Wednesday, 14th January 2009
Burst Of Hope
by Kevin McNeal
This is an image from this past fall. I really like this state park and trying to find the best combination of light and color are always fun here. Silver Falls SP is one of the best state parks for waterfalls in North America. I wanted to get as close an low to the water as I could to include the distant mist and sunrays.
Equipment: Nikon D2
Kevin McNeal
Kevin McNeal is a Washington St. photographer focusing on grand colorful landscapes that reflect the most unique places on earth. Capturing moments of magic light and transferring this on print, images behold a combination of perseverance, patience, and dedication to capture the images in ways unseen before. The stories of how these images are rendered come across in the feelings the images convey. Traveling all over North America with his wife by his side, shooting diverse landscapes and finding remote places to bring the message to the public that this Earth is worth saving.
Website: kevinmcnealphotography.com
Burst Of Hope by Kevin McNeal was photo of the day on Wednesday, 14th January 2009. It is tagged Autumn, Leaves, River. You can leave a comment below.
23 Comments
Katherine Lee Strassburg
Lovely photo with lovely title. The golden rays of autumn may mean the end of summer, but they also show a hint of new life to come.
James and Kelly Stone
You certainly accomplished presenting what a beautiful park Silver Falls is and the beauty it holds. This is an excellent and technically perfect image!!! The DOF, the soft water fall, the color, exposure…..the list goes on!! Great job and congratulations!!
Jim Atkin
Congratulations!! A beautiful image.
Kirk Jordan
This works on so many levels. Color, mood, real beauty. I am most curious about the shape of the falls themselves. It seems that it is flowing into a “ditch” from the side, rather than the “end”. Most unusual.
Anurag
Great shot Kevin.
However, I feel the bright foreground mound in the lower left corner is carrying too much visual weight and is distracting the eye from the falls. Though this may not be an issue for lesser photographers, considering your high caliber I’d like to know your views on this.
Anurag
…oops, I’ve got the sides wrong
I mean “the right lower corner”
Linda Jones
I like the way you have brought our ears down to the water, almost like we can hear it. Very nice with the fog.
Derek Dobbie
Nice autumn shot.More of the stream would have been nice but well exposed all the same.
Su
Love this shot, Folks take some time to look at this guys website, plenty more shots that are worthy of potd
Pauline Jones
This would be a good picture without the ray of sunshine but it is that which makes it special.
John Harrison
Another awesome image! Nice job with the colors, water flowing and ethereal feeling that is evoked here! Wish I was shooting with you this time. Cheers, John
Kevin McNeal
Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions.
Anurag,
I understand what you are saying about the the brighter spots but in this case the whole image has a high key soft focus feeling to it and thus I choose to continue with the lower contrast and kept the image slightly on the brighter side of tones.
Thanks for the suggestion as do understand what you are getting at.
Thanks Kevin McNeal
Malta Photography
This is a very good shot indeed both in color and composition. I like the warm colors and also the long shutter effect. great job indeed.
Anurag
Thanks for responding Kevin. Wish you all the best.
Renee
I agree with the comments very beautiful place, well captured!
Marie Dunphy Harding
Beautiful colors.These Falls look quite different from the usual Falls. Is this taken from the top?
Bala
Lovely place
Eileen
I think it’s lovely and I like it just the way it is. EZ
Mandy Kilpatrick
What a beautiful composition!! The river and fallen leaves are lovely, but for me the highlight and focal point is the sunshine and the way everything glows underneath the rays of light.
Sue Gagnon
Well, Kevin, you did just that, you captured those aspects of the scene adeptly, and quite beautifully. Lovely was the word that immediately came to mind. Nicely done!
mike
The trees in the back look nice with the sun coming through them.
su
This is one beautiful shot.
Renee
Nice one Kevin!