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A beautiful mountain stream at the base of Mount Stirling is captured with this long exposure. Taken near Mount Bueller in Victoria, Australia.
A beautiful mountain stream at the base of Mount Stirling is captured with this long exposure. Taken near Mount Bueller in Victoria, Australia.
Stirling Cascade
Stirling Cascade
Stirling Cascade
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Stirling Cascade

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A beautiful mountain stream at the base of Mount Stirling is captured with this long exposure. Taken near Mount Bueller in Victoria, Australia

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How this shot came about.

Denise and I had just spent 2 days camping at Craig's Hut in the Victorian High Country near Mt Bueller and had driven down off the mountain. Our plan was to cross the mountains taking the old gold miners' tracks until we could hit the main road and travel Southwest to Apollo Bay.

Before embarking on that journey we thought it wise to stop and use the facilities and while we were stopped I wandered over to check out the stream which I could hear at the edge of the carpark.

Once I saw the way the light was passing through the trees and lighting the cascading water I was quick to setup the tripod and get a shot.

This shot is taken with 6 stops of neutral density filter to slow the flow of the water. I love the ghost gum subject to the right, the translucency of the water flowing around the rocks and the natural vignette caused by the trees overhead and the shadows on the rocks in the foreground drawing ones eye along the stream. Also note the lone leaf which seems to be creeping into my shots as a little quirk.

Shot Location

The Shot

This is what I call “planning by driving around” as without being out and about you're never in a position to take advantage of that special moment.

 

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Gear

Camera: Canon EOS R5

Lens: Canon RF 15-35mm f2.8L IS USM

Storage: ProGrade Cobalt CF Express B 325Gb

Ballhead: Really Right Stuff BH-40

Tripod: Really Right Stuff TFC-34L Mk2

Cable Release: Canon BR-E1 Bluetooth Remote

ND Filter: Polar Pro

Exposures

Count: 7

HDR Count: 7 exposures per shot

Aperture: f14

ISO: 100

Focal Length: 31 mm

EV values: -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3

Shutter: 0"5, 1", 2", 4", 8", 15", 30"

Filters

ND Filter: 6 stops

Gradient Filter: false

Polarizer: false

Image

Rows: 1

Shots: 0

HDR Shots: 1

Aspect: Portrait

Arrangement: 1x1

Post Production

Basic Workflow

  • I used Lightroom to stitch the 7 HDR exposures together into a single image
    • Deghosting was set to high to deal with artifacts in the tree branches

Image Adjustment

  • There was a contrast and clarity adjustment to the trees in the background
  • I used Photoshop's spot healing tool to remove 
    • a branch in the water which was catching the eye and taking from the flow 
    • leaves from the surface of the rocks
    • branches crossing the bole of the tree subject on the right
    • This is another instance of my leaving a lone leaf in the image 
  • The image was cropped in to tighten the composition

A graphic of the shot's layout structure

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