Avalanche Creek

While the exposure speed does add nice texture, the white on the left side is hurting my eyes. maybe a GND filter, with the darkest portion over the water will help, or an HDR of a couple images.

I love the comp but I miss the silky water flow (just kidding). I like the water and I think it adds drama to the image.

I like that you resisted the long exposure smooth water look on this. The white on the left does bother me though - you may be able to selectively pull out some more color and detail and contrast in that section with some time invested.

- Luke

I do find the white portion a little heavy. The frozen action of the water works nicely otherwise, though.

I agree with the other comments: Nice comp but that white water on the left is just too bright. It doesn't look completely blown, though, so you might be able to work with it.

Yes, it does look like you might be able to pull some detail out of the whitewater. A touch darker and this scene will look nice and balanced to my eye. Other than that, I'm liking your chosen shutter speed, you captured the feeling of being next to this beautiful mountain stream.

I immediately thought "refreshing". Really like the stop action water which really portrays it's power and force.
Thanks for sharing

I love your fast exposure here! The brightness doesnt bother me a bit; the trees in the urhc pull my eye a bit, but not a real problem. Very nice!

I'm kind of a sucker for silky water! But I do like the tonality you retained by the faster shutter speed. Nothing really bothers me here. It's a nice image with a harmoniuos flow.

Chris

I'm a fan of both silky water and frozen action so I like this a lot. The white on the left doesn't bother me at all. As far as I'm concerned there's a lot to like about this - very enjoyable.

I usually like the water exposed longer but here the shutter speed looks very interesting as well. The rocks look a little too magenta for my taste, but they could be like this in reality of course.

Catherine,

I'm will Bill C. - I like both and with water scenes, I think it's image independent how you want to portray water. And of course in many, many cases, you don't have a choice with small apertures and dark canyons (well, I guess one could use ISO 6400 or something, but fewer choices with film.) Anyway, your scene here works very well with the frozen water and the left side doesn't bother me too much, although it could be toned down. I really like the deep color in water that's been brought out. Nice job.

Lon

Beautiful colors, white, green and brown, very harmonious. I do like the frozen action of the water. I would perhaps crop the white boulder below, keeping as much as possible of the brown boulders which are great. There could be less white on the left. Anyway very nice picture to look at.