Geoff found some more waterfalls

Geoff · 04-01-2008, 11:13 PM

A couple more for enjoyment from my welsh break. Happy H 2 0 to the waterfall fans out there :

EffEmDoubleyou · 04-01-2008, 11:16 PM

Geoff, these are fantastic. You're really making me itch to make the transition to an SLR

Mempy · 04-02-2008, 03:36 AM

In the second picture, I really like the light in between the trees in the background. In the first, the high angle perspective really, really, REALLY does the picture justice. It's my favorite of the two. In both pictures, the lines of the water are so strong and white, almost like spun web.

alcea rosea · 04-02-2008, 10:05 AM

Very pretty, very pretty!

JAVO · 04-02-2008, 08:36 PM

Awesome photos of beautiful places!

Usehername · 04-02-2008, 10:16 PM

Geoff · 04-02-2008, 11:27 PM

Glad you all liked!

Here's another waterfall as a thankyou. It's a further shot of second one above.

Mempy · 04-02-2008, 11:59 PM

Wow, the sunshine is gorgeous. Oh! You can see the blue really well in the water this time; I didn't notice it being so obvious last time. God, this waterfall's beautiful. How it flows is just lovely.

Sorry, I can't really comment on the technical skill it takes to take a shot like this. I only took one semester of photography in high school, but I do own a $200 SLR camera (bought with my own money, when I had a job). What settings did you use for this shot? Did you use different settings for the other ones? Did you even use an SLR?

EffEmDoubleyou · 04-03-2008, 02:23 AM

More than anything, these pictures just make me want to BE where they were taken. I've always thought that if I had the means, I would insist on having my home in a place where a stream like that ran through my grounds.

Geoff · 04-03-2008, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Mempy

Wow, the sunshine is gorgeous. Oh! You can see the blue really well in the water this time; I didn't notice it being so obvious last time. God, this waterfall's beautiful. How it flows is just lovely.

Sorry, I can't really comment on the technical skill it takes to take a shot like this. I only took one semester of photography in high school, but I do own a $200 SLR camera (bought with my own money, when I had a job). What settings did you use for this shot? Did you use different settings for the other ones? Did you even use an SLR?

Yep, a digital SLR. It's a Canon 300D. In this picture, paired with a 17-40L piece of Canon L glass (wide angle zoom), nearly at full wide angle - 21mm. F22 for 1/5 second (so a small aperture, longer exposure to get water blur). There is a circular polariser fitted. On a tripod with a remote release to avoid camera shake.

Shot in raw and then finished in adobe lightroom as follows :

Cropped to pick up focal points in a more pleasing way.
White balance as shot in camera.
Auto-toning of image.
Exposure reduced slightly to avoid blow out of highlights.
Medium boosts to clarity and vibrance (that's what brings out the water colours)
A little fill light to bring out shadows lost by reducing exposure
Some dust-spot corrections to remove one small annoying branch in view
Finally a preset landscape-sharpening before closing the image.

I know that sounds complicated, in reality it's a couple of minutes of clicking on some standard lightroom stuff for working with raw images.

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Mempy Mamma said knock you out Join Date: Jul 2007 Type: Posts: 2,346	In the second picture, I really like the light in between the trees in the background. In the first, the high angle perspective really, really, REALLY does the picture justice. It's my favorite of the two. In both pictures, the lines of the water are so strong and white, almost like spun web. __________________ Darken the city, night is a wire Steam in the subway, earth is afire Smell like I sound, I'm lost in the crowd

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Mempy Mamma said knock you out Join Date: Jul 2007 Type: Posts: 2,346	Wow, the sunshine is gorgeous. Oh! You can see the blue really well in the water this time; I didn't notice it being so obvious last time. God, this waterfall's beautiful. How it flows is just lovely. Sorry, I can't really comment on the technical skill it takes to take a shot like this. I only took one semester of photography in high school, but I do own a $200 SLR camera (bought with my own money, when I had a job). What settings did you use for this shot? Did you use different settings for the other ones? Did you even use an SLR? __________________ Darken the city, night is a wire Steam in the subway, earth is afire Smell like I sound, I'm lost in the crowd

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04-02-2008, 10:05 AM	#4 (permalink)
alcea rosea A happy piggy Join Date: Nov 2007 Type: ENFP Location: Frozen lake Posts: 3,160	Very pretty, very pretty!

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JAVO Lost in the city Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: ptni Location: Prefrontal cortex, mostly Posts: 3,449	Awesome photos of beautiful places!

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Geoff Lallygag Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: INXP Location: Southern England Posts: 5,256	Glad you all liked! Here's another waterfall as a thankyou. It's a further shot of second one above.

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