Take me to the River...

Capturing this image taught me a lot about looking beyond calm waters for interesting reflection photos.  I was about 1/2 mile away from this location scouting for a completely unrelated shot on a high hillside.  The golden reflection shined so brightly that it immediately caught my attention like a beacon.  I took a mental note of it's location and the time of day which was near dusk when the rock bluffs were still in warm sunlight while the river was in cool shade.  A few days later

Creating an Action Sequence Composite

I get a lot of questions on how to create an action sequence composite like this.  It's actually pretty simple if you have a good understanding of layers and layer masks in Photoshop or whatever similar image editing software that you may be using.  If you have the preparation time and intuition to use a tripod when shooting, processing an image like this is easier as you'll see in a minute.  Sometimes though