Alternative Presentations
Here is another composition from my short trip to Ricketts Glen State Park. (The other composition.) And I want to take the opportunity to say a little about the possibility of showing more than one interpretation of a digital shot (capture).
A while back I did a post titled Digital Has Changed the Way We Shoot. In it are links to a few of Brooks Jensen’s audio podcasts. These particular podcasts were about the differences in how he used to shoot with film and how he now shoots with digital capture. In part, he talks about when he shot with film needing to capture the tonal values the way he wanted them to show in the final output (print). But with digital he wants to capture, not necessarily the best looking image, but rather a file that contains the most data for future post processing. Read the rest of this entry »
Ricketts Glen State Park’s claim to fame among photographers is it is home to some 22 named waterfalls. And to be perfectly honest I don’t care for most of the images I see from here. And I think part of the reason is that in most of them there is too much water coming over the falls. Until last week I had not been to Ricketts Glen.
Here in southeastern Pennsylvania we have had a hot dry summer.And this has resulted in many creeks to be running a little low. Last week I had the opportunity to spend a morning at the park. And there was not a lot of water–and that is a good thing as far as I’m concerned. Ended up only visiting the 3 falls below Waters Meet.
Arrived at the lower parking lot while it was still dark and started the mile or so walk to the first waterfall in the dark. Using a head lamp, of course. Along the way saw a porcupine hanging on to the side of a tree. It was way too dark to get a picture but it was cool to see it. Seeing my first porcupine in the wild was an added bonus.
I was pleased with a number of compositions that I made. This is one of Harrison Wright Falls. Read the rest of this entry »