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This photograph was taken while I was working for Kodak. I was a

marketing rep for their digital camera line and I used their 4530 to

photograph this image. It's a small park just outside Yale, CT.

Scenes like this are very difficult to capture, especially with a point and shoot. The dynamic range of the light exceeds that of the sensor, so you've lost picture detail at both ends. The highlights are blown in the water, and the shadows are blocked up on the rocks.

Waterfalls are often best captured with a longer shutter speed to smooth out the water action, giving that "silky" feel. Scenes like this are best captured without the distraction of the branches and saplings in the foreground and autos in the background.