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Photo posted by Mark Seaver in the Landscape gallery on 01/20/18 at 2:46 pm EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
seaverphotos.com
Weekly Challenge Moderator
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Comment posted by Stephen Stanton on 01/20/18 at 2:59 pm EST
Registered on 03/01/15, 54 Posts, 453 Comments
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Really nice image, Mark, the rock in the sweet spot strongly anchors the view into the water and falls.
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Comment posted by scott lanz on 01/20/18 at 3:59 pm EST
Registered on 11/14/03, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments
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Excellent capture of the action and misty colors, Mark. Exposure looks right on for the bright conditions, and I like the ss.
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scott lanz
Youngstown, Ohio
www.lanzscape.com |
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Comment posted by Ed McGuirk on 01/20/18 at 5:19 pm EST
Registered on 11/29/17, 19 Posts, 260 Comments
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I guess the government isn't the only thing frozen on the Potomac this winter. Mark this is a very dynamic composition, I like how you composed it to have the flow reverse just above the big triangular rock, it really pulls your eye back and forth across this image. The two little cascades to the right of the rock are a nice accent to this image as well. Given how strong the water flow is, you did well to get the texture and definition in the water, nice job on the shutter speed. Nice work....
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 01/20/18 at 6:36 pm EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Mark, I am really enjoying the bottom 70% or so of the image, very dynamic and engaging, but I find the top area kind of detracts from the rest. I think cloning the log would help some for me, but I might even play with a crop. I seem to be on my own with that, and as usual, YMMV.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Bill Leggett on 01/20/18 at 9:27 pm EST
Registered on 07/21/04, 706 Posts, 3233 Comments
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Very well done, Mark. Great Falls is on on my bucket list. Good choice of shutter speed to get some detail in the water. On the thumbnail it looked like a rainbow, but I see it's the color of the water.
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Bill
Mississippi Gulf Coast |
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"They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins..."
Walt Whitman
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Comment posted by Dan Kearl on 01/20/18 at 9:30 pm EST
Registered on 09/02/13, 209 Posts, 1514 Comments
I would crop off the top also. Crop to just above the falls.
Sweet color and SS.
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on 01/21/18 at 11:21 am EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
I like this a lot. The shutter speed was perfect for this and shows the different colors in the water. I do agree with the crop suggestion. However, the framing woks as it is, but you might consider cloning out the log. I like the little cascade on the right.
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Preston Birdwell
Columbia, California, USA
NPN 429 | California Nature Photographers (CANP) Moderator | 'NPN Discussion' Moderator
“If you want nice fresh oats, you have to pay a fair price. If you can be satisfied with oats that have already been through the horse, well, that comes a little cheaper" Author Unknown |
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 01/21/18 at 11:29 am EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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A very nice image of the falls. I agree with Preston's suggestion: keep composition as is and clone out the log. Although, the shadow of the log without a log may be an issue to some.
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"If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person" - Jay Maisel. |
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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on 01/21/18 at 12:16 pm EST
Registered on 02/25/06, 525 Posts, 8448 Comments
Mark, lots of suggestions for changes, but that shows the ability also to find changes in a good image too. For me I would go with a lower bottom area pano sort of take. To me it is the most dynamic part of the scene. Crop down maybe to just above that smaller rock in the center area. The crop /clone/ CA of the branch and the shadow removal are what makes all the PS abilities shine of course.That rainbow in the lower cascade makes me even more positive on the thought for a pano of sorts in that area.
With the larger FG rocks it might appear a bit heavy toward that side, but I think those are prominent items in the scene as presented now anyway.
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Paul Breitkreuz
Corona, California
Trailimages.com
NPN 2326
"Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care."
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on 01/21/18 at 1:08 pm EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
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Yes, that log creates composition problems. I agree with Igor, that the log cannot be cloned without also cloning it's shadow. Leaving the shadow will have many viewers recognizing the cloning, which leads to them questioning what else in this view is a modification of what was actually there. I believe that as a nature photographer it's important to show nature as it is, not as I wish it were (although I will clone some things readily). The alternative with a major item, like this, is to burn or dodge to reduce it's visual impact. Here's a version where that log has been burned-in significantly.
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
seaverphotos.com
Weekly Challenge Moderator
Macro/Close Up Moderator |
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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on 01/21/18 at 2:04 pm EST
Registered on 12/10/15, 104 Posts, 1112 Comments
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This is excellent, Mark. Nicely balanced composition and beautiful mist-bow but I find that protruding log a distraction. I think I would experiment with cloning it out.
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Dave Dillemuth
Santa Barbara, California
davedillemuthphotography.smugmug.com
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 01/21/18 at 4:44 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Mark,
The star attraction is of course the rainbow colors captured. The environment that is producing the rainbow is dynamic and full of raw power. The big rock and overflow cascades are great addition to the overall river scene.
I would agree with others about cropping some from the top to emphasize these features. I didn't notice this until a second look at the larger view, but if you can you might want to content-aware clone out the forked branch in the ULC; it's mildly detracting.
Lon
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To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Comment posted by Ed Williams on 01/22/18 at 2:29 pm EST
Registered on 12/28/10, 636 Posts, 3499 Comments
Mark I love the bits of ice and the amazing smooth roaring water in this one. The rainbow puts it over the top for me. I like the repost colors a bit better with the log toned down a bit. Beautiful.
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Ed Williams
www.chasindaylight.com
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 01/22/18 at 3:44 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Mark,
I appreciate and respect the idea that we should be photographing and presenting what was there, what we saw. I think this is a great topic one could open in a discussion forum so I won't take this any further.... other than to say, once you enter and start calling your work "fine art" and if you were to print this as a fine art wall hanger, personally I wouldn't want the log there.
Disregarding anything I just said, I did want to point out something that is missing regarding the log and its shadow. Who's to say or know if a projected shadow in the frame didn't originate from an object outside the frame?? It's perfectly logical that the log could have been outside the frame and still cast a shadow, right? I know I'm really nitpicky with a lot of my comments, cropping here, cloning there, etc. etc., but to be perfectly honest, on first pass, I never really noticed the log. Upon multiple passes I never once paid attention to the shadow, until it was mentioned.
Just my not so humble opinion, I think not cloning it for ethical reasons (ie. it was there, so it belongs) is a stronger argument than whether or not the shadow should be considered - or even noticed... Again, it's very plausible that the shadow was cast from outside the frame; the main issue is that YOU know it wasn't...  
Just a thought.
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To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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