Flowing River

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 8, 2011118 views4 comments

Taken while I was hiking at Bushkill Falls in PA. It had rained for a few days before our trip, and that had the river flowing nicely. I did this and all my photos at Bushkill Falls handheld, so I was very happy to see that this one came out very well.

I would like to get feedback on how I did.

I was using my Canon EOS Rebel T2i with an 18-270mm lens. The only thing I did was up the exposure slightly and warmed it up just a tad.

Exposure time 1/30
I up the exposure using Lightroom 3 +0.35 and up the Temp +14

F stop 5.6
Focal Length 18mm

DK Hawk

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by John Williams on June 8, 2011 at 5:07 PM

The sweep of the river with the background green is nice. I'd like to see both photos larger though. An even slower shutter speed would soften the water a bit more; that would be more attractive to my eye. Assuming the right shore is photogenic, leaving a tad more room on the right would also help.

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Comment posted by DK Hawk on June 8, 2011 at 5:24 PM

Thank you John, I will try your suggestion next time and slow the shutter speed more. I appreciate your comments and ideas on how to make my photos better.

As for the right shore, it had a man made structure on it, and I was trying to show the wilder side of the river. I do have photos where I did slow down the shutter speed and still show the wooden walk way on the one side of the river. I will post one next time around.

DK

P.S. John, I posted one where I had slowed down the shutter speed a little more. Let me know what you think of it. It is located in the Man and Nature gallery.

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Comment posted by John Williams on June 9, 2011 at 5:59 PM

I peeked at your M&N shot, and now I understand the close border on the right; I would have done the same to keep the walkway out of the photo. I do like the smoother water of the M&N shot, for me it helps these waters that have brown in them to look a little more attractive. To get it much smoother, you would likely have had to shoot in dimmer lighting or with a ND filter.

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Comment posted by DK Hawk on June 10, 2011 at 9:24 AM

@ John - Thanks John I appreciate your comments.

DK

Registered on April 3, 2011, 17 Posts, 14 Comments