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Was out scouting Elowah Falls for the upcoming Fall Foliage change in a few weeks...and was playing around in the early AM. Just getting my bearings straight so when I do have the time to get out there when the leaves change...I know just where I want to be instead of hunting for compositions when the time comes.

This isnt one of my chosen fall locations...as further down stream are the trees branches hanging over the stream and where the majority of the color will be coming from....but it was a new composition I wanted to try out.

But thought it would be fun to get some feedback as I am often one of the cretiquers....guess it is time for some payback...LOL!!!




Roman,

You do love those waterfalls. Of course if I had as many great waterfalls near me, I would be out shooting them too. Before I give some of the standard feedback, I have to say that I have a real problem with this image primarily because of what I think is a very ugly bridge. To my eye, this beautiful natural scene is completely ruined by that man made monstosity. If it was me I would have done everything I could of to pick a persepective that hid the bridge (probably not possible I know). As a last resort I would have probably cloned it out. I can see where you were going with the intersection of the leading lines of bridge and water stream, but my eyes just get drawn to the you know what.

Composition/use of frame space: Very good although I'm not sure what I was supposed to be anchoring on. There are the foreground rocks, the yellow lichen and of course the bridge.

Colors/White Balance: Excellent of course

Exposure: It's dark but I expect a secluded spot to be like this so I'm sure it's spot on.

Creative use of Aperture/Shutter: This called for maximum DOF so I'm sure you stopped down accordingly. The slow shutter speed to give the water a motion blur is very nice.

Perspective: As I have said this is my problem.

Creativity: While I'm sure that you walked all over the place looking for the perfect location, there probably really wasn't a whole lot of room to get creative here.

Emotion: The emotion I want to get as I do with most of your work is a serene feeling for the natural beauty of the scene. 90% of the scene evoked that emotion but 10% of it neutralized it for me.

Forethought/Visualization: This one I never feel qualified to comment on since you never know what the person is thinking and whether the shot was planned or just happened (I do know that you plan most of yours very carefully)

Post processing: Knowing how difficult the lighting can be in these natural places, I'm sure this image required it. As usual, the quality of the image is excellent and something I can only strive for in my images.

Sorry about harping on the "b" word here.

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