That is a massive waterfall - we don't see many of those in Arizona, unless it's a monsoon storm. :-) I'm really drawn to the rushing water. I want so badly to see what the rest of the waterfall looks like.
Hi Kevin,
Welcome to team 10D!
The falls in the background is awesome; the depth compression of the long telephoto makes it all the more imposing. One major suggestion relates equally to the photo and to post-processing, to wit:
Looks like you're about a full stop underexposed. Certainly not unrecoverable, a levels adjustment in your image editor will take care of that. Possibly a bit more sharpening after resizing would also be beneficial.
I wonder if a vertical framing would have been even more dramatic?
You took this photo with EOS 10D camera?
Looks like photo taken by single use cam,grainy,bad lighting and contrast,good thing you skip the challenge!
Sorry if I was too harsh on critique ,you are wellcome to criticize any of mine photos...
Harsh is just fine with me, I'm just now getting back into photography after a 20 year or so absence. I'm looking for commentary on how I could've improved the shot. To me, the framing is great, the contrast/brightness need work and the subject material is solid. I loved the view of strong (falls) vs weak (the kid with the fishing pole off balance). This was taken later in the day with the sun in front of the camera which limited my ability to get good lighting. As I said, I'm just getting into post-production stuff digitally so any hints/comments/pointers are greatly appreciated.
I look forward to applying what people have suggested in a challenge in the future when I find time (and creativity)
I don't see anything wrong with the composition of this shot. I ran an auto-level, auto-color, dodged/burned and a black and white action on this, and came up with this:
I think that for a shot like this, that doesn't have a lot of color to begin with, that black and white helps bring out your textures of the falls and rocks. The kid adds a nice human element.
Danny, I liked the shot to begin with but with the post processing techniques you used to bring out all those wonderful details, this is a definitely a winner in my book. I guess I never realized what post processing actually does for a photograph since I rarely see the before-to-after affects. Coal to diamonds indeed!
Nice work, KBrown for capturing the image as you did. It's really nice.
