Fairy Falls

Another "Father's Day hike to Fairy Falls" photograph. The ferns aren't as sharp as I'd have liked because of the breeze off the waterfalls.

Nikon D200, 1/2 sec @ f/16, 18-200 @ 26mm

A little movement in the ferns, but this is a lovely composition. I also might color correct the water, it has a green cast on my screen.

Those darn ferns are hard to keep still. Marc had a nice tip a while ago on managing that problem. Shoot the moving ferns at a higher iso so you can increase the shutter speed to freeze them. Blend it with the normal exposed shot of the falls. I also see the greenish cast of the water. I think a trip back there would be worth it because of the nice composition.

Hehe. I actually stole that tip from Zack I'd tried it before, but never really put it to good use until some time after we went shooting together last year.

I like the balance of the composition here, Richard.

Thanks for the tip. It was such a beautiful hike, I think I'll head back there soon and try taking two exposures.

Re-posting, hopefully without the green color cast to the water.

Much better.

Nice without the color cast.... have to get those closest ferns to be frozen to really make this comp work....

The second version is much better, Richard - the glare on the rock at the left edge is a bit distracting to me, but this might be one of those spots where you've got too many reflective planes to correct with a polarizer. Somewhere, I've got a postcard with a blooming rhododendron pasted in front of the falls, about where your ferns are... a rather aggressive "blend"..!

-Tom

Looks good Richard. Thanks for sharing as I just learned a new trick from reading this.