Looking for suggestions and CC on this one. Trying to get more artistic with waterfall shots. This is a waterfall in Blackwater National Park in West Virginia. The water is this color because of tannins leached from pine needles (like tea).
Looking for suggestions and CC on this one. Trying to get more artistic with waterfall shots. This is a waterfall in Blackwater National Park in West Virginia. The water is this color because of tannins leached from pine needles (like tea).
My advice would be to change it from landscape to a portrait crop as you don't really need as much of the left and right sides of the image. Other than that, it's a pretty nice shot.
Great location and beautiful photo. As far as the compositions are concerned, some leading lines may be used in a somewhat better way and use of some ND filter to better utilize swirl effect of the vortex in the foreground. I prefer cloudy weather for photographing waterfalls and the bonus is if there a presence of mist.
I agree that soft light might be the best way to go on these shots. I might have some in there that I could use. The lighting was changing as I was shooting.
I also could have gone for longer shutter speeds to get the bubbles to form lines. I'll give that a try next time.
Nice image, Eric! Picking up on the previous two posters, I agree that a longer shutter speed would help. I've bought darker and darker ND filters to get the foam to form long streaks or swirls in waterfall images, and got a remote so I can get beyond 30s with my Nikons, as those truncated bars can look a bit jerky, unlike your beautifully diaphanous falls in the background.
As regards composition, if it would have been possible, I think I'd have tried moving left a couple of feet, and angled the camera to the right a bit, so the falls were closer to the left edge, leaving out some of the shadowed cliff. If that long rock (bottom right) and the channel above are long enough, including a bit more of them might provide Radisa's leading lines. I wouldn't crop the right side, but maybe bring up the shadows on the right hand cliff to show the rock texture.
And definitely - cloudy usually better for waterfalls, otherwise contrast a problem. The only exceptions for me have been when sunlight catches some spray, when a short exposure can give a very different, dynamic effect.
gorgeous location ...you seem to be losing some detail in the shadows and highlights i would look into luminosity masking you tube has plenty of free tutorials also i just had a sit down with Dan Zafra and he has some great ideas for post processing and i believe he skypes for tutoring. definitely get back to this location and soot it from multiple angles and even a panorama
I like this a lot, Eric. Ignoring what has been said elsewhere (understanding that much of this comes down to personal taste) perhaps the only thing I would change would be to give the cascades on the right some more breathing space; they are a little close to the edge of frame for me.
In any case, it's a beautiful image, which stands on its own merits.