Darn hard shot to compose – I was squatted down under some very wet branches trying to get a enough perspective on the falls to eliminate that bright sky, camera was nearly on the ground and in the end I had to crop some off the top to remove the blown out mass of white up there anyway. Even with a bracketed exposure there was too much dynamic range in the light so I let it go free 😉
In anycase it does leave the opportunity for the log so shine and be the star actor in the image, nicely done loggy 🙂 and fully supported by a team of orange leaves
3 frame manually blended image
Exif/setup data:
D7000 coupled with Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 @11mm Aperture: f/13 and Shutter Speed: 8s (mid frame) 2s (the upper falls and bright area) 30s shadows and under rocks 🙂
out front – screw in circular polariser and hard wood.
As always, I welcome any suggestions, comments and improvements to my photography, they are always warmly welcomed.
Beautifully done +Gerard Blacklock
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Lovely scene.
Beautiful ,,
Love the work you put into this! Perfect example of why photography is so much more than just pressing the shutter. By the way I think the comp is perfect. Great work!
I know what you mean on blown out, did a 4 frame pano on waterfall few months back at f/36 -5 EV! Had to for the 2 1/2" exposure for "smoke" effect of the water.
Love the wonderful silky water!! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing with the #LandscapePhotography theme!!
+Gerard Blacklock Hi Gerard, that's a lovely image, beautiful composition, I really like it.
Marvelous color and mood.
Stunning photo! Beautiful work!
Most engaging view.
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Most excellent share Geraldo. I for one appreciate your above and beyond squat.
amazing nature and view, very beautiful
Beautiful
As always, you made a beautiful composition and photo out of it. Thanks for the exif. That's a big difference between the shutter speeds. I appreciate knowing that as a learning tool for me.
Its very pretty!
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Man, I enjoy reading the trials and tribulations as much as seeing the result.
The shot(s) is fantastic, wish I had the stamina to do that.
Beautiful!
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+Gerard Blacklock…..the details are in the wood and rock grains…love the pooling of waters…the falls…gives mystery! ….
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Very nice! How Did you do the blending?
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Very nice, Gerard. Well worth the effort.
Excellent image
Love it
Very beautiful
Nice dear
Fantastic………
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Thanks +christopher kimball, composition is everything 🙂 processing is just icing on the cake to me.
Sounds like you need a neutral density filter! f36 wowser 🙂
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excellent +Denis English ! although I don't think my knees appreciated the squat so much 🙂
Thanks +Betty A , the difference in the shutter speeds only equates 2 or 3 stops of light difference, when I am feeling lazy I use the automatic bracketing function in my camera, but otherwise I normally manually change the shutter to capture several images to ensure I have covered all the bright and dark bits in the scene. Happy to help if you have any questions 🙂
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I manually blend using Adobe Photoshop, i typically load the images into a stack then simply mask various areas with varying degrees of feathering and opacity to achieve the view that I saw when I was there. I am not sure on your skill level of processing so if somethings not clear I am sure I can point you the direction of some good learning resources 🙂
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beautiful,natural photography!
BEAUTIFUL.JUST BEAUTIFUL.😋
WOW!! Excellent Gerard!!