Sable Falls
Dan Henderson

Sable Falls

Comments appreciated.
Location
Grand Marais, Michigan
Equipment Used
Hasselblad 500 CM
Exposure
f/16@1 second
Film & Developer
Ilford FP4 in DiXactol
Paper & Developer
Ilford MG Warm Tone in Ilford Warmtone developer, Se toned
Lens Filter
.9 ND
Dan I find the lead up to the falls lacking in interest. I would have had the top of the falls much closer to the top of the photo and gained a lot more foreground. Of course I was not there to see what restrictions you may have had to work under and maybe this is the best that you could have achieved.
If that was the case I would suggest that you crop the top portion of your photo.
By the way on my screen you seemed to have a slight green cast on the rocks in the foreground. Is this due to your scanner or toning?
I should add that I do like your photo cropped or not.

Cheers
Vincent
 
Overall, I like this treatment of the falls. Due to the many pieces of falling water at this site, it can be a bit mind-boggling figuring out what part to shoot. It is also a very difficult location in which to work, buried in a deep gorge and requires that you climb over the rail of the recently constructed viewing platform in order to shoot. It was much easier before the state parks dept 'fixed' it. Now, from the platform, part of the falls is obscured by the remnants of the old steps along the side of the gorge.
 
I know, due to the amount of people that visit these places, the park dept. must build these steps and decks. That said, it certainly ruins the natural areas for those of us that were there before the additions were made.
 
Such a beautiful study in texture, Dan! I am puzzled by the print color, as it should be much warmer. But I'm sure it's just the scan.
I'd love to see this print some day!
 

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