Hornbeck's Creek Falls

The composition is good with the waterfall flowing from the left, down the rocks, and into the foreground water. I do wish that there was something else to make it more dynamic though. Maybe stones below the surface in the foreground, or something along those lines.

Also, there is something strange with the smaller resolution image here on this page. It looksas though there was some sort of very heavy noise reduction that has robbed the detail. The larger size looks much better though.

This is a very beautiful scene with an impressionistic quality to it. There seems to be a lack of focus in certain areas that may be intentional applied to keep attention on the waterfall, but it feels a bit heavy handed. If you pull back on that a bit, it would help the image IMO.

I realized the smaller shot here got a bit soft when i downsized it. Here is another shot,, tighter on the same view.

Neven,

The second post is head and shoulders above the original. I like the more intimate composition which tells me as the viewer what you're trying to convey. The larger view, while certainly a pretty view, is missing something as someone else mention. Yes, the falls are the main point, but in the larger view it's importance is diminished. I hope this makes sense.

also, I would also agree that it sure looks like compression is killing the original and is also pretty noticeable in the larger version. Even though this has quite a bit of detail, you should be able to resize this without losing so much detail.

I really, really like the second image; the flow from top to bottom creates some great lines and diagonals. Looks like it's also suffering a little from compression, but not as bad as the original.

Lon

Everyone, TY for the great comments. I realized that I had a bit of a problem downsizing and losing a lot in the compressions. Is there a good way to resize from 18MP down to 1MP for posting?

Lon, you're right,, I realized after posting that the second shot was definitely a much better composition.

Ignoring technical aspects, the second version is really great, and maybe it would stand some more cropping at the top. A very dynamic composition, emphasizing the force of water!

Peter