Plaikni Falls

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 22, 2012251 views6 comments

This a falls at Crater Lake National Park. It just had a trail opened up to it this last season. It is a photogenic little falls. We were there in September, I would probably have a lot more water early in the year. Thanks for your comments and critiques.

Canon 40D
Sigma 17-70
All settings on Manual
Shutter 1 sec
Aperture f18
ISO 100
17mm
Polarizer
Tripod
Slight color correction in PSE9

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on October 22, 2012 at 3:37 PM

Richard - Great job with these falls under sunlit conditions. Normally a difficult task to portrey well, but I think you did an excellent job balancing shadows and highlights. By the looks of the lighting. more than 1 exposure would have been needed, unless you were able to process the RAW 2x. Any way you did it, looks very good. I like the amount of water flowing - too much water can be difficult to get that silky look that you have. My only sugggestion would be to crop out the sky and the small bright stick intruding in the lower left. These 2 bright areas don't add much to the whole image for me, so I would eliminate them. I might also try to darken those hot grasses to the right/far left of the falls and darken/add contrast to the shadows around the falls.

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Comment posted by Joerg Bonner on October 22, 2012 at 5:02 PM

i'm usually not a big fan of waterfall shots with direct sunlight because processing most of the time looks awkward. you did a really good job controlling the highlights and keeping a natural look. very well done!

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 22, 2012 at 5:53 PM

Hi Richard, I agree with the other comments here and also think you did a nice job with the light you had to work with. Harry made some good suggestions for this as well. It is a great looking falls.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on October 22, 2012 at 7:24 PM

Very nice. Perfect shutter speed for the silky water.

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on October 22, 2012 at 8:32 PM

I like the perspective in your composition as well as the warm light. The only real nit that I would have - and it is very minor - would be to crop out the bit of blue sky above the waterfall

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Comment posted by Bill Chambers on October 24, 2012 at 10:45 AM

Really nice Richard. You controlled the lighting quite nicely and your composition is very nice. Well done.

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