Much appreciated!!
This is my favorite of all the options proposed so far. I think this is a time for “natural be damned” in terms of the sky. I would allow a tiny bit more “glow” just behind the dark rock that splits the waterfall to give it a bit more dimension but I prefer this approach.
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It is hard to shoot waterfalls. I have some digital waterfalls, one in IR of Bridalveil Falls in Yosemite that came out really well. Everything about this is good. The details, focus, sharpness, contrast, etc. Just the right amount of motion blur on the waterfall as well.
One compositional tool that I am a fan off is "anchor points" in the corners. I am fairly certain I have read about this technique somewhere but I don't know if that's the proper name for it.
A discussion point - should we strive to have one singular point of interest, with everything else in frame being subservient to it, or should we try to include multiple interest points that play off each other and allows the eye to wander and not immediately get drawn to the main subject?
Note I don't think there is a correct answer here.
For me it is all tied together with light...that is the one subject for most of my work. Although I love getting the viewers' feet wet...LOL!
"Landscapes exist in the material world yet soar in the realms of the spirit..." Tsung Ping, 5th Century China
I agree. If there were answers to these questions, we'd have gotten bored a long time ago
It's often the interplay and harmonies of several subjects which makes a photo enjoyable to the eye. That's why we have to decide what are the principal subjects of the photo and how many we can render before an elegant arrangement becomes... cluttered.
That's one of the joys of doing a harmonious "near-far" composition: when it works, we get several views at the same time, blended together.
Last edited by Ken Lee; 15-Mar-2020 at 14:20.
Thanks...don't even know if I have a good copy of it anymore, and it would take some digging to find the 4x5 negative even if I still silver printed. During the exposure I ran back and forth on the dock to get it to move...felt too static otherwise. I metered a 2-minute exposure, but the light was dropping fast, so I extended it to around 8 minutes.
"Landscapes exist in the material world yet soar in the realms of the spirit..." Tsung Ping, 5th Century China
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