is prohibited at the falls, and there is a restricted access area below Curtis Falls which protects an important glow-worm colony.

The Tamborine National Park covers 11.60 km on Tamborine Plateau and around its foothills. The plateau is 8 km long, 5 km wide and rises to an altitude of 525 metres.

The elevation of the plateau keeps the temperature down a little in summer although December to April is also the wettest time to visit. Winter is drier but also cooler.

The area is spattered with the 12 separate reserves which make up the National Park, interspersed with villages. There are a number of beautiful picnic areas as well as scenic drives and many bushwalks to such attractions as lookouts, gorges, cliffs, waterfalls, rainforest areas, wet eucalypt forest, open forest and woodlands.

Details, Several images were taken at different apertures in Raw format, these were converted to Jpeg and reduced in size, then in Photo Studio 5.5 I tweaked all three images to adjust the foreground foliage, and background foliage, and the waterfall in the top left, then these images were merged together to produce the final composite.


Camera Model Canon EOS 5D
Shooting Date/Time 16/03/2008 10:41:12 AM
Shooting Mode Aperture-Priority AE
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 30
Av( Aperture Value ) 22.0
Metering Mode Center-Weighted Average Metering
Exposure Compensation 0
ISO Speed 50
Lens 16.0 - 35.0 mm
Focal Length 16.0 mm
Image Size 4368x2912
Image Quality Superfine
Flash Off
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode One-Shot AF
Picture Style Neutral
Sharpness 5
Contrast 2
Saturation 2
Color tone 1
Color Space sRGB
Noise Reduction On
File Size 196.4 KB
Custom Function C.Fn:00-0
Drive Mode Continuous shooting
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  • Great 
  • jesst Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 375 W: 0 N: 172] (2411)
  • [2008-03-17 3:09]

beautiful picture! I like composition and colors. Water is great. TFS

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  • PaulH Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1112 W: 23 N: 3660] (13089)
  • [2008-03-17 3:30]
  • [+]

Hi Rick,
once again very well composed with heaps of detail. It must be REALLY still down there under the canopy - 30 seconds and no blur on any plants, well done! i think some parts of the foams in the river might be a little OE, but it's easily fixed with a tweak of levels. A fine piece of work from an amazing location mate, i hope you have more from here to share.
Paul

That's some intense work you put into this image. It paid off well though. Love the greens in this photo. It's a perfect post for St. Patty's Day.

Ahhh so, that explains it. The exposure is much more balanced in this version. I haven't done much with slow shutter speeds but I would think you could still get silky water with less speed thereby avoiding the burnout??????
It is a great composition and you did a nice blending job.

TFS
Evelynn : )

Good natural scene complete with a silky, cascading river, thanks to the long exposure time Richard, the tremendous DOF resulting from an f/22 provided needle-sharp focus from fore- to background within this fine wide-angle shot with natural open-shade illumination. Perfect indeed!
Mehmet

  • Great 
  • lizzie Gold Star Critiquer [C: 207 W: 0 N: 605] (2855)
  • [2008-03-17 19:43]

Hi Rcrick,

It looks like a beautiful magic forest with this milky water effect!
Nicely composed with great greenish tones!

Well done!

Lise

  • Great 
  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1899 W: 36 N: 5579] (18518)
  • [2008-03-17 19:46]

Hi Richard,
Outstanding shot of this waterfalls and I like this rocky and dense rainforest. It must be such a wonderful place to be at and you portray the environment and the ambience quite aptly here. Nice POV and very skilful use of slow shutter speed to freezed the waterflow. I like the light and shadow play of the forest too. Superb composition. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

  • Great 
  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2405 W: 63 N: 4227] (13822)
  • [2008-03-18 1:17]

Hello Rick,
Nice and a dramatic forest capture. Good composition, POV, and a nice effect of the slow shutter speed. TFS
Greetings,
Selen

Hello Rick,

A lovely spot and photo, I can almost hear the water gurgling. Excellent!

Thanks,
John

  • Great 
  • JPlumb Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 637 W: 166 N: 889] (2884)
  • [2008-03-18 23:51]

Hello Rick, welcome to the world of HDR.

This is a very fine effort and worth every minute of your time. The detail you've picked up here is awesome, with excellent colour saturation. I love how you've captured the stream falling down each level. Very nicely done.

Thanks, John

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2008-03-21 22:02]

Hello Richard

A lovely capture of this primeval forest stream.
Lovely earthy and natural colours and tones.
There is something to be said for rich greens and ferns.
Well focused with sharp detail.
The POV is very good,I like the way the stream flows through the shot.
TFS

Rob

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