Lonesome waterfall (720nm IR)

Hey folks, part 9 of the "lost gorge series": A bigger pool, or small pond if you will, with a nice waterfall (~4m) feeding it.

Moving forward I stayed to the left, over the sloping rock, then at the waterfall further up left and then at the edge where the water comes down I crossed over to the other side. Then it's not far till this wider opening (I posted a pano already), before it gets super steep and narrow.

 

I really like this one 😍, not because I think it's so great, but it was a cool place and an adventurous day / IR safari and it's doing a good job reminding me of that. Some branches wave in the breeze 🍃, a little sun flare 🌞, some ghosting, clean whites, deep blacks, decent midrange, ..satisfying. 😊 The sound of the water 🎶 would go well with that I'm sure.

Back in the day, when I did these super endurance time lapses, I would also collect audio samples (with a Zoom H2, but I was never skilled at that).

 

 

Technically it is a 14 photo mercator projection, ~136MP, 14181 x 9586px, just top and middle row, the bottom was mostly blackness (I was standing in the water) and did not add much to the overall composition; ..and unusually long shutter speed once again.

 

Nikon D90 (APS-C, fullspectrum mod)

Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di ll VC HLD

Hoya R72 (720nm infrared pass-filter)

ISO250, 24mm, f/6.3, 1,3sec

(therefore 36mm full frame equivalent)

tripod, panorama head, remote (ML-L3)

Done