October 9, 2012 Wildflowers And Waterfall in the San Juan National Forest, Colorado
Wildflowers And Waterfall
San Juan National Forest, Colorado, USA
Canon EOS 1Ds Mk III, 24 TS II, 2-stop soft grad ND, 3-stop ND, 1.5 sec, f13, ISO 100
Image taken on July 17, 2012.
Here's an image from this summer that I've processed recently. The dominant wildflowers are Queen's Crown, Rose Crown, or Redpod Stonecrop (Clementsia rhodantha, Sedum rhodanthum, or Rhodiola rhodantha). I used a 2-stop soft grad to balance the exposure between the brighter foreground and darker background, and a 3-stop solid neutral density (ND) filter to lengthen the exposure to blur the water. The long exposure required lots of patience to wait for the flowers to stop moving in the intermittent light breeze.
