Tidal River Reflection

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.

For more shots from this area check out my Wilsons Promontory gallery.

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All About Your Best Work, ALL COUNTRIES - Streams, Brooks, Creeks, Rivers, Ponds & Lakes, Art for Conservation, Australian Bush and Rainforest Photography, Body of Work, BubbleMania, Dawn and Dusk Light, Horizons, Landscape Photography, Mother Nature's Finest, National Parks of the World, Rivers, Lakes and Dams 2 per day, Rocks and Bones, Sold! , Stillness Speaks, That One Great Shot, The Fine Art of Photography, Vibrant and Vivid Color and Wilsons Promontory