Sunlit Falls

Bill,

The great thing about this time of the year is that the trees are filling out and help block some of that direct light. I think you caught it at a time when I can't see very many, if any, hot spots.

This is a lovely and refreshing scene. Now I see a whole bunch of opportunities to focus on smaller sections of this scene, but for an overall view, this is quite nice.

I may wish to not have those few green leaves intruding, but I guess that's asking a little bit too much and being picky.

Lon

Sweet set of falls. This has a nice flow to it. It looks a little soft on my monitor.

Thanks Lon and John, shot w/ tripod and doesn't look soft on my monitor at all, but that's been happening a lot when I convert them for here. hmmmm. And thanks Lon, I wanted to post something in the 1/2 to 1/5 second as a start here, but I think I'd have to issue sunglasses. I shot them. And yes, there are lovely little nooks, crannies and flows for many different crops and captures.

Nice work!
István

Very nice with lots of potential for other comps as mentioned. The polarizer would capitalize on those rich greens and make this even better. I wish I had a location like this to work on.

I think you did an awesome job on this with all that sun hitting the water. Beautiful shot!

Thanks folks. I need to go back earlier a.m. though for my own mind. And IDK why this looks so soft on here.

A pretty scene, Bill. Easy to see why you had a great day. It also looks soft on my monitor, but guess I can't tell you what is going on. I have a hard time getting the sharpness right for the web with many of my images. I keep working on it. This does look like a great place to wander around.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, Wi.

Nice scene Bill. You've done pretty well with the tough light.
Sharpening for the web is a roll of the dice for me also, so I know where you're coming from. Others probably have different or better methods but here's what I do. I sharpen a little in ACR but don't sharpen in the editor until I've reduced the file size to whatever parameters I need. In other words I sharpen last and I use the unsharp mask most of the time. Strength setting varies of course. Radius between 6-8 most of the time and threshold at or near 3 for landscapes maybe a little higher for something like a flower macro. I'm also viewing the image at 100% while making these adjustments and back off or increase as needed. Then I click view and select actual pixels to see how it looks. If it looks OK I go ahead and post it. But often, as you have also discovered it doesn't look the same online as it does on my monitor. So, I quickly delete it and try again. Just my 2 cents.
Also I notice you shot this at 55mm. If you're using the Nikon 18-55 kit lens try backing off a little and get closer or put on a longer lens. I have this lens and use it a lot but my copy is quite soft at 55mm. But you say it looks sharp on your system so that probably isn't the issue. See you around and happy shooting.

Nicely done Bill.

Thanks again. Bruce, I appreciate your help since you've experienced same.

going to finally play with a polarizer!! and so, that means no sun for the next few days I'm sure. ;)