Pictures of Watendlath Beck - Mamiya 7II Camera

Photographer	Barry Wakelin {K:7838}
Project	#41 Perspective	Camera Model	Mamiya 7II
Categories	Landscape	Film Format
Portfolio	Lake District	Lens	Mamiya 50 f/4.5
Uploaded	11/3/2005	Film / Memory Type	Fuji Velvia RVP
		ISO / Film Speed	50
Views	575	Shutter	> 5 minutes
Favorites	0	Aperture	f/22
Critiques	6	Rating	Pending / 2 Ratings
Location	City - State - LAKE DISTRICT Country - United Kingdom
About	We returned to The Lake District last week and unfortunately suffered constant rain and wind for all but one day. I still got up before dawn each morning and on this occasion I drove up to Watendlath. In the dark I searched for a composition around the lake but couldn't find anything and then it began to rain. Looking for shelter I walked down the beck and found this spot under a gnarled old rowan tree. I half crawled under the tree and managed to set up the tripod, water dripping on my head and hardly able to get my head in a position where I could look through the viewfinder. I could see that a long exposure would create an image from the random tumult of the beck. The leaf on the foreground rock was there without my intrusion and gives added foreground interest. And so I crouched for the five minute exposure and hoped. The image has worked out as I'd hoped, the smoothed flow leading the eye down the little waterfall, through the ravine and beyond. I used a polariser to increase the contrast between the rapids and the smoother areas of water and an 81B warm-up to counter the blue dawn light. The water colours look a little odd but are essentially correct as the water was a browny-yellow colour following heavy rainfall.

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Jara Parijayee {K:4964} 11/3/2005

Dream flow. Thanx for a very breezy fragnant natural image!

Stefan Engström {K:24473} 11/3/2005

I really like how water can get that frosted glass look at long exposures. Where about would you say the incident EV reading was at this time (I guess I can figure it out from the data you already gave...). I find it interesting that you call this a beck - a swedish word for this is a "Bäck", pronounced pretty much the same way. The wet rocks give this an appealing look as well.

Jason Thomson {K:532} 11/3/2005

i love that leaf on top of the rock - great work - amazing pic! realy impressive

Barry Wakelin {K:7838} 11/3/2005

Stefan, I took a spot meter reading off the rocks in the middle distance, I find this generally works well when shooting streams in lowish light.

Yes, the word beck is, I think, a Viking word, as is fell (the Cumbrian word for large hill) and there are many more. This area of Britain was in Viking hands for centuries and there was a strong Norsk presence even after the main Viking presence ended.

Fabio Ficola {K:10466} 11/4/2005

I think your early wake-up has been rewarded by this picture.

I like the extreme effect of water flow like mist on the wet rocks.

The little brown leaf on the rock in foreground is like a "cameo" in the photo itself.

Thank you for sharing the "making of" and your little secrets. Learning from fellow photographer is the main goal of my beeing on UF.

Best regards -Fabio-

Ps: the word beck is very similar to the German "Bach" that has the same meaning.
The Nordern Europe root are assured :-)

jacques brisebois {K:70158} 11/4/2005

very impressive. great colors and contrast.

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