Tidal River Reflection
A perfect winters morning, great light and a rare perfect reflection. I took many shots that morning but had to wait a few weeks to get my film back to see if any had come out. This was the one where everything came together, composition, light and technique. To balance the amazing disparity in light between the shadowed foreground and the bright background I used an ND4 Graduated filter. This filter balances the exposure by only letting one quarter of the light through the top part of the lens as compared to the bottom. The eye is so sophisticated that it automatically compensates for these differences so judging the effects of the filter is basically an educated guess and because I shoot on film I have no on location way of assessing the results and re-shooting if I mess it up. This shot is one of my all time personal favourites. It was also the group avitar for ‘All water and seascapes’ a little while back and was my first laminated print sale on the bub.
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Jocelyn Hyers
I can see why it is your favourite … it is an absolutely breathtaking capture …
storm22
nice job great reflection very beautiful!
Paul Scarsella
beautiful colors!
Roslyn Slater
Beautiful work.
DawsonImages
Beautiful image from a beautiful place
hilarydougill
Fantastic shot
Hiroko
wonderful composition
phillip wise
great colours and depth of feild
Mark Peterson
Just Beautiful!
Nick Johnson
Reflection is as good as it gets. Beautifull expance and vibrant color.
Tanya Bright
Well composed. Gorgeous capture.
Jessica Karran
beautiful photo!
Kenny Gulley Jr.
wow
Robert Elliott
stunning image
Stacey Hatton
Beautifully clear shot and strong colours. Wonderfully framed. Well Done!
WesternDreamer
What a beautiful image this is, a wonderful composition!!
Mariann Kovats
Beautiful, I love the reflection, it is a great shot.
Steven Agius
Stunning capture, superb view, well done.
AmandaWitt
Stunning!
Geoff Coleman...
What a superbly composed shot – you are the master for connecting foreground to background in landscape – the Wizard of Wideangle!
Thank you for your lovely comment on my last lightning shot.
Travis Easton replied
I’m a huge fan of Dombrovskis who was THE MASTER of foreground interest, my problem is seeing the shots that work without the foreground thing. Thanks for the encouragement King Geoff.
Ricky Knowles
Great capture!
Wildwings
Truly a breathtaking capture. The clarity of the foreground colors and details are superb. Another favorite of mine.
Mandy Fell
fantastic image love the depth of field on this.
Travis Easton replied
Ain’t f22 grand! Thanks for the comment.
Ricky Knowles
Brilliant!
Hoffard
Such a great eye you have for beauty! Love it!
Bryn
I love your work. You have captured the spirituality of nature in a way Mary Oliver and Emerson do with words. Very moving.
Valli aka Fra...
I adore reflections and rocks.. you’ve captured my passion here. Great shot!
Rany Lutz
Fantastic color and contrast. Very sharp image.
Al Neaimi
very nice
velveteagle
Travis .. I am so glad I decided to check out your portfolio.. This capture itself is a true capture of natures art.. Well done..
Carol & Kev Ha...
Simply awesome capture Travis, your images just continue to “blow me away”. Keep up the great work!!
dinghysailor1
beautiful work !
mwfoster
Great depth and awsome reflection
Jan Piller
Wow – stunning Travis! The water is so still! Not even a ripple!
Jessie Harris
wow, water like glass. beautiful reflection and color!
Nira Dabush
Amazing scenery!
Matt Halls
Beautiful reflections and colours.
Dave Aarons
Excellent shot Travis
caroline ellis
this is so gorgeous, I love the Prom, you have to send some time there to get great weather like this though.
Travis Easton replied
So true, I’ve been there 22 times since 1991 and 13 in the last 3 years. The number of times and the amount of effort I’ve expended returning to the same places time and again to get a specific shot in the right light is enormous but what a great excuse to visit again. At least this location is only a two minute walk from the car.
Ravenor
Brilliant shot!!!.. great composition and use of the foreground…
nigelnash
brilliant shot , wel done
davidmilne
Stunning perspective,gorgeous light and reflections!!
Neophytos
Masterpiece ,MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Colin Tobin
A truely breathtaking scene. Fantastic work!
Carmen Mandel-...
The boulders carry amazing grace, as if they were contemplating the majestic view. Thank you, Travis, for adding this beautiful landscape along your generous pledge to Art for Conservation.
silveraya
stunning, greal cool tones
Jared Revell
A beautiful location and wonderfully captured Travis.
I really like the blue tones, that filter worked well.
Fiona MacNab
Beautiful – fantastic reflections, and I love the foreground rocks too.
Joe Thill
Wow this is amazing, the reflection is so perfect. Awesome!
aroha
wow! stunning reflections
peterhoenderdos
The colours you used are vernice and warm. Great picture, well done
suziesplace
Wow beautiful
Joyce Dickens,...
Incredible reflection; awesome composition, breathtaking capture!
Andy Harris
super – love the reflections, very still… great colours too!
~ Ademac
Great capture…...................well done.
JayVee
Indeed a perfect reflection. Wonderful blue tones and nice texture on the rocks. great composition.
GaryGlass
very nice composition and perspective
Donovan wilson
perfect capture
jase8812
Lovely peaceful capture !
Marilyn Harris
Stunning work!!!
amarica
Your work is superb!
Laurie Puglia
this is soo coool. beautiful reflections and looks like a perfect day :)
Tom Gomez
Fab composition and colour …
genevievem
gorgeous!
Simon Whittaker
Stunning shot – well doen.
JOHAN (photowa...
CONGRATS ON YOUR FEATURE IN JUST THAT ONE GREAT SHOT….........JOHAN
dinghysailor1
brilliant news well done !
yankeegrl99
Amazing composition. Gorgeous shot.
photoperspect
This is wonderful! Love the clarity and how calm the water is. Lovely shot
lilylive
Serenity on a beautiful day. love the rich blues of the water between the rocks, and how that rock is sitting up there on the other one (a better view?). Congrats on taking pretty much the perfect shot. Hope to get to Wilsons one day.
Alan Findlater
fantastic work
Roz McQuillan
Beautiful image, Travis!
kentuckyblueman
Absolutely breathtaking capture ,well done!
EarthGipsy
Beautiful!
emolena
Beautiful photo !
Mar Silva
Truly a beautiful image!~
Travis Easton replied
Thanks Mar, missed you, thanks for droppin by again.
Clayton Turner
Oh my, great shot.
mmills3080
absolutely fantastic!!
Kevin Meldrum
quite simply…......wow
Jane Best
This is absolutely gorgeous and breathtaking. Perfect in every way. WOW.
macabrecat
Wow!
Garth Smith
Magnificent colour & reflection. The contrast, composition & DOF are great. And the eye is lead beautifully into the image. Brilliant shot.
Travis Easton
Thanks for your considered comment Garth and being the fiftieth person to Fav this one, appreciated
NautilusBlue
Breathtaking
reflector
Magic scenery and a really great capture ! Very nice reflections, colours and textures.
rflower
great reflection.
Harry Oldmeadow
ravishingly beautiful Travis!
Braedene
Fabulous shot – so tranquil and sharp colours
Erhan OZBIYIK
Great shot !!!
Iani
Awesome image great reflection
shiraz
Marvellous image…..very beautiful …a fav!!!
janfoster
truly wonderful scene : )
David Murphy
Awesome!!
And on film…......???
AWESOME…...!!!
Paul Manning
stunning!
Wendy Lam
Wonderful capture, Travis!
BlaizerB
what a striking scene. magic landscape, cheers
John Kowalski
Another fantastic image Travis, this is a gem
Jane Best
A fabulous photograph. Wow.
nadine henley
love the effect of that black glass filter! and the composition is superb
Aleksander 24 days ago
many shades of blue color, fantastic shot Travis
David Haworth 24 days ago
after shooting digital for 4 years I can’t imagine waiting for a film to come back. I guess this proves that winter is good for some things…. cold still and colour depth. Bravo
Travis Easton replied 24 days ago
I love winter often the light is so much better than in summer, the sun is lower in the sky for longer and on blue sky days you can often shoot all day long unlike in summer when it gets really harsh really quickly, Thanks mate.
MaCross 22 days ago
Fantastic shot! I think I would have gone bananas with such a reflection :-)
Travis Easton replied 22 days ago
I did go bananas but due to the huge dynamic range messed most of them up and I was shooting velvia so didn’t find out until they got developed, but hey this one worked… ta
Daidalos 21 days ago
Stunning work
Scott d'Almeida 21 days ago
lovely
KevinH 12 days ago
Beautiful. Amazing composition, light, subject…what more can I say? :)
Anne-Marie Lad... 12 days ago
Stunning in every way!