Buttermilk Falls (Middle)

How do you like this? The colored original is in the folder, but I

thought this looked pretty good. Slowly working my way back through

the ongoing Waterfall Project to and applying what I'm learning about

Lightroom and color management (I know!! I have lots to go!!). All

constructive criticism is welcome. -Scott

I think it's stronger in B&W. The color is beautiful as well, but I personally find the colors distracting, as this image is all about movement, texture and form.

Mike

Out of all your Water fall photo's this is by far the best in my opinion, with this one a little wider on the right side would have improved it, and maybe a change in position would have ballanced the entry point a little better so that the first bit of the fall you see is framed evenly in the top left corner, still well done and congradulations on the adobe processing.

Regards David.

Mike & David,

Thank you for the comments. I'm partial to this darker B&W picture than the color, and I also agree that this shot is partially diminished by the crop on the right. Unfortunately, I thought the best shot was vertical to get the fall colors of the trees that lined the stream on both sides. The sky in the scene was washed out, however, so I cropped out the top, and after playing with the exposure, I came up with version, which I like. This waterfall is conveniently about a mile from my house, however, so I can go back and try it the other way. I have actually been back there since this photo was taken, but we've received quite a bit of rain since then, and there is so much water going over the falls that it's not quite as interesting to photograph. It's a paradox -- the day I took the shot with relatively little water going over the falls, it didn't look that interesting to the naked eye as it trickled over, but with more water crushing down the falls, it's not quite so interesting once photographed. That is even more true for the Buttermilk Falls (UPPER) that I posted.

I did view both of your portfolios, and they're great. I've not been to Alaska, but those aurora photos are unbelievable since I can't imagine the colors showing up like that in the sky. My New Zealand trip in 2005 is actually what inspired me to take "intentional" photographs, rather than just snapshots, thus getting me where I'm at today.

Thanks again!!

Scott