Taken at Bridal Veil Falls in the creek that the falls runs off into.
It'll be interesting to see if folks see what I see in it, that is the appearance of a head or face of some sort of animal, which I'm dubbing a "water spirit" rising up through the soft whiteness of the rushing stream waters. Guess we'll see.
6-19-06 #1776
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I like water shapes. Possibly crop more of the bottom. Also a heads up, you got some sensor dust boogies there in the right lower corner. Nice green hues.
Sorry but I dislike this shot, using a long shutterspeed to capture water will just result in a blurry mess as is in this shot and you chose to have that blurry mess almost all of the photo, there is nothing really that draws the eye here but perhaps a leaf up in the right corner. You might as well have put a plastic bag covering 75% of the lens and this shot would have looked identical. Next time I suggest you have one stationary part in the middle of the moving water, classic choice is a rock or something that is the center of attention.
I see what you've tried to do here, but don't think it has worked - the image as a whole comes across as too soft. I think it would have worked better with static objects more in the foreground and the soft water less prominent. I would like to try a shot like this myself.
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