Taking What's Offered

Gallery: LandscapePosted June 22, 2011255 views10 comments

Dumb title but that's really what this is. I usually try to include the full view of a waterfall. Obviously sometimes a pile of sticks or some other less attractive element encourages me to leave out the top or the bottom but rarely do I leave out both, unless I'm going for a tighter more abstract shot. In this case there were nasty reflections at the top I couldn't remove and at the bottom was the busy pile of sticks mentioned earlier. So I took what was offered and concentrated on the middle. How does it work for you? How's the processing? Check out the larger version if so inclined. Thanks for looking.

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 23, 2011 at 12:19 AM

Yup, we often have to make do with what is there!
Really nice water flow here - i always like a bit of detail over the usually-presented white milky stuff.
Nice job with what you had.
Sandy

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Comment posted by Dan Roberts on June 23, 2011 at 12:52 AM

Personally I like partials of water falls. Most times people get too hung up on getting the entire fall. Great shutter speed as Sandy mentioned. Nice misty effect with detail also. I like the cool color of the water myself though no doubt some will suggest making a WB "correction".

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Comment posted by John Tobias on June 23, 2011 at 12:21 PM

Impressive photo. I think it is fine just as you have posted. I specially like the way you captured the water. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on June 23, 2011 at 9:27 PM

The detail here makes this relatively simple composition much more lively than the thumbnail would suggest. I really like it.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on June 24, 2011 at 1:19 AM

Bruce,

Or, what Gary Crabbe once said, "making lemonade from lemons..." (what a quote!) In a serious way though, I think you did very well to pull this composition out of the scene and trouble you described. There's no hard and fast "rules" that say you need the top, the bottom, either or both the top or bottom of the falls in any waterfall image. this works beautifully. I really like the sheerness of the "veil" of water coming down, helped out by a nice choice in shutter speed. You did well to mitigate any hotspots - and the diffused light helped with that.

If I had a suggestion or wish, it would be either more, or less of the nice, spring greens on the left. I understand just another one of those elements that you had to deal with and this wasn't going to be easy, so in the end, I guess you included them as best you could and I think it still works. Again, a little more of tree would have been nice, but might not have been in the cards.

Beautiful soft color in the water too. I like this.

Lon

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Comment posted by Peter Richter on June 24, 2011 at 4:10 AM

Bruce, I appreciate your composition which is well balanced to me. I especially enjoy the delicate foliage together with the delightful details of the cascades.

Maybe I had cropped the part with the twigs at the bottom, but this might be purely a matter of opinion. I like the image as it is.

Peter

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on June 24, 2011 at 5:27 PM

This looks really good to me Bruce. I like what you did here making the very best of it, and imo it really worked. Water looks fantastic and I also think the green leaves add a very nice touch in contrast with the water. Nice work!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on June 25, 2011 at 5:19 PM

You did a great job. The comp definitely works IMO. I think the green foliage on the left adds a touch of interest, and your SS is right on. Great lighting and control of the whites as well.

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Comment posted by John Williams on June 27, 2011 at 3:03 PM

Works well for me, nice job on that "courting her" part. The water looks perfect.

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Comment posted by Joseph Campisi on October 14, 2013 at 4:22 PM

Hey, I have a similar crop of this same falls! I guess great minds really do think alike Bruce!

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