Waterfalls, bugs, rain and more waterfalls (Wennie Falls)

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Waterfalls, bugs, rain and more waterfalls (Wennie Falls)

Postby biggerry on Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:03 pm

Thanks to all who made it up in the miserable weather that we had! however one must seize the opportunity where ever possible and whilst the primary aim for me was gonna be star trails, waterfalls was more on the cards due to a minor issue with clouds :)

I certainly have enough waterfall shots now.. :roll:

Cliche stuff at Leura Cascades..

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more cliche stuff at wennie falls near the Darwins walk..

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and of course a more of a overview shot of the lovely wennie falls..

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another cliche pano...gee i have a few of these now ..

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and something from greg/pams front yard...

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Re: Waterfalls, bugs, rain and more waterfalls (Wennie Falls)

Postby Remorhaz on Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:23 pm

Up to your usual high standard Gerry.

I really quite like #2 - it may be a cliche but it is very nicely done - I would have perhaps liked a little bit more on the top (but I don't know what was up there)

#3 however really takes my fancy - not exactly sure why but I liked it when I first saw it and strangely at first I didn't feel like I was looking down at all - it wasn't till I studied it more that I tipped in (perhaps thats why I like it - got me looking for a while :))
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Re: Waterfalls, bugs, rain and more waterfalls (Wennie Falls)

Postby colin_12 on Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:41 pm

Number 3 for me as well Gerry. That is a classic shot.
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Re: Waterfalls, bugs, rain and more waterfalls (Wennie Falls)

Postby norwest on Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:49 pm

#2 & 4 are my picks. I'd like to see a larger version of #4. Well done.
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Re: Waterfalls, bugs, rain and more waterfalls (Wennie Falls)

Postby biggerry on Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:44 pm

Remorhaz wrote:I really quite like #2 - it may be a cliche but it is very nicely done - I would have perhaps liked a little bit more on the top (but I don't know what was up there)


yeah, me too, the only problem was teh sky and for some I used the GND but i found even with teh cloudy day this set of falls was very hard to nail with a good bit of sky in there, i actually reckon a blue sky with the bigstopper would work well here..


Remorhaz wrote:#3 however really takes my fancy - not exactly sure why but I liked it when I first saw it and strangely at first I didn't feel like I was looking down at all - it wasn't till I studied it more that I tipped in (perhaps thats why I like it - got me looking for a while :))


I tell ya what, its a bit hair raising at that spot, the camera and tripod are out on teh rock wall and its a 200+ metre drop straight down. The conditions were pretty perfect for this set of falls, quite late in teh day and very cloudy, plenty of water flowing and nice wet rocks from teh rain...


colin_12 wrote:Number 3 for me as well Gerry. That is a classic shot.


cheers Colin.

norwest wrote:#2 & 4 are my picks. I'd like to see a larger version of #4. Well done.


should be able to click thru for a larger version here..

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Postby Willy wombat on Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:05 pm

I like them all - water looks a bit purple in #1? Why is that?
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Re: Waterfalls, bugs, rain and more waterfalls (Wennie Falls)

Postby zafra52 on Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:12 pm

I rather like 3#, because of its unusual perspective
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Re: Waterfalls, bugs, rain and more waterfalls (Wennie Falls)

Postby norwest on Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:13 pm

should be able to click thru for a larger version here..


Now that's my pick of the bunch. Love the depth in the shot.
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Re: Waterfalls, bugs, rain and more waterfalls (Wennie Falls)

Postby biggerry on Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:26 pm

Willy wombat wrote:I like them all - water looks a bit purple in #1? Why is that?


good point, dunno, however easy enough to correct, i just desat the purple, looks better imo.

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zafra52 wrote:I rather like 3#, because of its unusual perspective


:up: it is a little bizarre :)

norwest wrote:Now that's my pick of the bunch. Love the depth in the shot.


interesting, i nearly did not bother editing those shots into a pano, however I am glad I did, the clouds and mist do give it a bit extra i think.
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Re: Waterfalls, bugs, rain and more waterfalls (Wennie Falls)

Postby surenj on Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:41 am

Hi Gerry,

#1 You've corrected the mauve cast well. I think the rock at the bottom right slightly intrudes as it's slightly cut off.

#2 is superb compo.

#3 superb perspective. I wasn't brave enough to manipulate the tripod to get this shot. Infact I wasn't even sure it was possible. Nicely done indeed! Watch that mauve cast though. Did you see it? If not, you might need to borrow the caibrator or maybe I need a new monitor! :roll:

#4 I can see either a real or digital grad at work and it detracts. Pull the effect back a little.

#5 superb especially since I saw you nailing this in 2 shots! The spider must have also seen you with at least one of it's many eyes... :mrgreen:

For all of them, I suggest slightly reducing saturation. perhaps 5%.

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Re: Waterfalls, bugs, rain and more waterfalls (Wennie Falls)

Postby biggerry on Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:57 pm

surenj wrote:Hi Gerry,

#1 You've corrected the mauve cast well. I think the rock at the bottom right slightly intrudes as it's slightly cut off.

#2 is superb compo.

#3 superb perspective. I wasn't brave enough to manipulate the tripod to get this shot. Infact I wasn't even sure it was possible. Nicely done indeed! Watch that mauve cast though. Did you see it? If not, you might need to borrow the caibrator or maybe I need a new monitor! :roll:

#4 I can see either a real or digital grad at work and it detracts. Pull the effect back a little.

#5 superb especially since I saw you nailing this in 2 shots! The spider must have also seen you with at least one of it's many eyes... :mrgreen:

For all of them, I suggest slightly reducing saturation. perhaps 5%.

hth.


cheers for teh feedback Suren, yes you are correct about more mauve (spell?) cast in the other image as well. Gonna have to borrow that calibrator again :)

Grad lines in the pano, yes if you look hard enough there is, I may well go back and revisit that to clean them up.

I also agree with the saturation aspect, in my defence I blame teh polariser :wink: good to have another set of eyes to gauge off.

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