We took another ride to see the Stepstone Falls, the small waterfalls where Falls River Rd. intersects with Wood River. This time, Dennis also joined Jim and me and Jim drove. He knows how to get there! Fair warning, a lot of photographs in two galleries!
Stepstone Falls
There was no noticeable change, and that’s a good thing. The colors were less intense and the trees had fewer leaves than on our previous visits, one and two. That may have resulted from the prolonged drought we had in late summer to early fall. The overcast sky also reduced the colors reflecting on the water.
I photographed the steps of the waterfalls from the upper to the lower drops. There were a few other visitors but I managed to keep them out of my frames except my friends, Dennis and Jim busy photographing the falls.
Several infrared captures end the collection below. I chose to present most of them in monochrome with toning that mimics platinum-toned prints. The one in color actually shows false colors with the red and blue channels swapped. That processing gives it almost believable colors in this context.
Nature Drips Colors for Abstractions
After photographing the falls, I turned my attention away from it and focused on naturally formed abstractions. During our last visit, I photographed the bubbles floating on the water’s surface. This time, I paid more attention to the lines and shapes formed on the water by the reflections of the surrounding trees. There is no special processing for the lines you will see, just color balance if needed, profile, tonal corrections, some HSL adjustments in Lightroom, and the necessary sharpening.
The abstractions formed by nature that I photographed are the result of pure chance. When I click the shutter, I have no idea in what state the water surface would be. Just luck. They may look like embers under water or paint splashed on canvas. Some of these abstractions have an intense collection of lines and shapes that can easily serve as a Rorschach Test. Take a look, closer look, and pay attention to the lines, shapes, and colors. What do you see? Care to share your visualizations in a comment?
After seeing the results of these abstract images, I now realize that I should have zoomed in on smaller areas for better focus, and recorded small segments with better visible line patterns. Next time! I also tried a few ICM (intentional camera movement) captures with color abstractions.
Some of nature’s abstracts, and ICM images, are in the gallery above. I created a video slide show below using more of the frames. Enjoy the music, if you like Pachelbel and the colors of nature.
Haluk Atamal
Thanks for sharing your beautiful work, Cemal. As for the Rorschach Test, I won’t take it lest the diagnoses turn out as truly me :)
Pachelbel has never been in my five star lists, still I watched part of the video. The transition effects are super.
Take care and best regards!
Haluk
A. Cemal Ekin
Thanks, Haluk. Maybe I should remove the reference to the test so as not to turn off people from sharing their thoughts!! I have not created a slide show in a long time, my fingers were very rusty. There are many more transition effects but I did not have the patience to fiddle with them This is the default fade effect.
I will try the reflections again and see if I can improve upon their look. That will give nature another chance to prove itself!
Take care,
Cemal
Tom Backman
Beautiful pics Cemal. You’re the best
A. Cemal Ekin
Thank you, Tom. Good to hear from you. Glad to hear you liked the photos, at least some!
Take care,
Cemal
RAMAZAN KAMARI
Cemal hocam,
Devam ettiğim Felsefe derslerinin vize sınavları önümüzdeki hafta gerçekleşecek. Ondan sonra ilk fırsatta fotoğraf çekmeğe çıkacağım. Fotoğraflar harika ve seçtiğiniz müzik en sevdiklerimden.
Sevgi ve selamlarımla.
A. Cemal Ekin
Gunaydin, Ramazan. Fotograflar ve muzik felsefe sinavinda moral verip iyi gemesinde katkilari olur umarim. Iyi calismalar, cok cok selamlar,
Cemal