Rushing Water, Rocks and Turbid Sky – In B & W
Potomac River - Great Falls National Park
What to do when you need a 24 hour break from the daily routine of work? For Peyton the answer is to grab the camera, hop in the car and drive to the Virginia/Maryland border. This image of a rushing Potomac was captured in Great Falls National Park. Peyton found his spot, set up the equipment and waited patiently for the anticipated color of a late afternoon clearing sky but it didn’t happen. Instead these dark, threatening clouds rolled in and his mind shifted from brilliant color to dramatic black and white. Perhaps nature’s plan proved to be beneficial.
His camera was a Canon 5D MarkII fitted with a Canon 17-40L lens @22mm. The desired shutter speed was .8 sec which necessitated an ISO of 320. The post processing was done in Lightroom, PhotoshopCS and Nik Sofware’s Silver Efex Pro 2 the tool for converting to black and white.
