The title for this image is twofold today. Firstly, this image shows the awesome power of the Kicking Horse River. At one point, the river flowed overtop of the rock bridge that you see in this image. Over years and years of erosion, the water eventually carved its way through the rock and formed this amazing natural rock bridge over the river.
Secondly, this image shows the awesome power of graduated filters. While I always knew grads were extremely useful for landscapes such as these, it wasn’t until I bought some of my own and started using them that I really understood how fantastic they can be. This is a single exposure using a 2-stop graduated ND filter to bring the exposure in the sky even with that of the rest of the frame. I can’t tell you how excited I was to shoot frames like this, check my histogram, and see absolutely no blinkies. Revolutionary.
Another killer shot!
I still need to invest in some ND filters, and this post makes me want some even more! Fantastic shot Heath!
Love this shot! Makes me want to be outdoors.
Beauty image Heath! Good use of the Graduated ND filter too – need to get my hands on one and a 10-stop.
Very nice and even exposure, Heath. It’s awesome to see you enjoying lower density ND filters simply to get a good shot. Well done conveying the rapid movement of the water, too.
Nice man, real nice! Gonna invest soon in that whole square filter system!
Nice comp Heath. The sky and the mountains in the back are awesome.
Didnt take you long to figure out the filters I see. This is fantastic. Great, even exposure with movement in the water. Love it.
Nice shot! Graduated filters are fantastic for daytime photography! I need to pick up a big stopper.
Sick shot Heath – absolutely beautiful location and heck of a scene!
What a perfect use of filters man, this could be a painting, WOW
Really cool shot. I love how you can see the path it’s eroded over time through the rocks.
Sick, dude. Nice comp. Glad to see you’re happy with the grads!
Sweet shot Heath! Love what your’re doing with these filters!
Fantastic scene Heath, I love the sky!
Love your ND work man. Awesome!
wow awesome, powerful shot! well done!
Awesome image, awesome post, awesome filters
I used to have a full set of grads for my 35mm outfit, need to update for the DSLR by the looks of things
Gorgeous image. I have been meaning to invest in some ND Grad filters for a really long time, this might be the motivation I need.