My wife and I took a weekend get-away to Leavenworth, WA. It rained most of this day, but seemed to be clearing up in the early evening. We drove up Icicle Creek Road a ways and then walked along the creek taking pictures as we went. This picture caught a sun accent on the trees and in the spray.
Thank you all for the nice comments.
This picture was taken in the early evening. The sun was low in the sky and hit the trees along the creek bank and caught a bit of the spray from the cascade. I used a lens which produces a very sharp image. I applied a minimal amount of sharpening (pretty much the default that Lightroom applies).
Anyway, regardless of the score, it captured the scene as I remember it.
I think it might help the scoring a little bit, in the open categories, if the photographer could relate a bit about what he/she was trying to accomplish. This could be displayed so that the voters had some additional criteria to rate the photograph.
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P.S. Just noticed you do have another one in voting - good to see! (I can tell because it says you've entered five challenges but only four are showing on your profile page right now.)
A lovely scene here and I can almost hear the water as it goes by. You did indeed get very good clarity and detail with your shot and the composition feels fairly well balanced to me. I wonder if you did try other compositions as well? One focused more on the rocks and water, then one focused more on the sky which includes the tops of the trees? I try to remember to do this, but usually forget (and really, we're not wasting film!) The light here is nice and soft, nothing seems over or underexposed. The shot does seem to be just a bit "flat"; all digital files from DSLRs require some bit of tweaking, and in this case I think a bit of curves and/or some additional contrast would not only help define the water a bit more, but also bring out that light on the trees and mist you're trying to emphasize here. It may be worth experimenting a bit - take it FAR beyond what you think is "natural" as far as contrast and saturation, for instance, then start pulling it back and see what you think.
I see you haven't entered many challenges - hope you'll enter a few more this year!
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