Trying my hard at exposure blending with a 3 minute long exposure as the base.
Lot of cool waterfalls where I live in Western New York. Just too many damn trees to get a good view of anything.
Trying my hard at exposure blending with a 3 minute long exposure as the base.
Lot of cool waterfalls where I live in Western New York. Just too many damn trees to get a good view of anything.
Beautiful shot
I feel like I've seen this image before. Did you post it before or somewhere else also?
I like the upper waterfall and the lower "fall"/stream and the leaves as well as the central composition with the leading lines of the stones and stream
But the overall image is a bit too dark for me. Maybe the colour of the leaves could be brought up a bit.
The lower third looks really blurry and muddy due to the water and the long exposure and is distracting from the subject. Maybe a tighter crop would suit the subject better.
And one last thing is that i think the image could benefit from a little bit more space on top to give it "room to breathe".
Thank you for the comments, I was hesitant to include more of the upper third of the image due to the sky being so lackluster, I will definitely go back and rework the crop and some of the values of the image.
I like the location a lot, and the leading line is really nice.
It looks a little flat to me. Perhaps you can play around with selective highlights and shadows and add a touch of saturation for the autumn colours.
Overall, it looks like you nailed the in camera stuff. It may be worth playing around with the processing a little.
Nice work!
I will definitely go back and rework some of my selections.
Ok, So I took the advice given and this is what I came up with. Let me know what you think. I replaced the sky in the upper portion of the image, changed saturation values and changed my approach in my exposure blending. I was able to bring out some more definition and I think I gave the water more depth and movement.
Thanks for all the advice and critiques.
i would aim somewhere in the middle of the 2 this one has more brilliance and flare but it also blew out the whites in the falls maybe stack the 2 and erase this one above at the center
like this shot a lot Ian i can see that all attention goes to the middle i was wondering when you did the vignetting if you tried at any point to keep the autumn colors a the top of the falls in? this is a great location nice clean shot well done
Thanks for the advice. I took the two and split the difference in some selective areas. I think this is the best of both now. I love the mood of the original and I love the pop of the second. I think this evened out the sky and made the whole image pull together better.
yeah i like this ian nice job
I quite like the original version - color wise, just make sure you don't clip the blacks. Couple of points:
1. 3min exposure is way too long for flowing water, at least in my book, try 1sec or even 1/2sec - those are my favorite shutter speeds when shooting waterfalls, you will get much more detail in the water and the motion is much more pronounced; I'd only go for longer shutter times where water breaks on rocks and such to give it that foggy look, removing its detail and isolating the rocks
2. Go closer. The waterfall is your focal point, yet it looks small compared to the boring foreground
3. If there's any chance to get rid of that log, go for it.
4. Include a bit more of the trees on top
thanks for the tips. I try to shoot shorter exposures for waterfalls but I like the smoothness of the stream and clarity of it. the little streaks annoy me. I too a few different shots at various exposure times and they all had elements that I liked. So, I will keep working at it. I would include more of the trees but I found the upper portion very bare and boring. do you have any suggestions for those instances?
the long exposure i have found is purely preferential some like smooth as silk some like a bit of texture its like trying to make a stranger a cup of coffee. as for the trees shoot em you can always crop in post you can always cut away you can't add it back in unless you are a PS magician