Description:
Taken on B&W film and scanned, worked on the digital darkroom.
Archival fine art/photographic fiber paper or Photo Rag Baryta pigment-based paper.
Story:
Preparing the trip to Conguillío park, I remembered I had taken photographs of a small waterfall during my 1993 visit. Didn’t have the exact location, using Gaia GPS, found its location and discovered other waterfalls and sources of water. Its name is Velo de la Novia, translated to English as Bridal Veil.
Google arial view of the waterfall was covered by foliage, so could not know sun direction and needed a reconnaissance. The trail distance from the parking lot was short, so was able to explore late afternoon to see sun direction. I was correct on my assumptions that the best light would be by mid-morning.
Returned the following day hopping to have a cloudy day, however had clear sky with harsh light.
The fallen tree that I had photographed 1993 disappeared and a new tree trunk was laying at the bottom.
It was very windy, so some of the leave appear blurred, as I need slower speed for the water.
Although I was able to capture the waterfall with no over exposed areas, the bottom tree trunk was over exposed. Finally I took an exposure of the water and an exposure of the tree, blending them using Photoshop. Even with the blending, still had areas that did not like; however the B&W version expresses what I felt.
The theory of photograph composition is to drive your eyes into a point of the image. This last photograph takes you out, but it is how I like revisiting Velo de la Novia.
