The "Mighty" Ottawa River.

Hey all, thought I'd pop in and say hello in the OOTB forum! Although the Ottawa River is indeed "mighty" in some parts that are more like rapids, the area where I'm at is more of a smooth flowing body of water, rarely with such breaking waves. A strong storm system that came through this past weekend really churned the water's surface. I took advantage of it by practising water blurs by panning the rolling waves close to shore with very slow shutter speeds. Most ended up n the delete bin, but I had lots of fun, plus one or two frames caught my eye!

Canon 7D + 100-400L @285mm, manual exposure, evaluative metering, 1/10s., f/18, ISO 100. Added lots of contrast and saturation, plus a crop for composition (about 80% FF).

Thanks for popping in. It's a great image and very dynamic. I really like the colors, composition, shapes, and the blur.

Hi, Daniel, it's great to see you in OOTB! And a great image. I love blurs and this is a good one. The sense of motion is fantastic and so are the colors. Hope to see you here more often:S3:

Daniel, Nice to see you in OOTB especially since you have such an artistic eye. I like the composition, colors and the energy captured. Thanks for sharing your exif.

Dan, I like this a lot! Very dynamic and gives a good sense of motion... could very well go up as canvas on a wall :S3: TFS

You must have taken this the same day you took the image of the Buff-breasted, lovely image you got of that bird....this image is well thought out and composed, shows the motionof water and has just the right amount of color...well done

Thabnk you very much all!

Paul, the Buff-breasted was at Ottawa Beach a couple of weeks prior. This one was at Petrie Island. Glad you like it:S3:

Love the movement, the colors, and the power. Great impressionist image!

Hi Daniel, love the motion and the rising spray from the river. I have never photographed the Ottawa River, but should get over their someday. River blurs are a ton of fun to shoot and one can easily spend an entire day doing them.