view between trees

I I like the upper portion but have have a few suggestions to help improve the overall image Catherine. I would crop from the left to balance the image visually if you like the tree frame. The water detail is washed out, over exposed. If I could take this over, I would probably set the exposure for the water or use a graduated filter inverted or take two exposures and blend.. I also notice some hand of man objects, so I am going to move this to M&N gallery (rail in the lower right hand corner, rock structure in center). Since the same five moderators cover both Landscape and M&N Galleries, hopefully they will also provide some advice as well.

Catherine,

Eva has made some good suggestions. I like the crop idea to emphasize the framing of the falls. I'm not sure what capabilities your camera has, but it's often difficult to control and get a good exposure of waterfalls with auto settings. The meter averages the light in the scene which causes white areas like the water to over expose and the dark areas (tree/poles) to go black. Using manual settings, if possible, allow you to control the exposure.

The water cascading over the wall/dam is the most interesting part of the image. But I see lots of nice greenery in the background, but I suspect you were limited with your viewpoints - as you indicated.

Thanks for sharing.

Lon

Too many distractions as mentioned on each side to work compositionally. Shooting in manual will allow you to override the camera which has over-exposed the water.