Riwaka River - Revisited

[Colin Southern]

What is there to say?

And it's all MINE. MINE! I tell you!

Mauhahahahahaha .....

[Colin Southern]

No wonder the Hobbitt and Trilogy movies were filmed there.

PS: For all the hobbit fans out there ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7q7WFMuxsg

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[pnodrog]

Satisfactory, acceptable, has potential, could to better, must try harder - just a few phrases I grabbed from my very old school reports that are not applicable to this photograph...

A very nice capture and the river in that setting suits the long exposure.

[Macmahon]

Colin

Love this shot.

A couple of questions about the Singh-Ray Vari-ND: (1) Does it deliver accurate colour off the bat, or do you have to remove a colour cast in post? (2) How/Where does a poor old NZer get one of these most economically?

Cheers

Tim

[Colin Southern]

Colin

Love this shot.

A couple of questions about the Singh-Ray Vari-ND: (1) Does it deliver accurate colour off the bat, or do you have to remove a colour cast in post? (2) How/Where does a poor old NZer get one of these most economically?

Cheers

Tim

Hi Tim,

It's glass based, not resin based, so doesn't suffer from some of the issues other products like the Lees big-stopper are known to suffer from. I haven't tested it for colour characteristics, but nothing leaps out at me as being a problem. With landscape like this it's never accurately white balanced anyway (always done visually), although on this occasion the camera was on auto-white balance and off memory I didn't have to change anything. In summary, it's nothing you need to worry about.

As far as I know, they're only sold directly from Singh-Ray -- that where I've got all my filters from.

[John 2]

The tranquillity just oozes Colin. Very nice indeed. (not sure about the white border but.....)

[Colin Southern]

The tranquillity just oozes Colin. Very nice indeed. (not sure about the white border but.....)

Thanks John,

It looks tranquil, but at the time it's noisy - the water is cold - the rocks are slippery below the surface and hard above it - sandflies are biting and the cows in the paddock nearby are smelly!

But apart from that, great

I tried a black boarder and a middle gray one -- white worked best, but I may experiment more. I try to make it more of a matte than a boarder; primarily to adapt my standard 2:1 aspect ratio into something that perfectly matches a 1920 x 1080 monitor.

[Colin Southern]

OK folks - just to be a complete prat, I must now reveal that I've also make another image taken at an even wider angle -- which do you prefer?

[Hui Song]

#1 is for me. The left corner in #2 drags my attention away to nowhere.

[Colin Southern]

#1 is for me. The left corner in #2 drags my attention away to nowhere.

Thanks. I do like the extra trees in the background though.

[Donald]

As far as I know, they're only sold directly from Singh-Ray -- that where I've got all my filters from.

I got my mine from B & H in New York.

Could have got it mail-order, but a friend was going to NY and picked it up for me (but don't tell our Customs people).

[Colin Southern]

I got my mine from B & H in New York.

Could have got it mail-order, but a friend was going to NY and picked it up for me (but don't tell our Customs people).

I believe that it's the custom not to tell the customs!

[Donald]

which do you prefer?

The second one. Why? Because I feel there is a much better balance between water and land and I think the tree trunks towards the left hand half of the frame give form and context that is better than in the original, excellent though it is.

[Colin Southern]

The second one. Why? Because I feel there is a much better balance between water and land and I think the tree trunks towards the left hand half of the frame give form and context that is better than in the original, excellent though it is.

Thanks Donald - great points (which I agree with by the way!)

[Mike Buckley]

The second one. Why? Because I feel there is a much better balance between water and land and I think the tree trunks towards the left hand half of the frame give form and context that is better than in the original, excellent though it is.

Agreed. Another way of putting it is that the second one provides more information, all of which strengthens the image with none of it weakening the image.

[tbob]

Had a hard time jumping between the two to fully compare. In the end I think the first overall. I like the light and clarity of the pool of still water on the lower right contrasting with the motion of the water to the left, gives a point of dynamic contrast in the image. As well the lower bordering rocks frame the pool better and also provide a defining line for the river flow.

My only point of confusion in comparing the two was the light on the surrounding forest. Perhaps a place halfway between the two? The first seems too light and the second too dark when comparing.

[bnnrcn]

#2 is nicer with more trees..

[Colin Southern]

Had a hard time jumping between the two to fully compare.

Hi Trevor,

Easiest way is to just click the image to open it in the lightbox and then use the arrows at the bottom to switch between images. Works for all images in any thread.

[FrankMi]

Hi Trevor,

Easiest way is to just click the image to open it in the lightbox and then use the arrows at the bottom to switch between images. Works for all images in any thread.

Interesting. Colin, I've not been able to use the arrows for images that are on another page of the same post. I get 20 entries per page on my machine.