Today in the rain

Tom, this looks like a fascinating falls, that's hard to photograph. Shooting this in the rain works well at letting the details especially in the mosses show. I'm thinking that a vertical stopping just inside the 2nd tree on the right would emphasize those two vertical spouts and while the rapids on the right looks interesting, it may be good as it's own subject.

Tom, This is a great looking falls and I agree that it looks like it would be hard to photograph. This is an interesting comp and I think it works quite nice. I can see the comp that Mark is thinking working here too. In this comp I actually like the flow of the river on the right side and what it adds to the scene. I think your shutter speed worked out nice capturing the power of the falls here. The river itself does look like it could make some interesting shots if one can get down to it.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

This is a horizontal pan which I used to get the stuff in on the right. I did have a 16-40 with me but not so good in the rain whereas the hood on the 24-70 is decent. The composition you mention is the one I have more or less gotten in a single shot. Surprisingly the river you see on the right is steeply tumbling towards us! Not accessable without serious rock climbing gear. I am not totally happy with the forground moss color and texture.

Despite all the don't fall of the cliff signs here some dozen fatalities have occurred over the years, all people in their twenties. There are a number of interesting forest Brooks nearby as well.

Cheers. Tom

very good rendition of the deepness sense(clap hans for the composition ), not easy in these situations.
The light was not amazing, than the green on foreground is a little flat. But I think an image like tis is equally good and pleasurable to see, both as it is and with a monochrome rendition.
Situations (mood, light) like this one are equally fascinating, or more, than more brilliant and coloured scenes.
all the best,
sandro

The left waterfall is looks really good. For me the composition seems good. I'm not sure you have to include the entire waterfall. You could crop a bit from above and a bit from bit from below and have a fine composition as well.

I agree that the image looks flat, but to me it seems as though it's not flat everywhere. I think that the moss on the left should have looked as vibrant as the moss on the right. So my theory is that some postprocessing was done to the left side, perhaps for the water because the water on the left has been better handled than that on the right. The moss on the lacks the contract that's on the wall on the right and the moss below it. Would love to see the original unprocessed image.

I like the composition and the shutter speed you used. Something you could not do anything about is the tree and tree trunk. The image would be cleaner without them. I have a favorite waterfall that has a big down tree sticking in from one side. I have wished many times that it was not there for a cleaner image.