Spillway waterfall - C/C welcome

[Garasaki]

Tricky captures these were. A great opportunity to practice framing and building a scene.

Definitely saw things I wish I had done differently while editing. But my 5 year old loves these pics - they'll probably end up on her wall!

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[snowbear152 83]

I like the general composition and makeup, but they appear overcooked for my taste.

 

[Light Guru]

Too bad the rocks are also out of focus.


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[Braineack]

I dont think they are out of focus, much more that something happened during processing -- like a glow was added, or the software "bloomed" it.

 

[bulldurham33]

Major, major sharpening will do that to an image.

 

[snowbear152 83]

I'd like to see the originals, especially the first two.

 

[SquarePeg4 4]

Tripod?

 

[Garasaki]

Thank you all for the feedback!

These were handheld shots. Which is what prompted the "difficult captures" comment. Most of these are with me using a timed shutter and holding the camera, bent over with my arms hanging and the camera held with two hands, inches above the water surface.

They were not sharpened at all. I think the details of the rocks actually take away from the overall scene in this case.

Braineack is right, the "fuzz" is from postprocessed blooming. I can certainly see the "overcooked" feedback. I edited these with the intention to look dreamy and artistic rather than be highly sharp representations of reality.

Here are the first two, with only RAW exposure/lighting tweaking done. And a much more lightly cooked version. Y'all are welcome to edit if you like.