The Swirling Leaves
by jtlee321

Comment by terje:
Whoa, this is pretty amazing! Congrats on the ribbon!

The Swirling Leaves
by jtlee321

Comment by scotgotchi:
Lovely and interesting shot.

The Swirling Leaves
by jtlee321

Comment by jtlee321:

Originally posted by oldbimmercoupe: super - congrats. curious why the crop. j

I cropped it because of the distracting reflection of the sky at the very bottom.

Originally posted by talmy: But aren't those swirling fish? Great idea to feature them by going with a very long exposure, "longer than normal". With a typical 1 second exposure I always found them a distracting blur.

The swirl is not the fish. It is a lot of fallen leaves that got trapped in the current. The exposure was set for 30 seconds. I accomplished the exposure by stacking a circular polarizer with a 3 stop neutral density filter and shooting at f14 at ISO 100. The shot was taken at about 9:30 in the morning.

The Swirling Leaves
by jtlee321

Comment by oldbimmercoupe:
super - congrats. curious why the crop.
j

The Swirling Leaves
by jtlee321

Comment by charmayne:
Congratulations on your Ribbon!! Awesome Shot!!

The Swirling Leaves
by jtlee321

Comment by scaramanga:
You rock Justin! Congrats on a well deserved ribbon! Great shot + idea.

The Swirling Leaves
by jtlee321

Comment by jdannels:
Perfect shot and fit the challenge description to the T. Congrats on second ribbon :)

The Swirling Leaves
by jtlee321

Comment by talmy:
But aren't those swirling fish? Great idea to feature them by going with a very long exposure, "longer than normal". With a typical 1 second exposure I always found them a distracting blur.

The Swirling Leaves
by jtlee321

Comment by GuGi:
One of the best shots I have seen here on dpc. I absolutely love the colours, the movement, the warmth, the joy and serenity of this shot.
Fantabulous shot, wonderful achievment. Was really happy when I clicked on that 10 :)

Lower Lewis Falls Detail 1
by jtlee321

Comment by perkijl:
Gorgeous, just gorgeous!