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Ape Cave Lava Tube
Ape Cave Lava Tube
Sheryll


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Tunnels and Caves (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
Location: Ape Cave near Cougar Washington
Date: Aug 8, 2009
Aperture: F11
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 51.0 sec
Galleries: Nature, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Aug 9, 2009

 What luck! I went to Ape Caves near Cougar WA which is a lava tube created by Mt St Helens. Just happened to check the challenges for this week today then went through those files I shot yesterday and decided to enter this one.

I used a strong flashlight to paint the room for 51 seconds as someone was coming around the corner with a lantern. Edited in Lightroom RAW and exported as jpg for submission.

Not expecting a high finish with this but I like it. It'll probably end up somewhere around the middle I think.

[Aug. 11th, 2009 11:53:16 AM]

The comments I have so far are assuming the light at the end is the way out however that is actually going deeper into the cave where there is no way out. In that direction the cave narrows down into a small "end" and you have to turn around and go back to the stairs out. Going the other direction there are rock piles to climb over and an 8 foot lava wall to climb over and when you get to the end going that direction there is a stairway to climb out.

Statistics
Place: 38 out of 93
Avg (all users): 5.7481
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.8857
Avg (non-participants): 5.6979
Views since voting: 6545
Views during voting: 281
Votes: 131
Comments: 6
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro M.Zuiko Digital ED
 08/17/2009 08:43:14 AM
As shot, I like it overall. I wonder how this would look with the foreground lighting toned down a bit. ??? I think the light at the end of the tunnel would be more dramatic then. Just my opinion of course. :-)
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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III
Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO
 08/16/2009 05:02:13 PM
Post-vote comment:
I generally liked this entry and I gave it a 6. Nice leading composition, good details, and the one area of bright color draws me to it. My nitpick is that the close area to the bottom left, and some of the cavern floor, appears to be lit far differently than the rest of the scene and it does not come off as well as the rest of the image. It looks like utilitarian lighting. Probably your flashlight. It really is hard to tell how these long exposures will come off until you see the result later. I suspect that aspect of the lighting may be the main reason for any low votes this is getting.
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 08/14/2009 11:12:09 AM
Good texture in the cave.
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Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR
 08/13/2009 08:22:36 AM
Really superb lighting in this. Dunno how you did it, but this is very impressive.....8
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Nikon D300s
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon
 08/11/2009 01:30:54 AM
I like how the opening is far back in the frame but you also got light the inside of tunnel lit.
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Canon EOS-40D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 08/10/2009 09:07:18 PM
I like the different colored light at the end
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