Early Morning Creek

[Manta]

Cedar Creek - Mount Tamborine.

Not a bad place to be stuck for a conference. Whilst the others were sleeping off their drunken debauchery from the night before, this dedicated forum member was in the middle of the creek at 6.00am, hopping across rocks and trying to keep everything dry. The forest here is very thick and it was still very dark. Kit lens at 30mm, 13 second exposure at f25.
Your comments would be very much appreciated.

[stubbsy]

Simon

Great shot, well exposed and framed. My only nitpick is what the $!#@% were you doing out of bed at 6 am.

[marcotrov]

Simon gorgeous image showing excellent exposure and oozing peace and tranquility. Love the reflective quality of the stream it really helps make this image. My only issue would be with the twig in the foreground, distracting and I bet you wish you had braved the stream and plucked that sucker out the way Maybe the cloning tool may be the 'plucker after'.
cheers
marco

[xerubus]

i like it just as it is... well exposed... great angle... and and a beautiful natural spot. well done.

cheers

[Bob G]

Nice shot Simon - very soothing

Well exposed

Bob G

[Manta]

Thanks Peter - I suppose I'm a bit of a nut for early starts. Too many years as a shift worker I suppose. I knew it was going to be the best time to get the right lighting for a long exposure.

Marco - I certainly would have braved the stream had I noticed the twig in the first pace! I was jumping around quite a lot trying to get as many different shots as I could and I guessed I just missed it. I tried cloning it but couldn't get a result I was happy with. In the end I decided to leave it in.

Thanks Mark and Bob for your comments.

[Zeeke]

a true master Simon, well done on this image, absolutely beautful... almost makes me want to go wet my toes down in my local rainforest

Tim

[Manta]

a true master Simon, well done on this image, absolutely beautful... almost makes me want to go wet my toes down in my local rainforest

Tim

At least with your fishing pedigree you wont' have a problem getting up early Tim. Thanks for the positive remarks.

[Zeeke]

Getting up is one thing, finding the energy to walk down to the creek is another thing.... atleast with fishing, i can spend 2hrs sleeping on the deck if im not driving.. if iam driving, a good splash of saltwater and im good as cold

I'll get upto it in the next couple of weeks

Tim

[Manta]

Getting up is one thing, finding the energy to walk down to the creek is another thing.... atleast with fishing, i can spend 2hrs sleeping on the deck if im not driving.. if iam driving, a good splash of saltwater and im good as cold

I'll get upto it in the next couple of weeks

Tim

Okay - I look forward to the results. Now all we need is some rain to get the creeks flowing nicely!

[Zeeke]

We've just had 4 days of rain... i think the creeks are flowing

Dont know about down your way, but my backyard is a swamp, stand still in 1 place and you'll sink to your knee's in mud

I'll probably venture down to my creek in the next day or 2.. now uve got me inspired... bugger

Tim

[PiroStitch]

Silky smooth and bonus brownie points on the exposure. The water looks like molten metal.

Did you take one of yourself on the bridge/fallen tree

[avkomp]

nice image simon.

well exposed shot of a peacefull place.

getting up early has its rewards.

Steve

[Bodak]

Brilliant, just brilliant.

[Manta]

Feel free to send some of that rain down our way Tim!

Thanks Wayne - molten metal is a pretty good description. I actually thought it looked a bit like chocolate. Mmmmm. I did get a few shots from on top of the fallen tree but none of me (too ugly). They were pretty flat though - I couldn't get the tripod stable enough to allow long, slow exposures so they just looked liked holiday snaps.

Thanks Steve. Early mornings certainly give great photographic opportunities, especially as winter approaches. I love the fact that the sun takes just that little bit longer to get up, giving an almost twilight quality to the overall lighting.

[Manta]

Thanks Bodak - pleased you like it.

[Slider]

Great shot Simon. Well exposed and the timing has provided that lovely soft effect for the water. Top stuff

[Manta]

Great shot Simon. Well exposed and the timing has provided that lovely soft effect for the water. Top stuff

Thanks Mark.

[blacknstormy]

Apologies for taking so long to reply Simon - had a bit of hectic weekend

As for your shot - beautiful, serene and exposed like a pro !!!!! And you're right, it does look like chocolate mmmm....... chocolate .....

oops, sorry, went off in a trance for a second

Seriously - lovely shot, and one you should be proud of !!!! And it would be easy to clone that offending twig out of the shot if you felt like it.

Well done
Hugs
Rel

[CraigVTR]

Great shot Simon.
That water does look frozen but still liqiud. Quite weird.
Nice place for a conference.
Craig

[Manta]

Thanks Rel and Craig for your comments - I'm pleased you like it.

[mudder]

What a magic spot to catch the early light, seeing the results afterwards makes it all worth while huh... Very peaceful, very calming, yet invigorating...

[LostDingo]

great shot, really like the sheen and refection of the water

[Manta]

Thanks guys. It was certainly peaceful there.

[TonyH]

Very nice shot..... 13 secs, great exposure and angle. You must get the best shots by getting your feet wet...

Tony

[johnd]

Love the image Simon and especially with the molten metal look.
I've done a few of creeks at around .5 sec to 4 sec exposures to get the siilky water look but haven't been able to get the molten metal look.
I guess it's the long exposure time that gives it that look. Something new to try
Thanks for the inspiration.

Cheers
John