My Local Waterfall, originally uploaded by jjvornov.
Just before it started raining this morning, I managed to capture a few images of The Western Run, a small stream that runs through a nearby city neighborhood. This is just after the stream exits from a concrete piping system of a few blocks long. It’s in it’s natural bed, banked by more storm drains and areas of artificially built up banks, as seen here.
Because it was dim and I wanted to blur the water with a slow shutter speed, I got the tripod out for this series of images. I see that I really ought to invest in a better ballhead, even though the results here are credible.
I’ve noticed that Moose Peterson is pushing his images more and more just as I am. I like Vincent Versace’s aim creating images that reflect a believable improbability. It’s all too easy to push images into a psychedelic fantasy world that stop working as insights into what was seen at the time of capture.
[Nikon D300, 24mm f/2.8 NEF converted in Capture NX, processed in Photoshop using Nik Color Efex 3.0 filters.]