Turkey Hill Pond Stream

I am really liking your composition here, and the play with complementary colors. The blue/orange combo works great. The dappled light is highly appealing too.
Although as mentioned, the blue works fine, I think it is a tad too much in the shadowed areas of the water. Could be the result of the HDR processing. Another suggestion I have is a crop: I think you can crop it a bit from the left - to where that lonely maple leaf is. I think it would improve the balance.
Anyway, very well composed in my opinion.

I like this scene, I'm partial to running water/waterfall scenes. 'm impressed with the HDR processing. I agree with Dietrich, there is too much blue in the shadows of the water.

Nice work on the HDR. The only change I would make would be the blue cast in the water. The light and detail are excellent. I like the comp as is. I question the need for 1600 ISO.

After reading all your comments, I guess the blue is a bit much. The ISO 1600 was actually a mistake as I forgot to turn off the auto ISO.

Here's one of the original images for reference.

I have one of these cameras and they are teriffic whilst I shoot almost exclusively with film this little camera is so different and used in such different circumstances from my big Pentax that I find the change refreshing. The quality is excellent and the feel of the camera feels Leica like. Very pretty little shot and the high ISO doesn't distract from the quality of it at all.

This is very nice Steve. I like your composition alot and also the movement of the water over and around the rocks. Other than the blue being a little to strong the rest of the color in your first post is very nice. I would keep it like that and just back off the blue saturation if you can. A very nice fall scene!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

A wonderful dynamic composition for me, Steve, that immediately draws my attention and keeps me exploring the numerous elements of the image. I especially like the multidirectional flow.

The blue cast may be a bit strong, but that is not a big deal for me. I do enjoy the image as is.

Peter

A nice little waterfall scene here - it's a shame we have to travel upstate NY to see these things! The flow of the image is nice and the balance of colors/rocks/water is appealing. Something looks a bit wonky in the processing though - my guess is it's a combo of lost detail from the high ISO and the HDR of the image... What sticks out mostly is the blue cast of the water and the lack of fine detail. I see you have posted the original down below and while this image is vastly improved from that - I think the blues should be backed off a bit.

Steve, remove the blue and its wonderful.

Really nice range of color and I really like the nice flowing diagonal of the stream. Maybe pull back on the blues a tad as suggested.

This is a lovely intimate look at this stream. The HDR looks very good, but there does seem to be a blue cast in all of the water and foam.

Steve,

This one fantastic image. The zig-zagging flow of the water and the perfectly arranged boulders just make for one outstanding composition. I love this one.

My only suggestion has been mentioned already, but I would agree that I think you need to drop the blues along the fringes and shadow areas of the water. Other than that, I love the color and saturation throughout. Beautifully seen and captured.

Lon

Well I never expected to get so much wonderful feedback on this image - thanks so much to you all. I've reworked the image to reduce the blue in the water and do a little more burning in the rocks and some parts of the water. With all your help I've made this image even better - thanks again.