AuTrain Falls + new crop

Wonderful set of cascades that make up this beautiful waterfall.  I can see how the light would be very fleeting and you certainly caught some beautiful warm light on the one section of cascades.

I'm not familiar with the location and of course I was there so I don't know what your options were.  I like the wide view as presented, but I'm wondering if you have anything more intimate?  You should have enough pixels... I see an alternate view by cropping a bit more than a third off the left.  There's a clear area for making the crop I think. The only reason I'm thinking of cropping knowing you said you only had a moment before the light went away, is that I would like to see that light on the water a little more closely.

As presented, a wonderful landscape image of the falls. Just wishin' for a tighter view where the light is striking the cascades.  No biggie though.

Lon

Thanks Lon! Yes, I had given that some thought as well but decided to go with a wide version. I did a crop here pretty much like what you were thinking and I do like it. I did the new crop and processing from the original and It does show the light better I think. Thanks for the suggestion. Click on the image for larger view. Nick

Thanks Nick.  I love the repost!  Now the original post was great in terms of showing the beauty and entirey of the falls and so it stands on it's own.  The crop for me does exactly what I'd hoped it would - and more!  By that I mean, not only is the light on the cascades better seen, but now there is a wonderful flow of the water from top left and moving out at the lower right. The scattered leaves at the bottom and the glimmer of forest above make for a complete scene.

BTW, the processing is terrific.  Thanks for sharing the alternate view!

Lon

Nice waterfall and image of it. I prefer the uncropped presentation, although you can't go wrong with the cropped. I like the sense of progression of both the upper and lower cascades in the wider view, although the tighter view does showcase the warm light a little better.  

I like the crop Nick. Somehow that lattice of strong verticals and horizontals in a square box feels balanced. I'm looking at this through an iPhone so can't do a fair comparison. But the composition seems stronger in the repost. As Harley says, YMMV. 

Actually. now that I see it on a bigger screen I prefer the original. In the repost the trees seem to come out of the water inexplicably whereas in the original you get a better sense that this is a ledge.

I prefer the cropped version, Nick. The light on the water should really need to be emphasized. 

I like both images. That wide angle view just begs to be looked at in a huge image, and the crop really brings out those incredible highlights on the water. Really impressive job on the water, I think. It is silky and smooth and looks like it is moving, and the light is just sweet. Really nice!

This does need to be viewed large and I prefer the original, which shows more of that great water.  Wonderful light and nicely done.

The light on the water makes it like translucent silver dripping over the edges.  My preference is for the longer original crop as it fits better with the horizontal edges of rock.

Nick, thanks for sharing a view of this impressive scene. In the original version the main area of interest for me without doubt is the right half of the cascades with the beautiful lighting. At the same time the brighter spots of light from the background in the left upper part distract my attention a bit and therefor I would suggest to eliminate them in some way. For me personally it would also be an option to crop the original from the top until the edge of the cascades, even cutting them of slightly in the left part. This way you would keep the sense of majestic width which makes this place unique for me.

Peter

I always appreciate Lon's suggestions a lot, but I tend to like the wider view more. Maybe because I am a big picture type of person so I like more of the environment in the first image. It looks like a very peaceful place. Nice image. 

Thanks much to all of you for your comments on this. So much appreciated! Nick