Cascade Creek Falls-3rd Adjust

Gallery: LandscapePosted July 28, 2017215 views11 comments

These are the falls you see as you enter Yosemite National Park from the Northwest side coming down into the valley when there has been a good rain year. Taken with Canon 40D, f16, 1/4 sec, iso 200, -1 EV, 17-85 IS at 47 mm, with Circular Polarizer, bean bag on bridge, with 2 sec timer. I appreciate your thoughts and welcome suggestions for improvements.

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11 comments

Comment posted by Stephen Stanton on July 28, 2017 at 2:37 AM

I like the image, Ed, the rocks framing the falls in the upper half is a strong focal point and rivets one's attention. The bottom half seems a bit cluttered and I think it bleeds some of the initial impact away. You could consider a crop just above the tree trunk though. There is some nice depth in the photo. An interesting rock formation along the right side. Just amazing how those trees get a foothold in the crevices and flourish. I like the idea of the bean bag on the bridge.

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on July 28, 2017 at 10:32 PM

The large version is a real treat as the overcast lighting is perfect for showing off the wonderful details in this image, Ed. I also like your SS choice along with your POV for the falls. My only suggestion would be a slight crop from the top to get rid of those couple of areas of sky along with a crop from the bottom up to the top of that bright boulder just left of the falls. I think that tightens up the image and places more emphasis on falls and surrounding rocks and trees. Nicely done.

Ed

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Comment posted by gary phillips on July 29, 2017 at 2:30 PM

The repost is right on, Ed. Real nice falls image

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Comment posted by Brian Schrayer on July 29, 2017 at 9:28 PM

This is a beautiful waterfall, Ed. I like how you have framed the falls with the surrounding trees. The repost is a nice improvement as it helps to direct more attention to the waterfall. Nicely done! devil

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on July 29, 2017 at 10:25 PM

The repost works nicely, Ed.

Ed

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on July 30, 2017 at 1:07 PM

Ed, What a great looking waterfall and I like how you have it framed. The repost really does it for me. I like it very much!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on July 30, 2017 at 3:12 PM

The repost is how I envisioned the shot when first looking at it. Really nice work.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on July 31, 2017 at 7:20 AM

Nicely composed and I like the long exposure, Ed. My initial reaction was that the area below the water was a bit jumbled and busy. The repost helped that quite a bit. I like the framing tree in the LLC. In the repost, the small bush at the bottom center may now be a bit too bright and saturated.

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Comment posted by Anil Rao on August 2, 2017 at 2:31 AM

The cropped version especially is beautiful. These kinds of scenes are pretty hard to photograph and I really like how you have composed this.

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Comment posted by John Williams on August 5, 2017 at 12:16 AM

The crop is fantastic Ed!

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on August 6, 2017 at 12:40 AM

Recrop - Stephen and Ed, thank you for your suggestions. I really wanted to keep the trees in the lower part of the photo because I believe they add some character and continuity to this shot. I selectively lightened them and cropped this to a 3X4 to eliminate the spots of sky and a small part of the bottom rocks. Please let me know what you think.

Scott, thanks for spotting that bright bush. I have now adjusted that little bush on the bottom as well. Thanks everyone for your very constructive suggestions.

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