Swift River Plunge & Edit

love the flow.

I especially like the low-down perspective, and the sky is nicely rendered. I might remove a little cyan/blue from the water.

I sure do like the low angle view here, Harry. The water flow works well and the beautiful fall color keep things looking good in the middle and far distances. Well seen.

Sweet rocks in foreground and appealing capture.
What a magnificent scene.

The super low perspective and water action sure make this a dynamic image, Harry. Add in the gorgeous color, and you gave an extraordinary NE fall image. Well done!

This is a real winner. Love the POV and water processing.

Supurb!!! I've never been to NH, but this composition certainly epitomizes autumn in New England. Well done! What is that small smooth area on the right edge?

Thanks for all of the comments.

Jim - While it might look like a boat ramp it is just smooth ledge abutting the river.

Good as is. Maybe a little distortion correction to top it off, but that is only noticeable in the tall pine in the ULC.

Looks fantastic as presented. My only nit would be that bit of distortion correction that Phil mentioned but the general public would not even notice or probably care that it was there and why.

Gorgeous image. The distortion doesn't really bother me. But if you wanted to fix it, I find the puppet warp in Photoshop sometimes useful for isolating just a small part of the image and straightening trees, etc. I first put pins all around the tree to make sure nothing else in the image is affected. Using Lens Correction would force you to crop off too much of the rest of the scene.

Love the pov and the rich colors Harry. Nice water treatment and overall processing as well. I like the image as posted. No suggestions.

pat

Thanks for the ideas about the tree distortion. I usually don't worry too much for trees in this instance, since they naturally lean one way or the other and stretching areas of the image seems to soften those areas. I have never used the Puppet Warp before, so I gave it a try and you can see the results.I guess it is a finer way of distorting a part of an image compared to just selecting an area then using the warp tool Those of you more familiar with PS may want to chime in here as I am not sure which tool is easiest/best in this instance. In any event, I think I learned how to use a new tool in pS No small accomplishment!

I like the repost, the tree does look better.
I personally would clone out the rock ramp, it does look artificial, should be easy.
Nice work, I like the SS and color a lot.

Beautiful image, Harry. Repost looks great (but so does the original ). Great perspective and wonderful colors.

An awesome comp with the low POV, the perspective at the low angle is really special. Seems everyone has different opinions regarding exposure of flowing water. I realize it's totally subjective but I'd like it with a slightly more silky look to the water in the FG. Such a beautiful image with so many possibilities.

Love the in your face presentation Harry. Amazing detail throughout and the repost is a modest improvement on a super photograph. Very nice.

John - I tend to render more detail in water when I want to show the power of the river, more silky for a relaxing feel. I do have some shots with a more silky appearance, but just decided to process this one for now.

Selecting the area and using the warp tool may have worked just as well with this image, since there's just one tree. It's probably easier to use. The puppet warp seems to give me quite a bit more control, though, and works well when I need to fix a lot of trees. Like you said, with one tree distortion isn't too big a deal, since they can lean anyway.

Harry,
Fantastic perspective, and the water very engaging as a viewer.The background colors provide a perfect compliment to the rest of this image, and the sky adds depth.

This is just awesome to view

A classic image Harry -- good stuff.

The repost looks great and a wonderfully put together scene Harry with great processing. Really nice.