| Early
January 1996 a fellow photographer friend and I had been photographing
the foothills of the Sierra in the vicinity of Milton, San Andreas, Valley
Springs and Jenny Lind. On the return trip we stopped along the Calaveras
river canyon just up stream from Jenny Lind. The river canyon is pretty
steep in this area, about 500-600 feet on both sides of the river. There
is one dirt road that leads down to the waters edge, this is an area we
visit quite often since it has the easiest access to the river. Using a
polarizing filter to cut the reflection of the opposite bank in the water
darkened the water significantly which accented the highlights of the white
water. A long exposure of 9 seconds smoothed the rapids to a silky appearance.
This is the same section of river which appears in print
#102, but here you are looking upstream instead of downstream. The
perspective is of a completely different image. |
