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Why You Should Always or Never Listen to Your CriticsPosted by drfl on September 3rd, 2009

For several years I actively participated in a couple of different photography forums in which I would comment on others photographs and post some of mine. For the most part, I would try to offer some constructive criticism and in return I hoped that my images would receive the same type of feedback as well. Along the way I met some great people and looked at some inspirational photography and interacted in a fairly supportive community - fairly being the key word.

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From the Photo Archives: A Touch of LightPosted by drfl on August 31st, 2009

In summer of 2006 I had the pleasure of photographing the Columbia Gorge region of Oregon. Since Nebraska is not known for waterfalls, I really wanted to get out and see the many that the region had to offer. Unfortunately, due to multiple issues with United Airlines, we missed over an entire day of visiting this serene area, but I did make a point to visit the grand Multnomah Falls.  Besides photographing the waterfall in its entirety as many do, or even half of it with the bridge, which is also common, I choose to put on my 70-200 with a 1.4x teleconverter and selectively photograph various sections of the falls. In this particular image, I focused on the rainbow that was created as a small slice of light was hitting the falls.

Technical Details:
Canon 20d, 70-200 f/4l + 1.4tc @ 198mm, f/16, 1/8 sec.
Multnomah Falls, Oregon

This image can be viewed on my website at: http://www.journeyoflight.com/journey06/photo.asp?pictureid=ATouchofLight&xmlfile=/journey06/xml/color/pacificnorthwest.xml&x=0