Vermillion Lakes!

[Roy Stuart]

The Fall colours and a stormy sky made this one a keeper!

Taken with a Canon 5D, 17-40mm F4.0 L + Singh Ray Variable ND Filter.

 

[Asher Kelman]

The Fall colours and a stormy sky made this one a keeps

Taken with a Canon 5D, 17-40mm F4.0 L + Singh Ray Variable ND Filter.

Hi Roy,

This is a place that time seems to have forgotten. The water appears stagnant, is it and if so any birds there? Did you also stack this picture for dynamic range. Seems very dimensional, or is that the filter. You have some beautiful sienna colors in the dry grasses. The dried out broken-off tree trunk is bleached by the sun and its naked exposed roots still grasp the ground like some great claw.

BTW, some of the grass on the left is blurred. Why?

How do you find the variable ND filter. Some time when you get a chance and happen to have it at hand, might you make some examples for us? Can you give some shots of its effects on a scene as you make adjustments?

Thanks for sharing

Asher

 

[Ken Tanaka]

A striking image, Roy. It looks surreal, rather like a landscape from a Lord of the Rings episode.

Is this, by chance, the "Vermillion Lakes" area near Banff, Roy?

 

[Deleted member 55]

I love this photo. The color saturation gives it that punch that I prefer most!

Singh Ray Variable ND Filter.

I have never heard of a ND filter being variable (adjustable). Is this another name for a varying gradient filter?

Are there even more names (or trade names) for this type of filter?

 

[Andrew Stannard]

Hi Roy,

Firstly, nice image!

I;m taken by the colour saturation, and like Asher said it evokes feeling of a forgotton landscape, one that hasn't been stumbled upon for some time.

From a composition point of view I find my eye being nicely led from foreground tree to mountain in the background, although I would perhaps have liked the mountain to be a bit brighter and 'more accessible'. Looks from the lighting that it is in shade though, so not a lot you could have done there at the time.

Also intrigued by a 'variable filter'. I use graduated filters a lot, but am interested to know the difference (if there is one!).

Thanks for posting,

 

[Roy Stuart]

The variable ND Filter from Singh Ray is a full round ND filter not graduated, and you can adjust from 2 F-stops to 8 F-stops.

For more information see this link:

http://www.singh-ray.com/varind.html

Thanks for all the wonderful comments.