Another shot from Starvation Creek

[EOBeav]

If you're ever in the area, this is as good of a place as any to practice your long shutter speed shots. As per my usual requests, I'd like to know if this works for you compositionally. At first glance, parts of the area that the water is flowing into appear to be blown, but it's well in front of the limit on the histogram. Perhaps I should use the exposure brush in that area to gently bring out some more detail? What do you think? Any other feedback about coloring, contrast, etc... are also welcome. Thanks in advance for your helpful suggestions, comments, and questions.



EXIF:
Camera Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
Lens EF70-200mm f/4L USM
Exposure 0.5
Aperture f/16.0
Focal Length 104 mm
ISO Speed 100
Exposure Bias 0 EV

B+W circular polarizing filter used.

[lerabu]

Hi!

Great composition as usual! I really love your scenery shots!

To me the moss on the rocks looks a little bit fluorescent / radioactive, apart from that I have no other comments An even longer shutter speed might have given a more cotton wool type of water which I like but this works fantastic!

Was it an overcast day? I am having alot of trouble with getting natural looking colours in post when shooting in overcast conditions, probably due to lack of knowledge

[benchdog]

I like the composition and I agree with you about the water looking a little blown out and using the exposure brush to bring out a little more detail. I also aree with lerabu the moss looks a little over saturated.

I little more detail in the pool and a little less saturation in the moss and its picture perfect

Great work

[milosh]

Hey Rick,

This is a very nice shot!

Here are my comments:

Comp.:
I think your composition is pretty successful but there are some things to point out.. First, that little bit of water in the upper left corner is grabbing my attention. Second, I would like to see more of that rightmost rock (which kinda' goes hand in hand with my first observation), and third, that gray/reddish log in the upper middle, I would like to see it whole in the frame, just a bit under the upper edge of the frame (assuming the log doesn't continue to the back, which I don't know).

I guess these are common problems when trying to find a perfect composition, you can frame something that's pretty effective, but noticing all the little things in the field and avoiding them is difficult. Maybe you could have accomplished this by pointing the lens slightly up and to the right, while getting yourself a bit down and to the left, but I'm only guessing this.

Exp. and pp:
The water is bright but not blown out, but I would maybe try to take it down just a tiny bit (make it bright like the one just below it, by the edge, towards your signature). You would have to experiment a bit here.
I agree with Lerabu about color of the moss being a bit too fluorescent, I would also try to take it down just a bit (especially the moss on the two rocks on the left side).
Other than that, I think exposure, contrast, saturation, and sharpness are great, awesome!
I particularly like the sharpness of the first rock between the moss and the water.

All in all, great attempt and a pretty awesome shot!

Please tell me, since you used CPL filter, did it have effect on reflections on the rock (the first rock, the sharp part I mentioned above)? I'm wondering what would that rock look like without the CPL. I'm still waiting for mine to arrive.

[EOBeav]

Lowering the exposure in that area allowed me to brighten up the image in all other areas. I desaturated the colors, and they look more like they did on site.

[Bruce A]

I think it's a really nice shot and I prefer the first one. There seems to be less detail in the moss in second one. As for 'the blown out' part of the water, to me that just represents the power of the waterfall more so than exposure imperfection. My monitor is calibrated so I guess it's just my personal preference. I just pressured off some moss from my patio last week and I can tell you it was greener and more fluorescent than what I see in your photograph so I don't think it looked unnatural.

[graciousness]

First one is definitely much better and I have seen moss look so bright they do look florescent. I don't see any blown out areas, either.

[tlpphoto]

I like the water in the 2nd image more -- better detail. It actually looks like you might be able to see a little of a swirl in the water on the 2nd image that's not visible on the 1st.

As for the moss, the 2nd image has too much yellow in the moss -- at least on my monitor. I expect moss to be a dark green, not a yellow.

I think it's a great shot. But if you are not opposed to changing it a little -- have you thought about a horizontal flip? That way as your eye moves from left to right it encounters the water first and the rocks form a natural barrier on the right.

Where is Starvation Creek anyway? Perhaps I missed it in an earlier post.

Tim

[sk66]

All told, I prefer the first image..color/exposure/ etc. I think just a slightly tighter crop from upper left would work well.

[benchdog]

Originally Posted by EOBeav

Lowering the exposure in that area allowed me to brighten up the image in all other areas. I desaturated the colors, and they look more like they did on site.

The moss looks very real now, I like this a lot. I like the little bit of added detail in the water also.

I played with the crop a little after reading milosh's post and cropped a little off the left and top. It real change the image.