Ontonagon River

And a lower contrast version here which was my original plan but I forgot to do it before posting. Any preference?
Click the image for larger view. I do prefer the larger view of this one myself but the small one seems a little flat to me. I let the site resize that one where in the original post I always do both versions myself.

Nick, great image.  I think I like the lower contrast image a little better.

Beautiful captured shot of Bond Falls, Nick. Perfect ss. I prefer the higher contrast except for the light band across the top. I would crop the very top.  

Definitely the less contrasty image for me. It looks slightly more natural to my eye. 

What's interesting about these fall is the regularity of water dropping. They have the uniformity of the teeth of a comb. The combination of several such 'combs' makes a good composition. That's the main source of interest for me, with the white water below of less interest.

Nick, there is an amazing interplay between the flow and the shapes and colors of the rocks for me, a most compelling scene. The higher contrast version fits in best with these elements in my opinion.

One minor suggestion is either to darken or even to crop the brighter area at the top in the left half, that would help me to concentrate on the main area of interest I think.

Peter

The way the shape of this step falls moves through the frame is great, Nick.  I also like how you captured the sense of flow in the river.  The differences between the two are very subtle.  I like the bit of extra brightness in the high contrast version at the top of the distant step (upper left) while the extra detail showing in the flow at the bottom left and just above the falling water in the lower right corner are better in the low contrast version.  (Using the back and forth arrows for an almost side-by-side comparison works well.)

Beautiful little falls. I like the low contrast version best, but the high works well too. Subtle difference. 

Nick,

This is fantastic!  I'm hard pressed to say which one I like better.  they are both beautiful and honestly to me, the differences are subtle and I certainly wouldn't have made any suggestions on contrast, color, sat or processing with either! So they're both winners to me.

Everything here literally just "flows" together.  All the water components are wonderful; the zig-zag of the lip is making for an excellent composition.  I could see this as a metal print hanging on my wall. 

The only suggestion I have is with Scott.  there's a light patch top edge center, plus more bright as you move left.  Even a slight top crop I don't think would change the impact of the image.  There's also burning and cloning options if you don't want to lose the real estate.

Lon

Lovely water texture Nick, and the lines of the comp work really well. I agree the difference is only slight, and slightly prefer the low-contrast.

Thanks much to all of you for your thoughts and suggestion on this. As always, much appreciated! Thank you! Nick
My computer is going to be down for a couple of days for some updating but should be back on line by mid-week.

Hi  Nick    I  had the same impression  of  the  falls  like Igor.  the  falls  having  a uniformity  of  the teeth of a comb.     each  version  has its  merits.  the first  version  has  an abstract quality   which  i  like  better   ......     very  fine  work


Albert Darmo
Canada

Thanks Albert. I appreciate that! Hope you are doing well. Nick

Nick:
Beautiful image, I love anything with water and this is a high impact water image. Just my two cents, I prefer
the first image with higher contrast. I hope you have a high megapixel image because this will make a 
beautiful large print!  The higher contrast image looks like rich dark chocolate. 

Thanks Michael for your thoughts on this. Yes, I have a large hi-res file and thinking about doing a large metal print of this one. As Lon mentioned it just looks like it would work great on metal and I agree. Thanks, Nick