Opinions on this waterfall pic.

[owen]

Thanks for looking,
Owen.

[nito]

Thanks for sharing owen. Its an interesting shot, can you please provide some details on how it was done or is it a secret?

Did you use a ND to get the long exposure times required?

[owen]

Sorry nito, I always forget the details. It was taken with the kit lens and a polariser at f22, and I bracketed from 1 second to 2 stops under so I could afterwards get some of the detail in bits of the water that were overexposed in the 1 second shot. Nothing much else done to it in PP except slight saturation boost, the sky was that colour from the polariser and I did a bit of a sharpen as well.

Taken at ISO 200... -0.7 exposure compensation and it appears that this shot was 0.5 seconds rather than 1... oh well

Thanks for taking a look mate, but I have one question... does it make you want to scroll to the left to see what is there?

Cheers,
Owen.

[ozimax]

Nice shot Owen, always like WF shots, this one is different with the blue sky and gumtrees, effective,

Max

[WadeM]

Owen,

YES, I would like to see a bit more left. It's a nice photo but I think cutting off the end of the waterfall, and having so much rock @ the start takes away from the total image.

Very nice focus/DoF/colours etc, just a bit 'out' for my eye.

I assume you wouldn't be able to get any closer due to it being wet, or up against the rocks to show us further to the left.

Thanks for posting!
--Wade

[owen]

Thanks ozimax and wade.

Wade: Further left was a ledge and due to the time of day in the reservoir below there was a nice big black shadow from the ledge, which is why I couldn't really include more to the left. I will however go back at a later time to get a better shot.

Thanks for checking it out.
Owen.

[SoCal Steve]

I think you did a great job on the exposure and the composition is interesting too.

My only complaint would be that I prefer my water to be whiter. The orange tones kind of turn me off. You might try using Adjustments > Hue/Saturation, selecting either Red or Yellow and clicking on the orangish color in the image to limit the range to only that range of colors. Then back off the saturation to about -30 and maybe push the lightness slider up to about +4. But that's just my humble opinion. I still think it's good work.

My take would be more like this. But again, that's just me.
Cheers, SoCal Steve

[nito]

Hi Owen, yes looking at the shot, I really would love to see a panoramic. Now that would be nice Nevertheless I think its a great shot.

Make me wanna get some ND filters and try it out on the fake waterfall at hunter valley gardens or in the chinese gardens in darling harbour.

[PiroStitch]

Very interesting composition and angle of a waterfall Definitely different to the usual shots I normally see...and take

I'd like to see the water whiter as Kerry mentioned and the blue and greens with a fair bit more saturation. Then again I'm a sucker for saturated shots

[owen]

Wow Steve thanks for your take on it. Due to the large downpour we've had recently the water was brown from I guess sediment and dirt coming down the river, but I really like your take on it, thanks very much.

Hey Piro, in a couple of the bracketed shots, the sky and trees were under exposed and thus had more colour to them, I'll have a go of blending them in and see how it goes. I'll post the results.

Nito, no need for ND filters I don't think. Just go at dusk or sometime when the light is a little dull and shoot F22 Helps to have a polariser on as well

Cheers for the comments guys.

Many thanks,
Owen.

[SoCal Steve]

Wow Steve thanks for your take on it. Due to the large downpour we've had recently the water was brown from I guess sediment and dirt coming down the river, but I really like your take on it, thanks very much.

Cheers for the comments guys.

Many thanks,
Owen.

Owen - Glad you liked that. When I tried it, the Desaturation killed all of the colors above the waterfall, so I made a duplicate layer, desaturated the water on it, and then used the Eraser tool to erase everything above the water on the duplicate layer and allow the original background and colors to show through. Cheers. SoCal.