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Postby the foto fanatic on Fri May 27, 2005 3:46 pm

In the hinterland of the Gold Coast up in the McPherson ranges is the Natural Arch, where water has eroded a hole through rock into a cave below.

I went up there on Wednesday and took this pic from inside the cave where the water cascades through the opening into the pool inside the cave.


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Postby BBJ on Fri May 27, 2005 4:22 pm

Hi trevor, Looks ok to me a bit dark but considering you are in a cave is cool, prolly not a lot you can do with a shot like this unless you could use highlites/shadows to maybe bump it up a bit. But looks good.
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Postby the foto fanatic on Fri May 27, 2005 4:31 pm

BBJ wrote:Hi trevor, Looks ok to me a bit dark but considering you are in a cave is cool, prolly not a lot you can do with a shot like this unless you could use highlites/shadows to maybe bump it up a bit. But looks good.
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Thanx John
Yes, there is a lot of contrast between the white water and the dark rock. I have PP'd it a bit.
It was 1/8sec at f8, on a tripod.
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Postby PiroStitch on Fri May 27, 2005 4:53 pm

Great photo, but bah at the false advertising :P
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Postby the foto fanatic on Fri May 27, 2005 4:57 pm

PiroStitch wrote:Great photo, but bah at the false advertising :P


Sorry, Piro. Just seemed topical. :lol:
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Postby Glen on Fri May 27, 2005 5:12 pm

Trevor, very very nice. I prefer it to any other light sabre
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Postby the foto fanatic on Fri May 27, 2005 7:03 pm

Glen wrote:Trevor, very very nice. I prefer it to any other light sabre


Thanx Glen.
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Postby mudder on Fri May 27, 2005 8:49 pm

G'day,

Everyone's different, I really like the contrast of light and dark I think it really suits the image. I'd even be tempted to lower the exposure a tad to save the highlight where the waterfall meets the pond. Hmmm, wonder about merging two different exposures from the one NEF?

This really works for me, I like it. :D
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Postby the foto fanatic on Fri May 27, 2005 9:42 pm

mudder wrote:G'day,

Everyone's different, I really like the contrast of light and dark I think it really suits the image. I'd even be tempted to lower the exposure a tad to save the highlight where the waterfall meets the pond. Hmmm, wonder about merging two different exposures from the one NEF?

This really works for me, I like it. :D


Thanx mudder - it's a tough choice between saving the highlights and losing detail in the shadows. :D
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