Heavenly Falls

Gallery: LandscapePosted May 21, 2010144 views6 comments

This local waterfall, known as Little Niagara has been a place I've visited about 4 times in my life, all in the past year.

This was shot yesterday with a D-90 I'm using, ISO reading LO 0.3 (never saw that before, as the D-90 only numerically goes down to 200), 3 seconds on tripod, f-16 w/ polarizer, at 18mm.

This waterfall is just gorgeous, and there are more falls below. Had to crop the very top here as it flows thru an old stone arch. Other than that, just a tiny crop of the RHS to get rid of a fluttering leaf. That's it. Thanks for C&C!

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Neven Dries on May 21, 2010 at 8:53 PM

Nice capture, Bill. I like the water flow here. Could I ask where this is located? I'm from SE Pa and would love to add this place to my collection to shoot also. Maybe we can get together some day to shoot.

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Comment posted by Alex Mody on May 21, 2010 at 9:27 PM

Nice shot, Bill. I like the falls and feel like this image is very well composed.

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Comment posted by Michael VanBeber on May 21, 2010 at 10:20 PM

Beautiful image Bill! I like this composition, the rocks in the foreground help give the image a nice balance.

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Comment posted by Bruce King on May 21, 2010 at 10:59 PM

Nice shot Bill. Too bad you could'nt leave more in at the top of the fall, But good as is.

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Comment posted by Joel Hazelton on May 22, 2010 at 2:44 AM

Hi Bill,

Nice composition, the foreground cascade makes it especially dynamic. The water is a bit overexposed, but some simple curves could easily solve that and improve the overall look of the image. Overall, the image seems rather soft, which is something that I have noticed in other shots you've posted. In this photo, at least, it appears to me to be not sharpened enough in PP. What software do you use to process, and how do you do your sharpening? I'm particularly curious now because I think this could be a real winner of an image with some additional processing.

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Comment posted by Bill Maile on May 22, 2010 at 9:08 AM

Hi Neven, it's in Wayne County in Northeastern PA. I'll email you w/ info in case you aren't reading this!!

Thanks all, I hated to crop out the top, but I'll post a full image over in M&N probably. Plus a couple of more "intimate" shots here.

Joel, I am going to email you as well. While I'm trying to get the camera end of it down, it's frustrating to see something look sharp on my monitor and then soft on here, as you've correctly said--though I don't think this one is quite as soft as some others. Post processing is certainly an issue w/ me. Any feedback is appreciated.

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