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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Cathedral Falls (New River Gorge)

Between the holidays I took a quick trip to West Virginia and included some of the many, many waterfalls in the New River Gorge area. This is Cathedral Falls, one of the highest and prettiest. Since it is right next to a highway it is usually busy and hard to get a "pure" shot. But a combination of a cold, wet day and it being New Year Eve resulted in us having it pretty much to ourselves, with a bit of freedom to study compositions.

In the summer this is a very pretty spot with a lot of green, but in winter the color isn't very attractive, so (with one exception) these are in black and white.

http://www.pbase.com/dsjtecserv/image/164775006/original.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/dsjtecserv/image/164777143/original.jpg

Alternate color and B&W versions; I'd be interested in comments on their relative merits.
http://www.pbase.com/dsjtecserv/image/164774893/original.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/dsjtecserv/image/164774895/original.jpg

Comments and suggestions are always welcome.

Dave

Jan 07, 2017 at 09:43 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Cathedral Falls (New River Gorge)

B/W worked great and like your choice in SS! For me #1 has the strongest comp. Dave

Jan 08, 2017 at 12:18 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Cathedral Falls (New River Gorge)

The SS is perfect in these! Love the water action. I, too like #1, but #3 is nice also.

Jan 08, 2017 at 07:43 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Cathedral Falls (New River Gorge)

The B/W works well, David. The 1st is the standout for me, too.

Jan 08, 2017 at 07:51 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Cathedral Falls (New River Gorge)

vey nice

Jan 08, 2017 at 07:51 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Cathedral Falls (New River Gorge)

Excellent!
Very tempting going out to shoot today with snow covered.
The first image is my fav.
Kee

Jan 08, 2017 at 08:29 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Cathedral Falls (New River Gorge)

Really well done. I like #1 the best but they are all very nice.

Jan 08, 2017 at 09:04 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Cathedral Falls (New River Gorge)

Thanks, Dave, Jim, Vic, Ton Kee and transientgolf. This is indeed a great location. I have more from the area to come.

Dave

Jan 08, 2017 at 11:54 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Cathedral Falls (New River Gorge)

Very nice. #1 is superb.

Jan 08, 2017 at 12:22 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Cathedral Falls (New River Gorge)

Nice waterfall images, black and white is so great for waterfalls. #2 for me, I like the extra spatial context of the wider view.

Heron

Jan 08, 2017 at 12:27 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Cathedral Falls (New River Gorge)

Looks like you caught it with the perfect amount of flow; nice job on all. I like the comp on number 2 the best. If it's possible to bring out some detail from those black areas on the left, I think it will be an even stronger image...Kevin

Jan 08, 2017 at 02:21 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Cathedral Falls (New River Gorge)

Thanks Dave, Heron and Kevin. I'm glad to see the second one is getting a little recognition. While the falls itself is uniquely elegant, it setting in a large open bowl is also unusual and striking. Kevin, I'll work on finding something in the shadows!

Dave

Jan 08, 2017 at 11:01 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Cathedral Falls (New River Gorge)

I really like the color closeup of the stump Dave! Nice work.

Jan 09, 2017 at 03:51 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Cathedral Falls (New River Gorge)

Excellent set Dave. I really like that first image!

Jan 09, 2017 at 07:55 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Cathedral Falls (New River Gorge)

Thanks, Brad and Scott!

Dave

Jan 10, 2017 at 08:58 AM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Cathedral Falls (New River Gorge)

Great set of images. Live the vertical comp in #1.

Jan 10, 2017 at 07:46 PM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Cathedral Falls (New River Gorge)

Thanks, Don!

Dave

Jan 11, 2017 at 10:37 AM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Cathedral Falls (New River Gorge)

Both 1 and 2 are my favs. As Kevin mentioned, it would be worth it to try pulling up those shadows in 2 to see how it works.

Jan 11, 2017 at 01:17 PM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Cathedral Falls (New River Gorge)

Thanks, Mike. yes, I agree with Kevin.

Dave

Jan 12, 2017 at 08:23 AM


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