Eva's Falls +repost

Lon,

I like the texture of the falls, but my favorite part is the color of the water, apparent from the top of the falls and in the calm parts of the basin. The teal is refreshing and pleasing to me.

Lon, somehow the thumbnail looks a little bit dull and has a green color tint. However, the larger version looks perfect to me. I like the soft quality of the lights, your clean composition, and your shuttle speed control.

Like this a wonderfully natural look and great detail.

Like everything about it Lon. Composition, detail in the water, colours and clarity all make for a wonderful image.

I like the light and water motion here Lon as well as the touch of blue in the water. Splendid detail in the larger view..

There is just the perfect amount of texture in the water, and I especially enjoy the delicate colors all around this image.

Your processing looks really good Lon. Nice and natural - it doesn't look overdone at all. I especially like the colors in the water and rocks. You might consider adding a vignette to the upper corner the greens there catch my eye a bit and hold it. Overall, I think it looks great. The shutter speed is spot on perfect.

Michael

Thanks for the comments folks! Much appreciated. I'm glad that the color in the water is noticed because that's one of the things I wanted to maintain. I don't think I've done this before but I thought I would post the unprocessed scan for reference. You can see the typical magenta color cast we get to deal with in most of the Velvia films as well as the purple fringing on the edges of the cascades. That may be part of the scanning inadequacies too. Anyway, this was a challenge, but I'm glad it's passing the bar so far.

Michael, thanks for the tip on the greens in the corner. I'll take a look at that when and if this ever sees print. If anything I just may selective desaturate the greens rather than vignette the corner... have to think about it.

anyway, thanks for the comments.!

Lon

Like others said, perfect exposure for the water, and perfect colour saturation. I like the details in the rocks. Great shot Lon.

This looks a natural and pleasing as can be, and especially since you posted the original scan. I like the composition and the staggered falls very much.

Best water shot I've seen: silky texture, wonderful color (love the blues), and great supporting elements.

Now seeing the original version, I would say that I *might* prefer the middle way between the original scan the the new one. I envision that what will happen if you reduce some blue (adding yellow) and adding some red on the original scan...

Navin pretty much summed up what I was going to say. I really love the teal in the water.

Neat scene with a splash of green. Composition is very strong here with a well maintained "off-balance" look.

Interesting. I really like the comp and the textures throughout. The water and rock textures play nicely with each other. I guess I'm in the minority here on the water color. Water on the upper falls looks right, but the color balance of the highlights on the lower, main falls seems too warm, giving a bit of a greenish cast. I can see that the scene needed significant warming, but I could maybe see painting it off these highlights to restore the whiteness to the water. But that's just a thought. It's a really beautiful image.

The water has a slight yellow tint right where the falls hits the pool, but that could just be my monitor. Or my old eyes.
This is a fine intimate landscape image with great water action and detail in the rocks.

A nice and simple scene Lon. I bet this would also look great in B&W.

Classic Sierra scene and I can just hear the water rushing by. The processing looks fine to me. Nicely done Lon.

Thanks everyone for your comments and helpful suggestions.

I thought the bright part of the pool had a bit of a yellow tint and now that Morris and Tony both mentioned it I thought I would take a stab at correcting it. Maybe pretty subtle just scrolling between the two versions, but in PS clicking the layer off and on there's quite a difference to see. I used Tony's "Super Brights" luminosity mask and picked a spot to set the white point in a Levels layer as a starting point and then tweaked it a little. Also, the original processing includes TK's Brights Triple Play which really enhanced and improved the detail in the pool and cascades. Amazing stuff. This version is a tad warmer too as I played with the mid tones too.

Thanks again for the comments. Oh, I also desaturated/burned down the greens in the URC a little bit per Michael G's comment.

Lon

Detail in the rocks and water are excellent, really like the color of the water.

Excellent comp, Lon and thanks for showing us the original scan of the slide as well. It's really interesting to see how the Velvia rendered the colors in this one and how you corrected/changed that. In the initial post I felt that the highlights looked a bit too yellow and saturated, but as I saw it's a little better in your repost.
You know I like water shots and I still have to catch some good ones on film. My Velvia 50 might be too slow for the water action but I might give my Provia 100 a try. Do you have some expereience on Provia 100 and water exposures?

Lovely capture!

Another gorgeous cascade scene, Lon. Wonderful light and clarity, and a well balanced comp. The last repost version is nicer with the warmer tone. A beautiful image.

Very nice Lon, and nice to hear the story too. I'm on an uncalibrated monitor so I can't help much with the color/saturation, but the comp is excellent, and processing looks fine too. Love the texture of the rocks. Very nice overall.

Nice, solid image, Mr. O. Although I am on the uncalbrated monitor, I find the last version to be a nice improvement. I like it warmed up.

Lon, this is simply stunning in my book. Love the textures in the rocks but what astounds me is how you consistently can bring out such detail and textures and fluidity and color of the cascades in every image you make of flowing water. Together with a masterful composition, this really sings. Your repost of this image even looks more amazing; and the added warmth works perfectly. Beautiful art.

Repost looks great, Lon! Nice flow and balance here.

Honestly, I don't see how this could be any better! The warmed up version is great!!!!!

Chris

Super crisp, a masterclass...

Hi Lon,
you have chosen an ideal shutter speed
great job

Well, we both have lots of shots of this wonderful little waterfall, and the final repost of this one is excellent. I definitely like the warmer version; especially the water. You nailed this one, and your efforts were amply rewarded!

Just a note: the amount water shown in this image, given it was made in early August, is quite high for this time of year, and is more indicative of the flow in early to mid-July.. Usually, the flow is greatly diminshed by August. This really shows the amount of snowpack the Sierra experienced this past winter.

Nice work, as usual, Lon!

--P

The processing looks right on to me. I like the texture and details in the rocks and how they contrast with the silky flow of the falls. My favorite part is the plunge pool with the splash textures and the many subtle blue colors.