Posted by Bruce Palla on November 2, 2009 at 12:44 PM
First time visiting Pattison S.P. in NW Wisconsin, thanks to Amy Lindsey's waterfall page post.
The falls is 165' with no way to get into the gorge and limited viewing platforms, so I went for something a little more personal. It's a little busy, but I would love to hear any comments or suggestions.
EDIT: I just looked at the post and there appears to be some serious loss of quality compared with what I'm looking at. C/C still welcome
Looks like a massive waterfall, Bruce, and your depiction of the spot is very interesting, with a nice variety of colors.
Something about the sharpness--throughout the entire image-is off, however. Everything appears rather soft. Did you sharpen this at all in PP?
Posted by Bruce Palla on November 2, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Kerry, thanks for comment. It is an impressive falls with geological history to boot. No sharpening was done; a little contrast and crop/ re-size. It is over exposed, white balance was set to a warmer setting, leaves are moving, tripod was trying to go over the edge; It is soft and it sucks.
LESSON for all: Do not make adjustments using a laptop! What I saw last night at the kitchen table, versus what I see sitting on the couch, versus on the deck, and versus what everyone else sees now are huge differences. I apologize for tarnishing this site, it will never happen again. Bruce
You don't need to worry about "tarnishing" anything, it's good that you caught whatever was giving you the weirdness. I agree with the softness, but from what you say it sounds like getting a steady shot was difficult. What I do like is the composition. Minus the FG leaves it'd be very strong and pleasing, but it works pretty well as-is.
Bruce, I concur with Nathaniel--I don't think anything's been "tarnished" by this post. Not even close.
What did you think of the park as a whole? Was it worth the trip?
Posted by Bruce Palla on November 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Kerry, because of the park's isolated nature, I would make it part of a park tour,waterfalls being emphasized. If you're going to drive this far, one should also visit Amnicon Falls S.P., Copper Falls, Brule River N.F., and the Apostle Islands and make it a couple of days. I'm fortunate that my family has a summer lake home about 40 miles away. The only "negative" would be that these are not 'classic' blue clear waters but stained by tannic acid as you can see in my shot. Easy to moderate hiking trails, very clean, well maintained facilities.
I used the word tarnish as a criticism of myself because 99% of shots posted here are so nice; and I try to wait to post until I feel the image is comparable in quality to what others post.
Nathaniel, I was actually trying to get the leaves in the shot as they appeared to be "catching" and redirecting the flow. Long exposure caught wind movement also.
Thank you both for comments.
Discussion
5 repliesThe falls is 165' with no way to get into the gorge and limited viewing platforms, so I went for something a little more personal. It's a little busy, but I would love to hear any comments or suggestions.
EDIT: I just looked at the post and there appears to be some serious loss of quality compared with what I'm looking at. C/C still welcome
Something about the sharpness--throughout the entire image-is off, however. Everything appears rather soft. Did you sharpen this at all in PP?
LESSON for all: Do not make adjustments using a laptop! What I saw last night at the kitchen table, versus what I see sitting on the couch, versus on the deck, and versus what everyone else sees now are huge differences. I apologize for tarnishing this site, it will never happen again. Bruce
What did you think of the park as a whole? Was it worth the trip?
I used the word tarnish as a criticism of myself because 99% of shots posted here are so nice; and I try to wait to post until I feel the image is comparable in quality to what others post.
Nathaniel, I was actually trying to get the leaves in the shot as they appeared to be "catching" and redirecting the flow. Long exposure caught wind movement also.
Thank you both for comments.