Waterfalls (My 1st Try!)

[BaM BooZeLLed]

I wanted to share my first shots of waterfalls from my recent trip up to Oregon and Washington(Beautiful places). Looking back giving more time(and less people) I would have done a multi shot, mixing and long exposure with a normal high speed shot.

C&C Please and Thanks.

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[weepete]

1. Dappled light makes this shot quite difficult. As bright things tend to be pulled foward by our brains and dark areas pushed to the back. As a result your image is heavily weighted to the bottom rhs and the bright white water. This hurts the image as our eye is drawn down the flow and out of the frame.

2. Looks underexposed, possibly a bit too blue and the log in the forground in particular could do with being brought back up in post so we could see a bit of detail. Framing is good though and a simple bold composition works well, but pay attention to your foreground as the rail that has been included serves no purpose other than to create a visual barrier to the viewer and looks as if it could have been framed without it in the shot.

3. Again underexposed, possibly a bit too blue and it would have been nicer to see the pool uder the waterfall rather than some dark patch of ground and the wall creates a visual barrier albeit not as obtrusive as the second. Composition looks good otherwise.

 

[BaM BooZeLLed]

1. Dappled light makes this shot quite difficult. As bright things tend to be pulled foward by our brains and dark areas pushed to the back. As a result your image is heavily weighted to the bottom rhs and the bright white water. This hurts the image as our eye is drawn down the flow and out of the frame.

2. Looks underexposed, possibly a bit too blue and the log in the forground in particular could do with being brought back up in post so we could see a bit of detail. Framing is good though and a simple bold composition works well, but pay attention to your foreground as the rail that has been included serves no purpose other than to create a visual barrier to the viewer and looks as if it could have been framed without it in the shot.

3. Again underexposed, possibly a bit too blue and it would have been nicer to see the pool uder the waterfall rather than some dark patch of ground and the wall creates a visual barrier albeit not as obtrusive as the second. Composition looks good otherwise.

Thanks, appreciate you taking the time and sharing your feedback. I will have to seek out some waterfalls down here in Arizona haha.

I can defiantly see what you're talking about in regards to the visual barriers. Exposure has always been a issue for me, still learning.

 

[Brendan O'Connell]

I particularly like the second shot...what were the settings used to take this shot? What gear did you use?

 

[Shipman]

I like the 3rd the best. I would use the adjustment brush to slightly increase the exposure on the water itself but I like the rest of the images processing. The first one however is very overexposed in my opinion.

 

[BaM BooZeLLed]

I particularly like the second shot...what were the settings used to take this shot? What gear did you use?

Thank you.
Gear:Canon EOS 50D
Variable ND Filter (Cant remember the stop for sure, 3.5-5 stop)
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
ƒ/14.0
17.0 mm
Shutter 8secs
ISO 125

I like the 3rd the best. I would use the adjustment brush to slightly increase the exposure on the water itself but I like the rest of the images processing. The first one however is very overexposed in my opinion.

Thanks for the advice, Im always fighting that exposure battle haha.

 

[Raj_55555]

Third one is a broken link, but I love the second one!

 

[BaM BooZeLLed]

Third one is a broken link, but I love the second one!

Fixed sorry I took the cropping advice on that one.

 

[480sparky42 41]

The third on is my fav of the group. The first one has no real subject, the second has a foreground that's too busy.

My edit of the third: Adjusted the white point, raised the shadows in curves, brightened the water itself and took out the pruplish color cast, and cropped out the extrraneous surroundings.

 

[BaM BooZeLLed]

The third on is my fav of the group. The first one has no real subject, the second has a foreground that's too busy.

My edit of the third: Adjusted the white point, raised the shadows in curves, brightened the water itself and took out the pruplish color cast, and cropped out the extrraneous surroundings.

Totally agree with the crop and I like what you did with the water, but I feel like the surrounding area now looks more faded/flat? Clearer for sure though, thanks for taking the time and sharing your input!

 

[480sparky42 41]

The third on is my fav of the group. The first one has no real subject, the second has a foreground that's too busy.

My edit of the third: Adjusted the white point, raised the shadows in curves, brightened the water itself and took out the pruplish color cast, and cropped out the extrraneous surroundings.

Totally agree with the crop and I like what you did with the water, but I feel like the surrounding area now looks more faded/flat? Clearer for sure though, thanks for taking the time and sharing your input!

Is your monitor calibrated?

 

[BaM BooZeLLed]

Is your monitor calibrated?

Professionally no.
I work on a late 2011 Mac Book Pro 15.4inch display, and I have done the "Expert" mode System Preference calibration. I just re did it to see if anything was off, made some minor corrections and left the white balance at its native. Things look a little better, but to be honest I think its probably just my taste. I have never taking any kind of photography classes, its all been what felt right(Why Im here at this point haha). Almost all of my C&C's exposure is always in there as a issue, I have trouble with the balance I guess.

 

[sriniprasad81]

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