Posted by Darren White on December 23, 2007 at 1:10 AM
Taken today early this morning while the snow was coming down.....can't see it in the photo but it was.
I was the only one up there for 3 hours while I fought the mist and rain and snow on my lens.....
Camera: Nikon D70
Exposure: 0.077 sec (1/13)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Posted by Mark Windom on December 23, 2007 at 2:44 PM
You were the only up there cuz everyone else is at the malls....they can have it. This is a perspective I haven't seen before and it's well done. Perfect treatment of the water.
Posted by Tom Kloster on December 24, 2007 at 12:52 PM
The water detail is perfect - great choice of shutter speed. The yellows are a little strong, especially in the background, but a super composition, Darren!
Posted by Bryan Swan on December 24, 2007 at 4:35 PM
I really like the way you captured the water in the falls itself, the stream below doesn't do it quite as much for me. Definitely looks like you need to ease up on the shadow recovery a bit though, the whole cliff around the falls looks horribly washed out.
Posted by Darren White on December 24, 2007 at 5:29 PM
Tom, thanks! The yellows really are that yellow....head up there and check em out.....
Bryan.....Not sure what kind of a monitor you are viewing this on but there is extreme detail all around the waterfall on the cliffs....nothing is washed out....and what is shadow recovery???
Posted by Tom Kloster on December 24, 2007 at 6:09 PM
Oh, definitely, Darren - I didn't mean so much the yellow lichen on the cliffs, but more the general cast. I tried dropping the midtones levels down to a value of 0.88, and that did the trick for me. It could also be my monitor, of course... same old story until I retire this old computer!
I sure like the comp, though. I'll be trying that next time I'm up there.
Posted by Bryan Swan on December 25, 2007 at 2:39 AM
Darren, Tom touched on what I meant by washed out. The contrast in the cliffs isn't strong enough, it all looks much too gray, like you dodged the shadows but not the highlights or went too liberal with the Highlight / Shadows tool (which you may not have by the sound of it - its found in CS2 and above). The dark areas along the overhang behind the falls should look much darker and the waterfall itself would look better just a teeeny bit brighter.
Posted by Marc Dilley on December 27, 2007 at 12:34 PM
Darren: Looks great to me. You guys really have some awesome water on your side of the Cascades and you know how to photograph it!
Posted by Chris Hodney on December 28, 2007 at 3:04 PM
Very nice Darren. Having just shot this location (not exact comp though) this weekend, I can back you up on that color!
I do prefer your comp that you posted on NPN of this location, back a little though. I think the separation of the foreground cascade from the actual falls is better on that one, plus the tree on the right is a very cool element.
With this one, I think I would have liked to try a longer exposure to soften the water. You have such a nice technique of texturing water, but this one could have used some textural contrast with the moss and rocks.
What's your secret with your water anyway
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8 repliesI was the only one up there for 3 hours while I fought the mist and rain and snow on my lens.....
Camera: Nikon D70
Exposure: 0.077 sec (1/13)
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 18 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Bryan.....Not sure what kind of a monitor you are viewing this on but there is extreme detail all around the waterfall on the cliffs....nothing is washed out....and what is shadow recovery???
I sure like the comp, though. I'll be trying that next time I'm up there.
I do prefer your comp that you posted on NPN of this location, back a little though. I think the separation of the foreground cascade from the actual falls is better on that one, plus the tree on the right is a very cool element.
With this one, I think I would have liked to try a longer exposure to soften the water. You have such a nice technique of texturing water, but this one could have used some textural contrast with the moss and rocks.
What's your secret with your water anyway