Virgin River Take 2

[LittleMike]

After posting up some pictures of the Virgin River last week, I took some of the critique and went back today. I still just can't seem to get the water to look right. I may just need to wait till the water level drops a bit and the river settles down. The light was a LOT better today though. Having the direct sunlight bouncing off the cliffs behind me added even more of a reddish glow. Anyways, here's my attempt from today!

f/22, ISO 100, @ 1 second.


And here's one more I got on my way out of the canyon. Looking downriver toward the Watchman Peak:

f/22, ISO 100, @ .8 second, with grad ND filter

 

[Darkhunter139]

I remember your last shots and the water looks way better this time. Second shot looks fantastic as well.

 

[JasonLambert]

Nice shots... I like #2 the best. The cool water and warm rocks make for a nice contrast. I would like to see the trees a little more in focus. It kinda looks like you over saturated the greens (?) in the trees... Is that something you did in pp? Good job though.

 

[LittleMike]

Thanks for the input guys

Neither one of them really has too much PP work done to them. The first one obviously has a little more than the second, but mainly just playing with contrast. Here's the original of the second one:

The reason the trees look slightly out of focus is because there was a gentle breeze most of the afternoon, including when the picture was taken. But I'm sure there will be plenty of calm days to try again.