Photographer's Note
Shoshone Falls is on the Snake River near Twin Falls, Idaho. It is 212 feet high, and at times can have a tremendous amount of water flowing over it. I had heard earler in the week that the Snake River was running very high, and that the falls were exceptional. One report I read said there were more cubic feet / second of water over the falls at that time than Niagra, now I don't know if I can believe that!
So, after chasing beautiful skies from Boise, thinking of huge waterfalls with great spring evening light, and I ended up with dull overcast skies, and average to less than average water over the falls. The power generating station controls water flow, and I guess most of it was going through the generators.
I watched the exposure carefully so the white of the falls wasn't blown out. I was shooting hand held, so I chose a shutter speed that would help me with keep vibration under control.
There really was very little post processing on this image (other than the mirror); a little cropping and some level work.
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weiphoto
(353) 2006-06-01 1:11
Dana,
Very nice shot. I thought it was a panoramic, stitched together, but, of course, read it was a mirror. In many of your color shots w/ the D200, you have vivid orange/reds. Is that how the scene looked, or do you add saturation?
Wei
DarkoG
(8) 2006-06-01 1:47
Excellent shot, I like it.
Place is impressive and very atractive.
Good work
REgards DArko
Alexus
(294) 2006-06-01 3:02
Halo Dana!
I'd like to agree with Darko. Excellent work. Will be one of my favorites.
TFS and kind regards,
Alexus
anew
(582) 2006-06-01 12:29
This is an amazing shot. I love the vivid colors and the pov. I have been to Idaho and you have captured it just the way it is.
An exquisite scene indeed. Thank you Dana for sharing.
Anu
rmatthews
(945) 2006-06-01 16:25
Nice...very nice.
Did you have your 'mirror' locked up when you took the picture?
And when did your mirror get paroled?
Very beautiful
bakes888
(18499) 2006-06-02 16:46
Beautiful. So which is the actual image, left or right? Your story sounds a bit like a fishing story (the fishing is allways better the day before you get to the fishing spot). Lovely image.
TFS Cheers, Paul.
cacamera
(498) 2006-06-03 20:00
This is probably the best picture I've seen of Idaho. Wonderful picture!
Photo Information
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Copyright: Dana Rees (danarees)
(2502)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2006-05-29
- Categories: Nature
- Camera: Nikon D200, Nikkor EDIF 18-70, Digital ISO 100, B+W KR 1.5
- Exposure: f/7.1, 1/160 seconds
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2006-06-01 0:00
- Favorites: 6 [view]
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