I shot this image at the Portland Japanese Gardens. I knew that with a long exposure I could get this fantastic vortex of leaves. I used a 3 stop ND filter stacked on a Warming Polarizer. Shot with a Nikon D2X with 17-55 at ISO 100 f14 for 30 sec.
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Howard Seelig gave props (6 Sep 2007):
WOW, you do great work.
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Carlos Ugarte gave props (4 Oct 2007):
Love it.
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Garrett Yamasaki gave props (19 Nov 2007):
Stunning image Justin
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Keith Kamicar gave props (27 Dec 2007):
Fantastic shot!!!
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Harry Hall said (25 Jan 2008):
Amazing!
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Dylan Sullivan said (14 Feb 2008):
This is mesmerizing! =D
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Jason Lewis gave props (19 Feb 2008):
awesome shot - thanks for giving the info on how you captured it too.
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Scott Tizzard gave props (25 Feb 2008):
Nice!
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Henrique Pousão gave props (11 Mar 2008):
Great work
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Ryan Young said (17 Mar 2008):
Holy God what a shot!
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Zach Gibson gave props (21 Apr 2008):
The waterfalls in the background are such a good addition to this. Totally awesome
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Jamie Nardoni said (23 Apr 2008):
beautiful!
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Adrienne Darnell said (4 Jul 2008):
wow
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Sanjeev Tyagi gave props (30 Sep 2008):
Mesmerizing
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Don Martel said (26 Oct 2008):
amazing image .. I have done a few of these myself .. the water falls are certainly the icing on the cake! YUM!
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David Bowden gave props (1 Nov 2008):
Beautiful and technically excellent. Thanks for the shot details. I really appreciate those.
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:) L P gave props (1 Dec 2008):
AWESOME!
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Jaime Lavone Vedres said (20 Dec 2008):
your landscapes are incredible... i have a lot to work on!!
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Nicole Basurto said (29 Dec 2008):
beautiful...these gardnes are my favorite! very inspiring!
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Ken Burns said (12 Jan 2009):
Lovely shots of Oregon
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Joel MacPherson gave props (3 Feb 2009):
AMAZING SHOT!!
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benjamin jenks said (24 Apr 2009):
everyone loves it. nice work justin!
it really feels good to look at this shot.
ben. -
Debbie Cool said (25 May 2009):
Your work is absolutely inspiring. I am rather biased as one my favorite things are waterfalls. But really your shots are outstanding and deserve kudos as well as $$$.
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Donna Weston gave props (4 Jun 2009):
Beautiful!
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Sonia Adam Murray gave props (4 Jun 2009):
Gorgeous!
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Gary Rittermeyer gave props (9 Jun 2009):
phenomenal
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peggy gardner gave props (19 Jun 2009):
I was taken back by the exposure of 30 seconds, wow.
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ashton gosnell gave props (19 Jun 2009):
words can't describe this. AWESOME job!!
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Rahel Stephanie gave props (23 Jun 2009):
geniussss
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Hoondoon said (24 Jun 2009):
Simply Fantastic!! Really nice photo.
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Tj Watt said (3 Aug 2009):
unbelievable!! Nature painting a picture
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danielle griffin said (2 Sep 2009):
holy freakin poop. you make me feel like the most untalented person everrrrr :[ this is amaziiiing
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Laurie Search gave props (2 Sep 2009):
This is so cool and beautiful!!!
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Jimmy Sadler said (2 Sep 2009):
Sensational. Excellent vision and forethought. Beautiful photo.
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Becky Krawczyk gave props (2 Sep 2009):
Great shot. Love the colors.
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Latrenia Bryant gave props (2 Sep 2009):
Awesomely! Amazing!!
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J.C. Collier gave props (3 Sep 2009):
Nicely done, bravo.
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Kimberly Johnson gave props (3 Sep 2009):
This is an amazing shot! Love it!
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Tarek Daouk said (3 Sep 2009):
stunning !
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Keiko Ehret gave props (5 Sep 2009):
This shot is surreal! You have an amazing talent with the long exposure shots! I have not aquired that skill yet. Nice job!!!
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Ethan Burnette said (5 Sep 2009):
Oh my god, beautiful shot. Well planned.
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Christopher H said (5 Sep 2009):
this is amazing. great flick.
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S gave props (6 Sep 2009):
Thats awesome!
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Duwayno Robertson said (6 Sep 2009):
great shot!
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Karen Zimmerman gave props (6 Sep 2009):
Truly inspired!
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DigitalOpiate gave props (7 Sep 2009):
Nice work!
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Stephanie Sarad gave props (8 Sep 2009):
i have a whole series of photos from here. Great capture.
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Tatiana Zimina gave props (8 Sep 2009):
awesome shot!!!
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Paul Jakubicki said (8 Sep 2009):
Brilliant!
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NG gave props (17 Sep 2009):
Great work!










