trc Loc: Logan, OH

This was taken last week after we experienced some decent rains to increase the water flow in the Lower Falls.

Tom

Lower Falls Old Mans Cave

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

Very pretty. Nice blur in the water to create movement without going completely cotton candy.

trc Loc: Logan, OH

The blur of the waterfall is not added in post. It was taken with a ND filter and a longer exposure for that specific effect. Thanks for your comments.

SonyA580 Loc: FL in the winter & MN in the summer

Nice water blur! Exposure and focus are right on. I would have probably tried it (or cropped it) as a vertical shot.

Country's Mama Loc: Michigan

I agree with Sony that a vertical crop would be better. I also think there is something funky with your white balance. It could just be the way UHH processes it or it could be my monitor, but the rocks look green and the trees are a little on the yellow side.
Nice job blurring the water.

Nightski

I'm seeing that on my monitors too. I would definitely check out the white balance. If you have Lightroom use that little dropper tool. When all the squares are gray, you're pretty close. Then you can warm it up from there if you wish. I like warmer, but not everyone does.

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

An interesting waterfall with immediate surround that fails through considerable distraction from too much around it. The WB may have been on AUTO WB but then gave you the excessively warm effect I don't care for.
I'd suggest a tighter, vertical crop and cooler WB.

impact: 3
tech: 3
comp: 2.5

8.5/15

Dave in SD

waltchilds Loc: Central Florida

Tom, I like this shot and the way you blurred the waterfall. It tends to draw my attention into the shot. Nice work.

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

I had a feeling that is how you did it. I almost always use a variable ND filter when I do waterfalls. You get more control I think than I have with blurring in post.

trc Loc: Logan, OH

CM, Nightski, and Uuglypher:

I did not use Auto WB and chose what gave me the most accurate colors for the true setting. A few of you made me curious, so I went back to the RAW image and checked the colors. The jpg image I posted here is just like the RAW, except perhaps a little brighter due to PP'ing.

The day was cloudy with the sun shining brightly at one moment and dark and grey another. I manually bracketed three shots to obtain the best whites, blacks, and mid tones and then let photoshop render them together. These were all taken on a tripod so everything should have been the same tick for tick. There essentially was no breeze so windblown leaves was not an issue on the trees.

As I mentioned before, I used a ND filter at 10 stops to blur the waterfall and keep the rest of the area as sharp as possible. I also have my monitor calibrated for post processing to try to achieve accurate colors.

The colors on the rocks are natural from moss, algae, mold, whatever. This area is in kind of a hollow, not really getting a great deal of sun during the day, remains fairly damp and cool, and is completely surrounded by trees/forest. In the winter, the paths get froze over, sometimes they are closed due to being so slippery, and each year there are at least a few people falling and sometimes getting killed. Hence, the colors on the rocks are real and the light and dark greens on the trees and shrubbery and undergrowth vary due to the new growth of Spring. :-)

Tom :-)

trc Loc: Logan, OH

Thank you, Walt,

Tom

Country's Mama Loc: Michigan

The new growth would tend to make it look more yellow green. Thank you for the explanation.

rlaugh Loc: Michigan & Florida

This is an excellent shot indeed..looks like a great place,and you captured it quite well!!

Nightski

When posting a comment in the Critique section, please comment on the impact, composition and technical aspects of the image. The OP, by posting in this section is asking for feedback on those elements of his/her image.

rlaugh Loc: Michigan & Florida

Sorry..did not realize I was in the critique section,this OP notified me of a post and I wanted to look at it..(second time I made this mistake...hope I'm not exiled!!)..again sorry...didn't mean to go against your guidlines!!