Cold Water

Don, I like the composition and colors in the water here, but it does look a bit too dark overall. Since you asked about better exposure, I'll describe my process when shooting these types of scenes: I usually shoot a series of bracketed images at -1, 0, +1, at ISO 100, then the same at 200, 400, or more as needed. I always watch the histogram, and I also have the highlight clipping alert turned on. Usually, the +1 exposures will have some clipping in the whitewater, but the rocks are well-exposed. I like to blend various exposures to get the right balance of light and texture in the water. If that's not your thing, shooting multiple brackets should get you one single image that can work well with some minor work on the Raw file and maybe some further tweaking in Photoshop. I hope this was helpful.

I like your choice of ss here, Don.  It captures a good sense of overall motion even as it shows some of the splashing details.  I like your comp. here with the with the two streams joining up top and then zig-zagging to the bottom.  Yes the exposure looks dark.  If you captured this in RAW, you should be able to brighten it without adding a lot of noise.  Craig offers some good pointers with respect to getting "what you want" in the file.  My "rule of thumb" for moving water is that an exposure between about 0.5 s and 1/15 s provides a good mix of blur and detail, depending on how fast the water is moving.  If shooting raw you can often add a modest amount of exposure to the darker tones to reduce the contrast introduced by mid-day shooting, while letting the bright tones "sparkle" nicely. 

The shutter speed looks perfect for the flow of the water, Don.  It doesn't look like you could have gone too much higher in shutter speed without blowing some highlights, but I think you might gain some impact with a little light painting with a dodge tool.  Craig's advice on multiple exposures is probably the way to go for future shots of this type.

Thank you for your comments!  I've never tried stacking or merging, but I'll put it on my list.
I've reduced the shadows and this is my repost.  Thanks again for your comments. 

Hi Don    The repost  looks even better.     very well composed  ....with  good   motion  and  splash  detail


Albert Darmo
Canada

Nice motion and composition here Don. I definitely like the repost better here.