Buffalo National River - Flood stage

[Jay Sheinfield]

I haven't done much landscape work, so pls comment on composition and such.

Normally the water is aquamarine and clear, unfortunately I was there after the recent
storms, and on this day the river was 10 feet above normal.

Nikon D3x
21mm
ISO 100
1/8 sec.

[Mike Fuhr]

The Buffalo is a beautiful river. I think you captured a neat perspective of the river at flood stage. Where on the river was this taken??

[Jay Sheinfield]

The Buffalo is a beautiful river. I think you captured a neat perspective of the river at flood stage. Where on the river was this taken??

Mike,

Very few know about this view. The campground host at Buffalo Point, drove me to the
access area, and then a half mile walk through some tick infested woods. If you know the area, it's on Marion County road, rough road, about 3-4 miles in there is an obscure
off road parking area.......and what appears to be a fire trail. Best to ask a Park Ranger.
If you are willing to get closer to the edge you can see the entire river, maybe 8-10 mile stretch, north and south. Good luck:w3

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Jay,
I like the way you mimicked the curve of the river and framed it with the FG rocks. Colors look pretty good although you may have been able to open up the darker areas a touch more by either using a split ND or doing an exposure blend. While not the most dramatic, I think if you have different light or even some fall colors.....this one has huge potential! I still think you did very well overall.

[Jay Sheinfield]

thanks for the comments.............this was a one-time visit, escorted by the local camp host. Unfriendly locals and tick infestations, make this a questionable return.

[Dave Mills]

Hi Jay, compositionally the image is well handled. The river is placed on a diagonal taking the viewer through the image along with minimalizing the sky. A small nit is I might have moved a few feet to the rt(if possible) to avoid the merge of the tree breaking the water mid river. Under different lighting conditions this could be a very strong image...

[Jay Sheinfield]

Dave, Agreed. I can imagine this view in dawn or dusk with more dramatic lighting. Maybe next time.

[Robert Amoruso]

I agree with the above comments and offer that the river is a great leading line in the image and also acts as a diagonal - all strong compositionally elements.

You did not post the f/stop and that is important in assessing the Depth of Field. Overall the image looks a bit soft but feel it is more an issue of sharping then DOF.

Nice work.

[Jay Sheinfield]

Robert, thanks...................the f/stop was f/18. I always have this softness problem with large files when I convert to 200k for this site. The original file size was 124 mb, and it's sharp on my screen.

[Mike Fuhr]

Mike,

Very few know about this view. The campground host at Buffalo Point, drove me to the
access area, and then a half mile walk through some tick infested woods. If you know the area, it's on Marion County road, rough road, about 3-4 miles in there is an obscure
off road parking area.......and what appears to be a fire trail. Best to ask a Park Ranger.
If you are willing to get closer to the edge you can see the entire river, maybe 8-10 mile stretch, north and south. Good luck:w3

Thanks Jay. Another reason to get back there as it's been a while. One of my favorite places is along a trib to the river, Water Creek, where there are bluffs on both sides of this small creek. Almost like a box canyon. Gorgeous...

[Andrew McLachlan]

Jay, agree with the above comments, looks like a beautiful location!