p.2 #4 · Trying to prefect my Wahclella Falls Shot (ADJ)
Hi Roman. I really love this scene and the comp as well. What I am struggling with though is the overall image feels a bit flat. The contrasts/brightness throughout the image is very even and lacking some depth. I sometimes get this when I process my images and I have a little trick I use to bring back some of the depth. I applied this trick to your image. I am posting it to better illustrate what I am talking about but I will take down if you ask. PM if you're interesting how I do this!
Save both images to your computer and flip back 'n' forth to see the tweak I made.
Also, I have no issues with the darker rock. It adds more depth. Lightened up it gets too flat.
p.2 #5 · Trying to prefect my Wahclella Falls Shot (ADJ)
Roman: I like your shot a lot. The shutter speed looks great to me--definitely some flow but still texture in the water both in the main falls and in the lower cascades. I also like your relatively restrained treatment of the colors, compared to some other shots I've seen. Excellent.
p.2 #7 · Trying to prefect my Wahclella Falls Shot (ADJ)
In my opinion the original processing is better. Wahclella is a place where you always have extremes in bright and dark areas and I see nothing wrong in having the darker areas reflect that reality. I agree with Scott and Tim in that brightening the shadow areas makes the image look a bit flat.
p.2 #8 · Trying to prefect my Wahclella Falls Shot (ADJ)
My motto for moving water....'Avoid the white blob.'
IMO, your choice of SS is perfect. I doubt you could go any slower and do the above.
One method I have used for moving water shots is to shoot one as slow as you dare that might even 'blob up' a bit, and another at a faster SS that stops the motion more, and then blend the 2 to suit your tastes. It can work well at times, but I've had it look rather odd as well.
I also tend to fire numerous shots in scenes like this one at the same shutter speed simply because moving water tends to make it's own composition as the water flow is never constant. I always find it amazing how much the composition can change using the exact same exposure for shots 3/5/10 seconds apart....or whatever.
p.2 #9 · Trying to prefect my Wahclella Falls Shot (ADJ)
Scott...I did a side by side comparison and lost a bit of the sharpness and microcontrast...ever so slightly. Areas like the clear flowing water at the bottom left actually lost details. Care to go into a bit more detail and explain what your seeing so I might understand? Happy to learn..just need to know what I am learning.
