Twists & Turns

This is a peaceful scene, Bill. I would keep working on exploring compositional possibilities for this one to include less elements but this looks nice.

Thanks Daniel. I'm still getting used to shooting w/ a simple D-60. Processing the results has become ridiculous on my part--looks nothing like my monitor image. Need to take a step back I think as far as posting goes.

Bill- This is a great scene, but the softness is really hurting this image. One way to help that would probably be to bump the iso down to 100 or 200; that way, you can have a slightly wider aperture (f11-f16) and still maintain a slow shutter speed for the water. Without a close, prominent foreground object, such a narrow aperture as f25 probably isn't necessary.

Hey Joel, you hit the nail on the head and made me learn once again!! I was wondering why it was at ISO-400 and remembered this... I have been doing a lot of avian work lately, including eagles and all sort of duck varieties flying, GBHs and even an egret up here. So prior to going out that miserable, beautiful morn', I went to program mode and set the ISO at 400--figured a good middle ground for shutter speed and lighting that day should I encounter some flight shots. Well, that didn't pan out, and my legs were feeling particularly good that morning so I slowly climbed down to this creek scene, set up the tripod and began shooting the water in Shutter Priority. I haven't been using this D-60 that long, and didn't even think to check the ISO, which was of course registering at 400 in SP as well--and I was wondering why i was seeing f-22s and above on a dark day!!! Damn, that answers a lot of my questions as to why they weren't as pretty as they appeared. Not an excuse, just a fact in numbness, and another lesson learned!! Thanks again.

Nice scene, but it is suffering from the softness.

Hi Bill, It sound like you got some good advice from the others and I agree the image is a little too soft. I like the image overall though. I especially like the center of the image and it might have more impact of it was converted from a square crop to a vertical. If I cover the tree on the left side and a little from the right leaving just the tree in the upper right corner and the green hill side in the BG it gives the image new life to me. Just my thoughts, it might make the image too tight but with that vertical crop it focuses all the attention on the falling water and leads my eyes back to the nicely colored moss and green hill.

Hey John, I see the crop you are talking about. That's a good idea, thank you. I also have verticals that I shot, and hopefully can find one that's crisper than this.

Thanks too Rich, I post a lot, but at least some of the great feedback I get just may be sinking in!!!