Champagne Pool

[ST1]

Champagne Pool or Artists Palette depending on which sign I read at the Thermal Wonderland "Wia-O-Tapu" near Rotorua on the North Island of New Zealand.

As always your thoughts and C&C are welcome.

[Mike Buckley]

I wish you had been with me when I was there in 2000. That's because I like your image better than a similar one I made. You could have told me how to make the better photo.

[bje07]

Nice colors and good framing.

[Shadowman]

Nice shot.

[ST1]

Thanks for taking time to look and comment, I appreciate it.

[ST1]

I wish you had been with me when I was there in 2000. That's because I like your image better than a similar one I made. You could have told me how to make the better photo.

Mike I doubt that I could have taught you how to make a better photo. But I'm sure we would both have enjoyed the experience and company. When I last visited the thermal pools was in 2014 and the day was cloudy and overcast so this trip I hoped to make an image with a bit of blue sky in it.

[IzzieK]

I like this one, Peter...One of your best. I am sure you have many shots in other places where you wanted to go back and re-take again. Problem is, some of those places are across the pond.

[William W]

Wow.

Sensational.

Excellent Post Production.

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Questions -

1. EF 16~35 F/4 IS L USM?

2. Hand-held?

WW

[ST1]

I like this one, Peter...One of your best. I am sure you have many shots in other places where you wanted to go back and re-take again. Problem is, some of those places are across the pond.

Thanks Izzie, sometimes it's good to revisit places. However I find it useful to revisit images from my archive and reprocess them from scratch, using a fresh pair of eyes so to speak.


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[ST1]

Wow.

Sensational.

Excellent Post Production.

***

Questions -

1. EF 16~35 F/4 IS L USM?

2. Hand-held?

WW

Thank you Bill for taking time to look and comment.

The answer to both your questions is yes I give the credit to the lens.


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[Mike Buckley]

I give the credit to the lens.

Now that I realize the lens pointed itself to frame the scene so expertly and that it also automatically adjusted itself to the ideal focal length and aperture, I definitely need one of those lenses.

[William W]

Thanks for answering, Peter.

As a technical observation: this is certainly an example of why and how useful IS (Image Stabilization) is for Wide Angle and Ultra Wide Angle Lenses.

Generally and typically, both the ("more serious") discussion and also ("idle") internet chatter focuses on the necessity and/or usefulness of IS for Normal and Telephoto Lenses, mainly Telephoto Lenses.

And it was a bit more than just the lens which made the Photograph.

WW

[Wavelength]

Beautiful place...how hot the water is?

[Mike Buckley]

this is certainly an example of why and how useful IS (Image Stabilization) is for Wide Angle and Ultra Wide Angle Lenses.

How does this image serve as that example? If the EXIF data had indicated a shutter speed that is so slow that the image couldn't have been handheld without using IS technology, I would understand. But I found no info about the shutter speed in the EXIF data.

[Dave A]

Very nice. I wouldn't​change a thing.

[ST1]

Beautiful place...how hot the water is?

Nandakumar, to answer your question I could just have said hot but I thought this would be a much better answer.

[ST1]

How does this image serve as that example? If the EXIF data had indicated a shutter speed that is so slow that the image couldn't have been handheld without using IS technology, I would understand. But I found no info about the shutter speed in the EXIF data.

Hi Mike I thought this may help it's a Snip from my Flickr Photostream which shows the Exif of the image.

[Mike Buckley]

Last year a man apparently hoping to illegally soak in one of the hot springs at Yellowstone National Park also illegally wandered off the path. He bent over to touch the water, hoping to determine whether its temperature was suitable. Instead, he accidentally fell into the thermal pool. After his dead body was removed, it was determined that the water temperature was in excess of 100 degrees Celsius (212 degrees Fahrenheit). Note that that is the same temperature indicated on the sign in Peter's photo.

Also note that that is also the boiling temperature of water at sea level. The boiling temperature is lower at higher altitudes. It's common to see the water boiling in thermal pools.

Lastly, unaware readers should also please note that even if the water is not boiling, its heat can still kill you. And if the heat itself isn't bad enough, many thermal pools are also highly acidic.

For all the gory details, see this.

[William W]

How does this image serve as that example? If the EXIF data had indicated a shutter speed that is so slow that the image couldn't have been handheld without using IS technology, I would understand. But I found no info about the shutter speed in the EXIF data.

The image as posted (post #1) has comprehensive EXIF data embedded in it. Perhaps it is only realized, depending upon the Browser used? - I was using Firefox.

Specifically I made the comment about Image Stabilization because of the clarity and edge sharpness of the immediate foreground, (i.e. a Subject Distance very close to the camera at FL = 19mm on an EOS 5D Series Camera) and a Shutter Speed at 1/125s in addition to the important fact that the Camera Mode was set to Av Priority (Aperture Priority).

On that point (choosing Av Priority) - that wouldn't have been my first choice because choosing Av Priority then requires the monitoring of any changes in the Tv (Shutter Speed) - which is fine if one doesn't forget to monitor those changes. But I like "simple" and simple means I don't like to have to remember a lot of things about what the camera might do for me.

Considering that the choice of Tv is an integral part to the Composition (rate of / amount of blur of the steam) - I would prefer to have that Tv nailed down and set in stone.

Similarly for DoF control I would like the Av set in stone too.

So I would have most likely used M Mode to satisfy both those criteria.

If I needed to change anything because of light changes in the scene I would have first selected the ISO to accommodate.

WW

[John 2]

Good use of colour and you have captured the steaminess (word??) of the place very effectively Peter. I dare say it will serve well in the future to remind you of what it was like being there.