Blue Mountains Waterfalls/Streams

[biggerry]

I think the poor members of DSLRusers are gonna be sick of waterfall shots soon

In a feeble attempt to minimise threadage I will include both venues water shots here

Constructive critique more than welcome.

The lower view of Empress Falls



yep, that water looks cold and I can assure you it is.



Another view of Empress falls



some miscellaneous stream..



if your interested in the non-polarised shot;


check out the water on the front of the filter in this one...

[colin_12]

Only because it is the same sets of falls.........Cool stuff Gerry

[Remorhaz]

I think your streams shots really capture that lush wet feel of the location perfectly. I only wish I'd taken my tripod to the rainforest and taken some shots in the stream - not that we actually had enough time to shoot all the things that were readily available

Ray spent quite some time in the stream so I'm also keen to see what he got.

[radar]

Great shots Gerry,

my favourites would be the waterfalls, lots to explore and I like the compositions.

The stream shots are also very nice, super sharp but for me, they aren't as interesting as the waterfalls.

An improvement for the first one, for an already really nice photograph, would be to try to get a bit more out of the shadows on the left, not too much, just a bit more detail, if you can.

Great effort,

André

[Wink]

I really like #1.
I find the foreground water in #3 and #5 a little distracting. It's lost that really white look to it. A crop without it might look better?

[aim54x]

#1 and #3 for me! Love the deep reds in the rocks in #3

[Jenno]

check out the water on the front of the filter in this one

Yeah well stop complaining and fix 'em Thats what the clone tool is for

Good work on these as usual

Did you find that with the polarizer that you lost some of the water movement effect ...dulled the white water somewhat if you know what I mean.

Liking them a lot worth the paddle...any leeches

I found it hard to keep the whites in the waterfalls under control but you've done well

I've got a shot exactly like #3 ansd #5 and the jurys out on whether the whether the water movement in the foreground distracts from the principal component of the image. I'm thinking it does.

[biggerry]

I think your streams shots really capture that lush wet feel of the location perfectly. I only wish I'd taken my tripod to the rainforest and taken some shots in the stream - not that we actually had enough time to shoot all the things that were readily available

yeah, that hour and half went real fast...I coulda stayed there for ages!

An improvement for the first one, for an already really nice photograph, would be to try to get a bit more out of the shadows on the left, not too much, just a bit more detail, if you can.

I did have a look at that, but I am pushing the limits on the sensor there - I really should have bracketed that shot. That said I will try and get just a fraction more detail out of it - I agree havng a little more detail would defintiely work better than a black blob!

my favourites would be the waterfalls, lots to explore and I like the compositions.

I think we were actually spoilt with the quantity of compositions available, there was enough compositions in one set of falls to keep you occupied for hours.

I really like #1.
I find the foreground water in #3 and #5 a little distracting. It's lost that really white look to it. A crop without it might look better?

hmm, interesting, I may take another look and see what can be done about the brightness of the water there since I like these compositions since they lead up to main waterfall..

Yeah well stop complaining and fix 'em Thats what the clone tool is for

ahh man.. that means I gotta open another program, thats a good 10 seconds taken outta my 5 minute limit and theres heaps of droplets...damn fine mist, we need a filter with a set of squidgy wipers on it...

Did you find that with the polarizer that you lost some of the water movement effect ...dulled the white water somewhat if you know what I mean.

yep, always does. it also makes for a different look on the wispy water effect, for example look at Garys waterfall shots and compare them to mine or Rodneys (who also had a CPL).

Its a bit of a catch 22 really and it takes some trial and error to get used to it, I took some shots in the middle of that deep pool but they turned out very bland due to the lack of water movement (reflections) picked up by the CPL.

Liking them a lot worth the paddle...any leeches

no leeches or ticks and no mozzie bites..a bit weird really I expected to come home with something...