Results 1 to 11 of 11

Thread: Driver's River, Jamaica

  1. #1
    Landscapes Moderator Andrew McLachlan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Location
    Thornton, Ontario
    Posts
    6,039
    Threads
    480
    Thank You Posts

    Default Driver's River, Jamaica

    One from my trip to Port Antonio, Jamaica in February. This one is of a small section of the Driver's River in the John Crowe Mountains. After walking down through this cascade to the very edge of the next cascade I realized that I needed a wider lens than I had. I chose to use my Nikon DX 12-24mm lens on my Nikon D800 in full frame mode and clone out some of the vignetting that was inevitable to capture this view. I selected ISO 400 so that I could achieve 0.4 second shutter speed for my preferred definition to the flowing water in the dark, jungle environment.

    Nikon D800
    Nikon 12-24mm lens @ 17mm
    ISO 400
    f16 @ 0.4 second
    tripod
    Nikon polarizer
    Live View to manually fine tune focus

    Look forward to comments.

    Name:  Driver's-River_5087.jpg
Views: 116
Size:  254.1 KB

  2. #2
    BPN Member Morkel Erasmus's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Location
    South Africa
    Posts
    14,858
    Threads
    1,235
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Nice scene Andrew. I like the dynamic flow of the cascade, though I'm unsure whether I would have liked to see more jungle surrounds (whether the cascade is a bit TOO prominent)? Undecided...
    I do feel some of the BG vegetation is borderline crunchy ito sharpening? Do you agree?
    Love the hue of the water to the left. I was wondering about your lens choice for the D800 here before I read your explanation. What is your preferred landscape lens on the D800?

    Welcome to the mod squad here in Landscapes, I am looking forward to helping the community improve their photography with you.
    Morkel Erasmus

    WEBSITE


  3. #3
    Lifetime Member Rachel Hollander's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2010
    Location
    NYC
    Posts
    14,320
    Threads
    929
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Hi Andrew - Congrats on becoming a moderator. Nice use of ss to blur the water. I do wish there was a little more of the beautiful water on the lhs and I like the leaves floating for a bit of different color.

    TFS,
    Rachel

  4. #4
    Landscapes Moderator Andrew McLachlan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Location
    Thornton, Ontario
    Posts
    6,039
    Threads
    480
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Thanks very much Rachel and Morkel...much appreciated. Rachel I really did want to include more of the scene here but I was quite literally teetering on the edge of another cascade behind me

    Morkel, I do agree on the crunchiness...I have been playing around Nik's Detail Extractor lately and perhaps went a tad heavy on the BG here. I have been slow to upgrade my lenses for the D800 so I have been playing around with both the full frame and the DX crops on the camera. I do like the DX crop as it is kinda like having a built-in tele-canverter, especially for wildlife work. I find I am getting excellent results from my old 80-400, which is probably my favorite, I usually manually focus the lens in Live View for the landscapes and I will often use the DX 12-24mm as a 24mm full frame lens, but will trade this lens out for the new 18-35mm lens later this week...I have been hearing wonderful things about it.

  5. Thanks Morkel Erasmus thanked for this post
  6. #5
    BPN Member Anette Mossbacher's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2012
    Location
    Switzerland
    Posts
    1,818
    Threads
    95
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Hi Andrew,

    congrats for being a moderator

    The little waterfall looks great. Just wonder what a Big Stopper would have done here! Love Big Stopper, sorry
    With the crop and BG I agree with Morkel and Rachel. I assume some rubber boots would not have done a difference. When I have that prob I sometimes swop to 70-200mm and look for a better place to stay. But jungle, oh well, not to easy to do. The color of the water LHS looks like here the glacier water here in Swissyland. This gives a very nice touch to the image.

    Have a great day

    Ciao
    Anette

  7. #6
    BPN Viewer
    Join Date
    Apr 2008
    Location
    Johannesburg - South Africa
    Posts
    2,114
    Threads
    190
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Congrates Andrew on new moderator I really like the huge amount of water flowing through the image but would have preferred to see more as it's a little tight. Slow SS work very nicely to blur water.

  8. #7
    BPN Viewer
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    Eagle River Valley, Alaska
    Posts
    1,371
    Threads
    64
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Hi Andrew, a big congrtulations on the moderator position

    I like the falls, shutter speed, and the tropical feel to the jungle edges, though I agree this is a bit tight. The ultra beautiful backwater in the pool on the left draws the eye - I think because we all want to wade into it.

  9. #8
    BPN Viewer
    Join Date
    May 2010
    Location
    St. Louis, MO
    Posts
    1,797
    Threads
    248
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Nicely seen Andrew, the energy of the water is strong, and I love the curve of rocks into the pool. Well done.

  10. #9
    Landscapes Moderator Andrew McLachlan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2010
    Location
    Thornton, Ontario
    Posts
    6,039
    Threads
    480
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Thanks Anette, Vivaldo, John & Jay...much appreciated. I will most certainly go wider upon a return trip to this river...hopefully next year...while composing the scene I did wish for something much wider. Anette, you are right rubber boots would not have helped as I was bare foot in the water and unable to take a step backwards

  11. #10
    BPN Member Morkel Erasmus's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Location
    South Africa
    Posts
    14,858
    Threads
    1,235
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    Andrew, do check out the sharpening actions I linked to in the sticky thread at the top of the main landscape forum. I use them for most of my landscape shots and love the results.

    I would recommend you get a high quality FX wide-angle like the 14-24mm or 16-35mm or even an ultra-wide prime in order to get the most out of that immense sensor
    Morkel Erasmus

    WEBSITE


  12. #11
    BPN Viewer
    Join Date
    Jan 2008
    Location
    South Texas
    Posts
    332
    Threads
    22
    Thank You Posts

    Default

    This looks like a great location! I like how the water appears to be running right over the viewer. Cool perspective.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Web Analytics