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Another from the first day

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Posted by Ned Fenimore on May 7, 2008 at 9:44 PM
Another from the first day
Shot this falls with Darren last Saturday - had a great time as always...

Thanks for your comments and suggestions...

Canon 1D2, Canon EF 20mm f/2.8, Polarizer, 1.6 seconds, f/22
Posted by Adrian Klein on May 7, 2008 at 11:33 PM
Looks great Ned! This shot and all the other recent posts in the Gorge make me want to get shooting again in the Gorge. Hopefully the next couple days I will be out there.
Posted by Rick Lundh on May 7, 2008 at 11:37 PM
To me, this falls is hard to compose, but I think you did well here. Did you darken the edges here?
Posted by Tom Kloster on May 7, 2008 at 11:40 PM
Nice shot, Ned - I agree with Rick that this one is sort of difficult, but you did a nice job of avoiding the junky foreground. For me, it could work with a bit more cropped off the bottom, too. Great color in the moss right now!
Posted by Ned Fenimore on May 8, 2008 at 1:01 AM
Yep, I did add vignetting in Raw - and also added that funky off-black border as well.... It's great now, Tom. I'm going to be up there all weekend, and starting the following weekend I will be up there for 9 days straight I think...
Posted by Larry Gloth on May 8, 2008 at 1:33 AM
Nice composition. The flow of water in the foreground is very appealing.
Posted by Bryan Spahr on May 8, 2008 at 1:39 AM
Wonderful shot Ned. My eye is drawn way back into this one. You maintained a ton of detail in the background and the light is excellent.
Posted by Kevin Hillegass on May 8, 2008 at 2:18 AM
Darren & you have been hitting the unknown waterfalls lately. I like this one, and I'm not sure of the name of it. It's purty nice!

Kevin
Posted by Catherine Reilly on May 8, 2008 at 2:19 AM
Flowing good, as always, Ned. You do such a nice job on these comps. I never can seem to make much out of wide angle shots, but I am determined to keep trying (occasionally :razz: ).
Posted by John Williams on May 8, 2008 at 9:43 AM
I like it Ned, it's interesting to see the different perspectives you and Darren took here.
Posted by Mark Hudon on May 8, 2008 at 1:09 PM
My only nit would be that there seems to be a lot of distance between the foreground and the background.
Posted by Trevor Anderson on May 8, 2008 at 2:25 PM
Really like what you did with the color and contrast here. The foreground and background interest are met diagonally effectively. The middle ground greens are strong enough to keep the interest, imo.

You may consider cropping out the shaded tree on the left, as it draws attention in an otherwise bright scene,
Posted by Ned Fenimore on May 8, 2008 at 9:00 PM
Thanks for all the suggestions - appreciate you guys taking the time to help out!