Classic view of Elbow Falls

As stated in my previous post, I made a little visit to Elbow Falls over the weekend. This is a very popular spot. People are flocking to it even when the weather is bad/overcast (like Sunday).
Anyway. I had a great chat with another photographer about film vs digital after returning to this shot.

I measured the light and came to a 1/4sec. Way to short to what I wanted. Plus all the tones seemed to hover between -1 and +1. I slapped on the polarizer and the red filter and the scene came to life. I now was able to place the deep shadowed rocks on -2 (zone III), the water on the bottom fell in zone II (perfect cause I wanted it to look almost black). The rocks on the right where an even zone V and the snow/ice at the waterfall fell in zone VII. And the waterfall itself in zone VI. I knew this was going to be perfect. Glad it came out the way I envisioned it. O and exposure time increased to 8 seconds (with reciprocity failure).

My contribution to #waterfallwednesday curated by +Eric Leslie

Camera: Mamiya RB67 Pro SD
Film: Ilford Pan F Plus 50 ASA
Filters: Rodenstock R25 and Lee Polarizer
Lens: Mamiya 127mm Sekor C ƒ3.8
Exposure time 8 second at ƒ22
Developed in: Ilfotec DD-x 1+4 for 8 minutes
Scanned: Using Epson V600 at 1200dpi