Dardagna falls

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 21, 2014262 views15 comments

Hi all,
this was taken in September along Dardagna torrent, in Appennini near Bologna (Italy).
A classic shot, trying to give deepness through composition.
I like wide angle lenses but for me 17mm are quite difficult to manage.
The lens was half a meter from the first leaves in the fg.
I stood on my knees on the rocks for almost an hour trying different shots to make all work. (Than I called an helicopter to take me to the car ;) )

Thank you for looking.

Eos 5D MkII, 17mm, f/18, 0.8 sec, ISO 100, tripod and cable release.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Ronald Murphy on October 21, 2014 at 2:52 PM

I think this worked very well, with a good shutter speed for the water and nicely-saturated colors. Is this then one exposure or a blend of several? Was f/18 sufficient to get it all in focus in one?

Registered on March 13, 2012, 279 Posts, 975 Comments

Comment posted by Riccardo Boesso on October 21, 2014 at 3:06 PM

Dear Ronald,
thank you for your comment.
This is a single exposure.
The waterfall was not so far from the leaves and f18 allowed me to get all in focus BUT the lens used is a 17-40mm zoom canon:
at f18 the sharpness of the lens is not so good so I had to improve it (especially in the bg) in post-production. :)

Registered on October 15, 2014, 13 Posts, 72 Comments

Comment posted by Chet Dowell on October 21, 2014 at 3:29 PM

I like this, Riccardo, with the strong foreground that still serves as a lead into the very appealing falls. The ss works well on this as well. Nice work Chet

Registered on December 3, 2012, 237 Posts, 1171 Comments

Comment posted by Aaron Feinberg on October 21, 2014 at 4:24 PM

Super solid comp and nice spot. Too bad flowers werent blooming. Only nit is I want to see a tiny pan to the left as there's a bit too much dead space top right corner. Well seen and good job on the heli ;)

aF

Registered on October 26, 2009, 399 Posts, 2789 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on October 21, 2014 at 4:26 PM

This worked out very well, Riccardo. The wide view creates an interesting feeling of peeking over the plants to see the falls.

Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Reid on October 21, 2014 at 4:41 PM

Very nice image Riccardo with very nice fore ground colors and details. The exposure for the falls looks great also. A very nicely put together scene. Well done.

Registered on January 27, 2013, 65 Posts, 2460 Comments

Comment posted by Prashant Khapane on October 21, 2014 at 5:39 PM

I really like this image. Lovely FG and depth.

Registered on November 1, 2003, 492 Posts, 4580 Comments

Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on October 21, 2014 at 6:50 PM

Solid composition and nice details. I do see a slight magenta cast, but it's not a deal breaker. You did a nice job on this, Ricardo.

--P

Registered on November 1, 2003, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 21, 2014 at 7:43 PM

Riccardo, You did a really nice job with this! The overall scene looks great and I like the details of the foreground very much. You also did a nice job with the focus point for me. Nice sharp foreground with just a bit of soft background works very nicely here. Cool shot!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Lowe on October 21, 2014 at 9:23 PM

I love your use of diagonals here both with the FG plant and the falls, Riccardo. This has a wonderful atmosphere to it. Beautifully done.

Ed

Registered on February 7, 2004, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel Rappaport on October 21, 2014 at 10:53 PM

Cool perspective. Nicely composed.

Registered on September 9, 2009, 294 Posts, 2006 Comments

Comment posted by Riccardo Boesso on October 22, 2014 at 2:47 AM

Thank you all

Dear Aaron: I agreee with your suggestion and I thank you for that

. The problem for me was not to include in the image some branches and leaves of a tree that was on the left, just outside the border. It seemed to me that they would have somehow "wasted" the composition.

Registered on October 15, 2014, 13 Posts, 72 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on October 22, 2014 at 3:18 PM

Beautiful work Riccardo. I like the falls as a bg for this beautiful plant and the dark stones. Well conceived and presented. No suggestions.

pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by Wayne Jones on October 23, 2014 at 12:01 AM

All your hard work really paid off, Ricardo. This composition so tight and well-balanced, it's apparent that a lot of thought went into it. Exposure and shutter speed could not be better. Well done!

Registered on April 18, 2007, 953 Posts, 6435 Comments

Comment posted by Anil Rao on October 24, 2014 at 1:40 AM

I love how you have incorporated three very distinct elements into the composition and they are working together so well.

Registered on November 15, 2003, 234 Posts, 4923 Comments