Mpumalanga

[Neilmac50]

Visited this area of South Africa last week for a few days whilst going to a good mates wedding.

[Wavelength]

So beautiful....lovely set

[Shadowman]

Nicely exposed and composed.

[rpcrowe]

Well done series of a beautiful area...

[bnnrcn]

Nice series

[Ziggy]

Enjoyed viewing.

[Dave A]

Beautiful set.

Dave

[DickyOZ]

Stunning scenery beautifully captured.

Dicky.

[Donald]

I think this is the first time I've seen a slow shutter speed on waterfalls like this that I feel works. I generally don't go for images that have a slow shutter speed on tumbling white water.

Why so in this case?

Because, for me, the water is a supporting act in these images, as opposed to the being the primary subject. The water plays a part in the image, but an equally if not stronger part is played by the beautiful rocks. The shapes, colours, tones and light on the rocks are all wonderful. And it's they, rather than the water that are, for me, the real start features in both these images. And for that reason, the smoothness of the water works, becuase it complements rather than competes with, the rock.

[Saorsa]

I think this is the first time I've seen a slow shutter speed on waterfalls like this that I feel works. I generally don't go for images that have a slow shutter speed on tumbling white water.

Why so in this case?

Because, for me, the water is a supporting act in these images, as opposed to the being the primary subject. The water plays a part in the image, but an equally if not stronger part is played by the beautiful rocks. The shapes, colours, tones and light on the rocks are all wonderful. And it's they, rather than the water that are, for me, the real start features in both these images. And for that reason, the smoothness of the water works, becuase it complements rather than competes with, the rock.

Water competes with rock all the time; and it wins. Didn't you visit the canyonlands while you were over here?

I think that these images use the water to show the scale and depth of the rocks features. It is really difficult to get the topography into an image without some visual cue. The the flow does it beautifully here. Stopping it would have made the images flatter.