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Somnath

Thanks Frantisek for visiting and for your comment. All the best.

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Somnath

Thanks Monte for visiting and for your comment. All the best.

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Somnath

Hi Somnath - as you probably know, this is one of the most photographed sites in Yellowstone and, although it appears to be an easy capture, I've found it difficult to capture the magnificance of the falls along with the colors of the surrounding landscape. In this instance, I believe you got the compostion fairly well executed, but the colors appear a bit off on my monitor. I'm wondering if your white balance was a bit off since the green and blue in the image appear somewhat unnatural. This is a problem I've experienced when attempting to photograph these falls in anything but very early morning or late afternoon light. The issue, at least for me, is the dark green of the surrounding trees combined with the red-gold of the canyon walls and the blueish-green of the water. When shooting in bright mid-day light the reflections can be quite awful (not a problem here) while capturing accurate colors of all elements is troublesome. I've had some success by creating two separate images, one metering off the water and a second metering on the canyon walls. I then combine both images in PS and correct any off colors. However, if I photograph the falls in early morning light, many of these issues resolve without having to do any extensive post-capture editing.

One final suggestion: I might choose to crop the image to eliminate the colorless/featureless sky above the falls. This elminates what is essentially a non-complimentary element from the image.

Great composition of a wonderful piece of landscape. I like your colors in this picture. Best wishes, Olaf

A beautiful and powerful image!