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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · high Unitas waterfall

On the way home from Christmas meadows last month I stopped at Provo River falls.

Jul 10, 2013 at 12:54 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · high Unitas waterfall

Nice work, Ben. I remember your other Provo River shots, it certainly warrants repeat visits.

Jul 10, 2013 at 03:20 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · high Unitas waterfall

Thanks Stan. I had a nice sky and full clean flow. I have not had any luck real early in the morning. a cloudy day mid morning seem to have the best light.

Jul 10, 2013 at 03:50 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · high Unitas waterfall

Hey Ben,

It looks pretty good, all except the water... it's not blown out by much, or it's on the edge, but there is a real loss of detail in it.

I am not sure how you shot it, but this might be a case where it's best to shoot one shot for the water which is underexposed a stop or so and to get some water detail, and then one for the rest of the shot, and just blend the water in from the underexposed frame.

It's a nice composition, and I like the clouds in the sky, the trees are sure lit nice, and there is great detail in all of the shot... but the water...

Jim

Jul 10, 2013 at 06:10 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · high Unitas waterfall

Thanks Jim. I have many shots at various shutter speeds and exposures. I am pretty sure this was not blown in the raw or after processing but before downsizing. I will take a look for others. My monitor is pretty dark, 80cd/mm^2.

Here is another one. How does it look. Using threshold, I can't find any blown area in either however, even the downsized ones.

Jul 10, 2013 at 07:03 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · high Unitas waterfall

That;'s definitely better, Ben. But it would still be great to see more contrast in the water; perhaps double processing the raw to blend in the water from a darker version with the contrast boosted a bit. Sure looks like as beautiful location.

Dave

Jul 10, 2013 at 07:21 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · high Unitas waterfall

Very nice Ben.

Jul 11, 2013 at 09:16 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · high Unitas waterfall

Nice shot Ben. I've really been wanting to make it over to Christmas Meadows. I'll have to make a point to stop here.

Jul 11, 2013 at 09:26 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · high Unitas waterfall

AMaji wrote:
Very nice Ben.

Thanks, and I realized that this falls is pretty laminar so the flow is smooth to start with. I went back and added a process that increases definition without changing the exposure. At full size or in print the water has good texture, but does not show up so good at reduced sizes.

Here is the one with enhanced water texture. I would probably not use this in print.

Jul 11, 2013 at 09:27 AM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · high Unitas waterfall

Maybe it's just me, but I still like the first one best. I may not be as sensitive to highlights as others.

Jul 11, 2013 at 10:10 AM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · high Unitas waterfall

Hey Ben,

The edits are definitely better. You are right, some waterfalls have a smoother flow to them, so a compressed view like this on the web will loose some micro detail that will show up in print. I am thinking that #3 will print very nicely.

Jim

Jul 11, 2013 at 11:14 AM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · high Unitas waterfall

JimFox wrote:
Hey Ben,

The edits are definitely better. You are right, some waterfalls have a smoother flow to them, so a compressed view like this on the web will loose some micro detail that will show up in print. I am thinking that #3 will print very nicely.

Jim

Thanks Jim, I will be trying it if my Teton shots don't trump it for walls space.

Jul 11, 2013 at 11:19 AM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · high Unitas waterfall

Nice, I've been wanting to shoot here for a while now, it's just kind of out of the way.

Jul 11, 2013 at 11:33 AM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · high Unitas waterfall

andyjaggy82 wrote:
Nice, I've been wanting to shoot here for a while now, it's just kind of out of the way.

Don't wait too long, in the fall they flush the feeder lakes and the water is high but dirty, when they are finished there is just a trickle of water.

Jul 11, 2013 at 12:42 PM


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