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Uvas Canyon County park happens to be on the rain shadow (eastern side) of the Santa Cruz mountains. It gets some flow during the winter and during the 2017/18 season the rain washed out the road restricting access to the park. I had realized rather late in 2019 that the road was repaired and the park was open again. After an unseasonal rain over the Labor Day weekend, I ventured out with the expectation that there will be more than a trickle, but enough for me to get in to the channels to make some images of the flowing water.

Here are two of the images from that trip. Your critiques help me learn and improve and is very much appreciated.

The sun was relatively high, but the canopy allowed me the opportunity to optimize it.

Image finalized from 5 bracketed shot much later in the day.

Edited on Aug 06, 2019 at 04:16 PM · View previous versions

Aug 06, 2019 at 03:21 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Whatever little stream flow we can get in the Bay Area

That first image is a beauty! Nice flowing water and the sunstar is so sharp and brilliant.

Aug 06, 2019 at 04:08 PM

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dallvr wrote:
That first image is a beauty! Nice flowing water and the sunstar is so sharp and brilliant.

Thanks a lot Shirley.

Aug 06, 2019 at 04:15 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Whatever little stream flow we can get in the Bay Area

Two very pleasing images, Bibek.

Aug 06, 2019 at 07:25 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Whatever little stream flow we can get in the Bay Area

First one is an amazing shot. Way to visit a less well known spot and take a beauty of a shot. I will say that for someone reason I find the contrast between the high level of detail in the upper half of the image and the smooth and silky feel of the bottom half of the image to be slightly unsettling. I'm sure it's just me though.

Aug 06, 2019 at 11:26 PM

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KCollett wrote:
Two very pleasing images, Bibek.

Thank you Ken..

Aug 07, 2019 at 01:57 AM

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dakel wrote:
First one is an amazing shot. Way to visit a less well known spot and take a beauty of a shot. I will say that for someone reason I find the contrast between the high level of detail in the upper half of the image and the smooth and silky feel of the bottom half of the image to be slightly unsettling. I'm sure it's just me though.

Derrick,

Thanks a lot for your comment on the image regarding the sharpening contrast. I did mask out the sharpening on the lower water because it was blurred by the long exposure anyway. But if that is an eye sore, then let me try to reduce the sharpening on the upper part to reduce the contrast between the two parts. It's just a matter of reducing the opacity on the sharpening layer so a relatively easy change. Will try it later this week.

Thanks a lot and I sincerely appreciate the input.

Bibek

Aug 07, 2019 at 02:01 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Whatever little stream flow we can get in the Bay Area

Very well seen! Lovely images.

Aug 07, 2019 at 06:50 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Whatever little stream flow we can get in the Bay Area

Both are nice with #1 being my fav. To be honest I don't think you could improve on this pic as its a strong comp, there are no hot spots, you kept the shadows as shadows, and the sunstar adds a nice finishing touch.

Aug 07, 2019 at 07:51 AM

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guidostow wrote:
Very well seen! Lovely images.

Thank you very much.

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dbehrens wrote:
Both are nice with #1 being my fav. To be honest I don't think you could improve on this pic as its a strong comp, there are no hot spots, you kept the shadows as shadows, and the sunstar adds a nice finishing touch.

Dave,

I had to sharpen the upper part differentially to augment the sunstar. Since this was made in-camera, I needed to increase the clarity on it. This may have caused the disparity in sharpness. However, I felt that the transition from the smooth to the sharp and eventually the sunstar helped draw the eyes in to the frame. Thanks a lot for your feedback.

Bibek

Aug 07, 2019 at 12:24 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Whatever little stream flow we can get in the Bay Area

nicely done Bibek.. the first is my favorite also

Aug 08, 2019 at 02:52 AM

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kmunroe wrote:
nicely done Bibek.. the first is my favorite also

Kenny,

Thank you very much..

Aug 08, 2019 at 07:09 PM


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