A fairy-tale feel to the image, bringing to mind the first landscape images with a large-format camera. Natural scenography with a lovely incident light.
I’m not sure if you were thinking of Gustave Le Gray’s Fontainebleau forest scenes. Those are wonderful; a reliable source of inspiration any day of the week.
As the crow flies, this spot is only 22 miles from the Hudson (you actually park in NY and hike into MA to get there). Thanks for the visit!
I really like this one, John. I have been looking at it for several minutes; the longer I look the more I find to like. The soft backlighting is reminiscent of the old pictorialists. My first reaction was to crop off that sunlit tree on the left as too distracting. I held my hand over it; it didn’t work. It is just as much a part of the composition as the falls; they compliment each other. All analysis aside, it’s a wonderful photograph.
Thanks Mic. I agree about the importance of that tree. Two things are interesting about that not-to-crop decision: How visceral it is, and how the picture seems to lose so much place and space if that tree gets the axe. 😉
I always loved the name of that waterfall. 🙂 What a wonderfully romantic image you’ve made. The light falls just like it does in paintings from other eras, with a brilliance that doesn’t require anything harsh. The soft focus is perfect here. Re the discussion above – the tree on the left really balances everything and more importantly, adds what you called the sense of place and space, exactly.
JOHN TODARO 
A fairy-tale feel to the image, bringing to mind the first landscape images with a large-format camera. Natural scenography with a lovely incident light.
I’m not sure if you were thinking of Gustave Le Gray’s Fontainebleau forest scenes. Those are wonderful; a reliable source of inspiration any day of the week.
Maybe somewhere far in the back of my head…
Here’s a good one, from 1856: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/265065
Awesome!
Thanks ⭐️👋🏼
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Grazie Philip 👍🏼☀️👋🏼
Beautiful shot, John. Absolutely beautiful.
Much appreciate that Ken, thanks
Hauntingly beautiful.
Many thanks Lily
Lovely! You’re sure this isn’t the Hudson River? (See https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/hudson-river-school-landscape-climbs-to-20000-in-online-sale/, for example.)
Positive 😄
As the crow flies, this spot is only 22 miles from the Hudson (you actually park in NY and hike into MA to get there). Thanks for the visit!
I really like this one, John. I have been looking at it for several minutes; the longer I look the more I find to like. The soft backlighting is reminiscent of the old pictorialists. My first reaction was to crop off that sunlit tree on the left as too distracting. I held my hand over it; it didn’t work. It is just as much a part of the composition as the falls; they compliment each other. All analysis aside, it’s a wonderful photograph.
Thanks Mic. I agree about the importance of that tree. Two things are interesting about that not-to-crop decision: How visceral it is, and how the picture seems to lose so much place and space if that tree gets the axe. 😉
I always loved the name of that waterfall. 🙂 What a wonderfully romantic image you’ve made. The light falls just like it does in paintings from other eras, with a brilliance that doesn’t require anything harsh. The soft focus is perfect here. Re the discussion above – the tree on the left really balances everything and more importantly, adds what you called the sense of place and space, exactly.
Thanks. I love that name too!