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Buttermilk Falls
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Buttermilk Falls

by Luke Ormand

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 29, 2013181 views5 comments
This is a photo of Buttermilk Falls in Ludlow Vt, just up the creek from the previous images. Due to the sun being out and part of the setting being in the shade, I chose to utilize the "magic cloth technique" by covering up 1/3 of the glass with a black bandana for a portion of the exposure so that the image would not be too bright or too dark.

Nikon D7100 12-24mm f4 on gitzo tripod @ 12mm w/CPL filter and triggertrap release
f/16
1/13s
ISO 200

Full Frame, adjustments in LR5 and CS5

- Luke

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by John Neukirch on September 29, 2013 at 9:48 PM
I urge everyone to view the large version. An extremely beautiful image, great job Luke! :toast:
Registered on July 9, 2012, 207 Posts, 1476 Comments
Comment posted by Bill Reid on September 30, 2013 at 11:52 AM
Nice control of the shadows Luke and nice fall colors. Very pretty scene. Waterfall exposure looks good.
Registered on January 27, 2013, 65 Posts, 2460 Comments
Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on September 30, 2013 at 1:06 PM
Beautiful! The hint of movement in the clouds adds a special feeling to this image. Nicely done
Registered on January 24, 2011, 576 Posts, 6942 Comments
Comment posted by Gary Reed on September 30, 2013 at 11:26 PM
Luke, Why the f4? I checked out the large image and your foliage is a little soft in the background. I think if it were me I would have hit that with at least f8. :confused: Still a nice shot. Just not sharp enough all around for me.

Second look NM...f16....must be some web compression. Doesn't look too sharp on my end.. Some of the shots I down sample for here look that way too. I'm sure your original is fine.
Registered on September 19, 2009, 198 Posts, 1074 Comments
Comment posted by Luke Ormand on October 1, 2013 at 7:42 AM
Gary -yes it was shot at f/16 (the lens is an f4). Web compression did a lot of damage to this shot which I had to compress down from 6000 pixels wide to 1200.
Registered on February 4, 2009, 1093 Posts, 7035 Comments