Lower Falls

Gallery: LandscapePosted November 4, 20173,071 views9 comments

I took a trip up to New Hampshire a few weeks back, and on one particularly rainy day, headed to the Lower Falls of the Ammonoosuc River. Here's a detail image from that area. Looking forward to any comments and critiques!

5d2, 24-105L @ 85mm
Blend of 2 exposures:
1s @ f/11, ISO100 for the base
0.5s @ f/11, ISO100 for better texture in the water

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on November 4, 2017 at 12:46 PM

Excellent intimate water scene. Has almost an abstract quality. Personal preference but I might try toning down the saturation a notch in the rock.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on November 4, 2017 at 12:49 PM

Beautiful little stream image. I would agree with Dave about the rock saturation, but that is a personal preference. Real nice!

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on November 4, 2017 at 1:46 PM

Craig,

Wonderful, intimate view of the rock and flowing water. I especially like and appreciate the point of view; almost like you're laying on your belly shooting straight across. The geology is fascinating as this really captures the eons of time and erosion, wearing down of the rock.

I agree a bit with the saturation at the bottom, but for me I wish more if there wasn't all the pine litter. But that's included in nature and the scene is of course comletely natural. I don't see any other alternative other than to knock down the sat a little. I like the rock and formation at the bottom anchoring and framing the scene.

Lon

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on November 4, 2017 at 2:18 PM

Craig, This is wonderful. Excellent exposure and then shooting the second one at 1/2 sec. for the water worked out great. This composition really works for me. I agree with just a bit less saturation (doesn't need much ) on the rocks and that being mostly the foreground one. Really nice work on this!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on November 5, 2017 at 12:34 PM

This is a wonderful intimate scene, Craig. Great job with the blend and the textures in the larger version are fantastic. How did you like the falls? Mike and I were there this past June as an afterthought while checking out some waterfalls and really liked the place.

Ed

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Comment posted by Craig Moreau on November 6, 2017 at 8:58 AM

Thank you all for the comments. I had to increase the saturation of the background rock, but it appears that the foreground rock is a bit over, so thanks to all that pointed that out. I'll do a little rework on the file.

Ed, I actually learned about this place from your photos, so thanks for the tip! I liked the falls a lot, but it was a bit overwhelming at first. I'll definitely be spending more time here in the future to really get comfortable with all of the photographic possibilities.

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Comment posted by Yun Gao on November 6, 2017 at 11:55 PM

Craig, Beautiful layers and movement. Like the texture in the water. Nice intimate scene.

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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on November 7, 2017 at 10:37 PM

Thought this looked familiar just by the color of the rocks. Was there this past summer. I really like this lesser known falls and your fine interpretation of them

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

I like this little scene, Craig. The contours formed by the flowing water over the rocks and the beautiful color make this a delight to view!

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