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Famous Kansas Falls
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Famous Kansas Falls

by Larry Fischer

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted November 9, 200979 views5 comments
Kansas is not blessed with mountains or oceans. I guess we can travel....
We do have the Flint Hills, the largest and best cattle-grazing area in the world.
There are numerous streams in theses hills, and some of these have eroded through limestone rock laid down by primal oceans which once covered the region. Such is this presentation.
Had trouble in blue tint of the water. Finally did a white point on the main fall center. Now it appears slightly red.

C and C appreciated and sought

D700, 30-105 Nikor manual, f/32, 1/15 sec (handheld! while sitting) ISO 200.

the fisch

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Jim Harris on November 9, 2009 at 12:11 PM
nice shot,, Id like to see the flat rocks up at the top darkened some, they look pretty overexposed
Registered on August 31, 2009, 74 Posts, 368 Comments
Comment posted by Larry Fischer on November 9, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Jim, you are correct. That rock was blown. I tried to darken it with NX2. You can see the gray in the center. Possibly a better program or better know how would do a better job. Good observation and taken with the idea I'll do better.
the fisch
Registered on July 28, 2008, 155 Posts, 874 Comments
Comment posted by David Schwaegler on November 9, 2009 at 4:10 PM
Nice comp. If you want to get rid of blue tint in the water, consider desaturating just blue without altering the color temperature.
Registered on December 4, 2003, 232 Posts, 1652 Comments
Comment posted by Stan Rose on November 10, 2009 at 7:01 AM
Well, its not blue or red--its magenta! I think it would look fine blue...or white :wink: Selective color in CS4 works wonders, but so does anything that allow you to control tint.
I like the comp though, and the exposure look fine to me given the lighting. :smile:
Registered on September 15, 2005, 836 Posts, 17099 Comments
Comment posted by Miro Susta on November 11, 2009 at 4:01 AM
Excellent compo Larry. I like the image but the colours confusing me a bit (on my screen a bit over-saturated). But overall very nice presentation. :toast:
Registered on August 18, 2006, 719 Posts, 3736 Comments