Well, I woke up early Tuesday morning to go on a hike near my house, and I knew that there was a really cool waterfall on that hike. I wanted to get as long as an exposure as I could without overexposing, and lucky for me it was overcast that day and, when I got to the falls, the sun hadn't come up over the mountains yet. I closed the aperture as far as my camera allows (f/8) and mounted my camera on a tripod. Here are some of my better shots. Please, tell me what you think. I really appreciate your critiques and comments. Thanks in advance.
TooCool - How's this for bringing out the detail? I feathered a selection and adjusted the levels in the areas that were too dark - and, sure enough, there was plenty of detail there.
Much better. Much brighter! However, the original crop is much more powerful. Put the too together and I think ya got it! I PM'ed ya my email if ya wanna lemme try!
Why is it that nobody wants to take pictures of moveing water that show how it really looks?
I think the idea of photography is to interpret the real into a two dimensional photo. There isn't a photo out there that shows stuff "how it really looks".
I tried sending it, however I got a delivery failure email back...is it possible that you could have typed it wrong?
Probably did type it wrong... I sent it to ya again! Just cut and paste it this time...
Allright, it's sent, only I think that the image was only partial (while the image was uploading, my internet cut out) and when viewing the uploaded file size, it was a bit smaller than the original file. Let me know if you have any problems with it and I'll be happy to send it again.
Why is it that nobody wants to take pictures of moveing water that show how it really looks?
Part of photography, for me, is to shoot MY vision of something, and I try to personalize my images into what I like to see. In this case, I directed the shutter speed and post processing to my liking, to get the image how I wanted it, not necessarily to portray the scene exactly as it was in nature.
Justin,
Just a tip. To get full DOF (f22 or whatever you lens stops down to) try picking up a Neutral Density filter. This filter will allow less light in to the camera allowing for a longer exposure.
EDIT: Mines wider than yours... Did you maybe squash it when ya resized or cropped it? I used photoshop 6 and put all my steps in the description!
Yeah, I cropped mine a bit on the right side. I really like the edit, however I think it's a bit too bright. There seems to be very little contrast in the rocks, though there is plenty of detail.
I like the picture of the rocks...on my monitor it looked a touch blue so I desaturated the blues some, then boosted the sats on the other channels, and sharpened a tad. Just some ideas of things to try I guess. Great images, all of them. :)
I like the picture of the rocks...on my monitor it looked a touch blue so I desaturated the blues some, then boosted the sats on the other channels, and sharpened a tad. Just some ideas of things to try I guess. Great images, all of them. :)
Thanks. Your edit looks quite a bit better, good job. I'll have to re-edit that one using your steps. Thanks again.
This is a little off topic, but in preparing the file for printing on DPCPrints, should I sharpen at all? If so, how much should I sharpen? If so, should I sharpen before or after upsizing? I definitely don't want to over-sharpen. Any advice would be great.
This is a little off topic, but in preparing the file for printing on DPCPrints, should I sharpen at all? If so, how much should I sharpen? If so, should I sharpen before or after upsizing? I definitely don't want to over-sharpen. Any advice would be great.
Most people actually say you should sharpen last. Lately I've been sharpening first. Some people say not to sharpen until you are at your final size. Everyone I know says to sharpen after resizing. If you sharpen before resizing, the after step needs to be very subtle. Lately I've been using the 10d finisher action to do most of my sharpening (as long as it's not for a basic editing shot!) and love the results. I used it on your shot and with my old camera too. If ya use photoshop and ya want the action, I'll send it to ya. If you use this action though the site I got it from says to use it on TOTALLY UNSHARPENED images so you'd have to turn your in camera sharpening off or as low as it will go or better, save in tiff or raw if it has it...
Justin - they are all very nice shots. I particularly like the first and last. The first - I prefer your original than the edited versions posted here. The third - the rocks, I like the edited version a bit better as it eliminates a blue cast.
Good shooting, and good luck on selling your prints
This is a little off topic, but in preparing the file for printing on DPCPrints, should I sharpen at all? If so, how much should I sharpen? If so, should I sharpen before or after upsizing? I definitely don't want to over-sharpen. Any advice would be great.
Most people actually say you should sharpen last. Lately I've been sharpening first. Some people say not to sharpen until you are at your final size. Everyone I know says to sharpen after resizing. If you sharpen before resizing, the after step needs to be very subtle. Lately I've been using the 10d finisher action to do most of my sharpening (as long as it's not for a basic editing shot!) and love the results. I used it on your shot and with my old camera too. If ya use photoshop and ya want the action, I'll send it to ya. If you use this action though the site I got it from says to use it on TOTALLY UNSHARPENED images so you'd have to turn your in camera sharpening off or as low as it will go or better, save in tiff or raw if it has it...
Thanks for all of your help Ron. You've given me excellent tips and advice for the in-camera as well as the post-processing side of it. I really appreciate it. If you're interested, I'll be posting my final edit in 20-30 minutes as soon as I'm completely happy with it. Thanks again.
Thanks for all of your help Ron. You've given me excellent tips and advice for the in-camera as well as the post-processing side of it. I really appreciate it. If you're interested, I'll be posting my final edit in 20-30 minutes as soon as I'm completely happy with it. Thanks again.
Well, I finished a bit sooner than expected. Does this look more or less like what you had in mind? If you see anything you don't like, please don't hesitate to let me know, I'm making a printable version pretty soon.
Very nice! A couple of spots don't look quite right to me but may be what you're shooting for. I sent ya an email where I illustrate...
Edit to add: Your water looks a little dull compared to the rest of shot to. You may need to do a very subtle curves or levels adjustments on top to finish it off.
