Subterranean Landscapes

Jack'll do · January 28, 2015

Our photography club arranged a private tour of Luray Caverns here in Virginia. These are some of my favorite images. In the the first three images what look like stalagmites are in fact reflections of the overhead stalactites in pristine pools. If you look carefully, you may see the water line in the rear of the images. One image is a bit blurry due to water slowly dripping from above.

Eia · January 28, 2015

WowZer! That is something! I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. #2 with the 'disturbed' water is fantastic! Do they have lighting in there or did you use lighting? These are great to study!

Stumblebum · January 28, 2015

Wow John! What rare opportunity and what magical scene!! Stuff of dreams!
I tried to figure out favorites....couldn't....rarity for me!:D
You shot and you scored! Nothing but net!

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black mamba · January 28, 2015

Boy, Jack, that's some mighty impressive shooting. It's one thing to have subjects like this, the real show, however, is having the skills to generate images as captivating as this grouping. Well done.

Take care,

Tom

Jack'll do · January 28, 2015

Eia wrote: »

WowZer! That is something! I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. #2 with the 'disturbed' water is fantastic! Do they have lighting in there or did you use lighting? These are great to study!

Thanks for stopping in Eia. Glad you enjoyed these. There are concrete walkways with railings allowing for some nice overlook shots as well as allowing straight on shots. The whole place is well lighted.

Jack'll do · January 28, 2015

Stumblebum wrote: »

Wow John! What rare opportunity and what magical scene!! Stuff of dreams!
I tried to figure out favorites....couldn't....rarity for me!:D
You shot and you scored! Nothing but net!clap

Thanks for the kind words Taz. I do appreciate your comments.

Sam · January 28, 2015

Caves are difficult to shoot in. I checked your EXIF data and saw we took different approaches to the camera settings than I did.

You used high ISO and a faster shutter speed. I used ISO 100 and let the shutter speed fall were ever it needed to be.

The next time I find myself in a cave I think I will try an ISO of maybe 400 to 800 and reduce the shutter speed.

Sam

Eia · January 28, 2015

Sam wrote: »

Caves are difficult to shoot in. I checked your EXIF data and saw we took different approaches to the camera settings than I did.

You used high ISO and a faster shutter speed. I used ISO 100 and let the shutter speed fall were ever it needed to be.

The next time I find myself in a cave I think I will try an ISO of maybe 400 to 800 and reduce the shutter speed.

Sam

Were you there?

Cornflake · January 28, 2015

Amazing and beautiful. Thanks for sharing these.

boco · January 29, 2015

Prachtige reeks.
grt,boco.

Cavalier · January 29, 2015

Wow Jack, these are fantastic. Love the reflections that one doesn't normally see. Great compositions. Well done!

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Sam · January 29, 2015

Eia wrote: »

Were you there?

No, but I shot at Natural Bridges Caverns out side San Antonio TX, and a small cave in the Mojave.

Natural Bridges Caverns were interesting the outside temps were about 60 degrees and inside it was very warm and had a humidity of about 98%. That fogged up my glasses and lens something awful.

I did visit Carlsbad Caverns pre DSL. At That point in time I had to have someone tell me to use 800 film for my point and shoot. :-) photographically didn't work out all that well but what a place!

Sam

Jack'll do · January 29, 2015

black mamba wrote: »

Boy, Jack, that's some mighty impressive shooting. It's one thing to have subjects like this, the real show, however, is having the skills to generate images as captivating as this grouping. Well done.

Take care,

Tom

Thanks Tom. Appreciate your comments as always.

Jack'll do · January 29, 2015

Sam wrote: »

Caves are difficult to shoot in. I checked your EXIF data and saw we took different approaches to the camera settings than I did.

You used high ISO and a faster shutter speed. I used ISO 100 and let the shutter speed fall were ever it needed to be.

The next time I find myself in a cave I think I will try an ISO of maybe 400 to 800 and reduce the shutter speed.

Sam

Hi Sam thanks for looking in.

Jack'll do · January 29, 2015

Cornflake wrote: »

Amazing and beautiful. Thanks for sharing these.

Thanks for looking in Don. It really was an awesome experience, glad you enjoyed them.

JC · February 5, 2015

great optical illusion. It's also nice to see that they use a more natural color lighting than some caverns.

kdog · February 5, 2015

These are very cool, Jack. Very nice details and lighting.

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