Posted by Chris Rice on February 3, 2009 at 2:50 AM
Hello everybody;
Here is a shot from I believe is Lower Tahquamenon Falls in the UP of Michigan I took back in 2004. I revisited this shot recently as a request, but I kept the stick in the bottom center. In earlier versions of this shot I have cropped it away, but wanted to get some opinions whether or not it was too distracting. The falls are a bit blown out but that's because I forgot to set my camera to RAW.
FWIW the stick dosen't bother me but I keep wanting to move to see the falls from a different angle.
Posted by Ken Hupila on February 3, 2009 at 10:02 AM
It is a bit of a different angle, but I sure like the cotton water!
Posted by Toni Lankerd on February 3, 2009 at 10:07 AM
The foreground is dark enough that the stick doesn't stand out like a sore thumb, so I wouldn't worry about it. Perfect exposure on the water, making the foreground falls appear almost ghost-like.
Welcome to the Midwest forum, Christopher! Looking forward to your participation here!
Very nice! Love the depth of this (a function of your chosen vantage point). I personally would clone out the stick, but it's not a big deal. Looks great in color but I'd bet this also would make an excellent black & white conversion.
Very nice! I'd like to see a version with out the stick in the foreground just to compare. Great work!
Posted by Mitch Erwin on February 3, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Chris, the angle of the capture to me is fine - perfect actually! The stick doesn't bother me personally. I'd try and bring up the brightness in the shadows some as on my monitor there is no detail in the URC. Fine capture though!
Posted by Brian Vance on February 3, 2009 at 3:34 PM
Hi and welcome to the MWNP forum! I really like the composition and the location is near and dear to my heart. I have been returning to the lower falls since the age of five, and love every minute I spend there to this day. i have a pics from this exact spot, and like it with or without the stick crop. I look forward to more...
Posted by Chris Rice on February 3, 2009 at 3:44 PM
Thank you for all of the replies and critiques everyone! I have some other shots from this trip I took when I lived in Michigan. I'll see what I can find and post some others. And thanks again for welcoming me aboard, I'm excited to be among such great talent!
I cropped up the original shot to remove the stick and bumped the saturation a small amount to emphasize the silt color in the falls.
[EDIT] I made the mistake of overwriting the original just then, and so the updated file was the same as the original- duh, should have never FTP'd it over, anyway, I just now scrambled to make a new file, but now looking at it I think it's the RAW vesrion because the blown out areas are gone. thank god for custom functions! Thanks again for the comments folks!
Posted by Louis Neal on February 4, 2009 at 1:32 PM
I think I like the second image better but either way it's a really great shot. My first thought was "WOW".
Posted by Deb Little on February 4, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Discussion
10 repliesHello everybody;
Here is a shot from I believe is Lower Tahquamenon Falls in the UP of Michigan I took back in 2004. I revisited this shot recently as a request, but I kept the stick in the bottom center. In earlier versions of this shot I have cropped it away, but wanted to get some opinions whether or not it was too distracting. The falls are a bit blown out but that's because I forgot to set my camera to RAW.
Thanks for looking!
Welcome to the Midwest forum, Christopher! Looking forward to your participation here!
I cropped up the original shot to remove the stick and bumped the saturation a small amount to emphasize the silt color in the falls.
[EDIT] I made the mistake of overwriting the original just then, and so the updated file was the same as the original- duh, should have never FTP'd it over, anyway, I just now scrambled to make a new file, but now looking at it I think it's the RAW vesrion because the blown out areas are gone. thank god for custom functions! Thanks again for the comments folks!