Posted by Chris Hodney on December 18, 2007 at 2:31 AM
I posted an image of Tokatee falls on NPN yesterday. This photo was taken 1/2 way down the trail, and is the water that ultimately falls a 1/4 mile later or so. I had to climb down onto a large series of boulders overlooking this immense bowl of rushing, swirling water. What caught my eye most was how the moss on the underside of the bowl caught the light refracted through the water.
Canon 20d
EF 24-105 L IS @ 24mm
2.5 sec @ f/22
ISO 100
Tiffen ND 0.6
Double Processed RAW in Lightroom
Sharpening (PK Sharpener), Curves, and Color balance in Photoshop CS2
Posted by Adrian Klein on December 18, 2007 at 9:22 AM
Chris, I am not sure if it's a processing issue or my monitor, but I think processing... the darker areas and water seem quite grainy, like they were very dark and then brought up several stops in processing. I am just taking a guess here because I don't know, yet you mentioned that you double processed this image which to me looks like one that varies enough in highlights and shawdows that it really needs multiple exposures to be merged rather than a single shot image that is double processed. I can only speak from my experience but I can only get a good looking double processed RAW when I only need to go up or down slightly in exposure. A big sway either way has not worked for me, but again I am guessing with what you did here.
The comp itself could be stronger with the FG rock and bush darked a bit, and the branch on the upper right closned out. And the water closest to the bottom rock could be toned down a bit as well. It looks like a hard place to shoot and have not been there so don't know what else you could have done on the scene. I hope this helps!
Posted by Chris Hodney on December 18, 2007 at 11:46 AM
Yep that's what I did. I have a few exposures here, but there was a huge sway without blowing out the foreground rocks, and the water. I'll see what I can find in my stash.
Thanks for the composition suggestion. I feel like a bit of cropping and slight cloning would definitely help.
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3 repliesCanon 20d
EF 24-105 L IS @ 24mm
2.5 sec @ f/22
ISO 100
Tiffen ND 0.6
Double Processed RAW in Lightroom
Sharpening (PK Sharpener), Curves, and Color balance in Photoshop CS2
The comp itself could be stronger with the FG rock and bush darked a bit, and the branch on the upper right closned out. And the water closest to the bottom rock could be toned down a bit as well. It looks like a hard place to shoot and have not been there so don't know what else you could have done on the scene. I hope this helps!
Thanks for the composition suggestion. I feel like a bit of cropping and slight cloning would definitely help.