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Below Potts Falls


LenMarriott

Bronica SQ Ai, 80mm PS, tripod, MLU. Exposure not recorded but probably about 1 sec @ f16 or f11. The usual minor tweaking in PS. Best, LM


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I love these little nice corners of the forest, quiet and intimate! I find the composition very interesting and attractive and I also like the warm and soft lighting. Perhaps a little photoshop on the sky would help attenuate the burning of the branches in the top right corner.  I love how you manage - in this one and the other photos of the series - the appearence of the water: very soft and yet so natural looking, while IMHO this technique is often abused by many other photographers.

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The upper right hand corner contains the remains of the setting sun and has already been photoshopped.  Perhaps a bit more manipulation in that corner would improve things a bit but I was afraid of overdoing it.  Nothing worse than an image that LOOKS manipulated.  The main falls, depicted in my other recent posts, lies just to the right of that setting sun.  The water takes on a black appearance when the light goes. Only the reflections save the day.  I am considering another trip to this area as I think it has more to offer.  Stay tuned.  Best, LM.

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Very beautiful image, so well lit and of an outstanding composition and DOF, very pleasant to view.

The Bronica result is amazing but for sure your handling of this camera is so skilled.

Thank you my fried for sharing it and wishing you all of the best.

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Thank you for the kind comments.  The Bronica, idle for too long now, will soon be put back to work.  Hopefully more images worth posting will result.  Stay tuned.  Best, LM.

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Superb composition, the shore line and the trees lead my eyes and make for "order in chaos" here. High quality colors, excellent detail, nothing to nitpick for me here.

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I feel like I did in school when I got a good grade in a difficult subject from a respected teacher  (didn't happen often).   :-)  All the more incentive to pick up the Bronica and get shooting with it again.  Best, LM.

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Rich color and the details of the FG  along with the water turbulence along the bend are stunning. Nice framing with the trees on the banks. The sky in the right upper corner is just too bright. Consider using gradient tool here or cropping to make it a landscape pattern.

Thank for working on my yellow flower post, I love it. Regards, ifti.

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Love the color and light here. As stated before the water has a soft appearance that works very well.

I am curious, Len, have you considered HDR for this scene? It might add more reflection to the water areas that are bright.

Overall I like the picture a lot.

Best

Arnav

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Thanks for your critique with suggestions on how to improve this one.  I'm not familiar with the optimum procedure required to increase the dynamic range.  Working from the scan I get from my negative I usually play around with isolating the section I want & then manipulating the contrast , shadow\highlight, saturation, or sharpness until it looks good to me.  If you have an easier\more productive work flow I'd be pleased to learn it.  Your interest is appreciated.  Best, LM

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Opps, almost missed you there.  Yah, the bright area concerns me too.  I've already toned it down with the Burn tool and some highlight control.  Perhaps with some work as Arnav suggests or your suggestion I'll really be able to get a handle on it.  Stay tuned while I experiment and try to learn how to properly use these tools.  This location is very dark and even the fading evening sky was too bright to be able to record everything with detail, in spite of using a low contrast film.  Perhaps I should have waited a few minutes longer to attempt the exposure.  Thanks for your interest.  Best, LM.

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I have read some of the comments that talk about high-lighting in the upper right corner, But apparently did not pay attention to the darkness of the other side.


From pure black to pure white, maybe the whole rage of Ansel Adams's Zone System. I think the film that can accommodate this broad rage of contrast was not made so far.  


Beside that the colors are very natural and beautiful.


Len, really you did a great job.

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Good to have your views on this one.  It was taken on film left over from a wedding I shot a few days earlier so it is an inherently low contrast film, more able than most to retain detail in both highlights and shadows though this scene was a challenge even for it.  Originally left in my 'discard' file it kind of grew on me so I ran it through Photoshop for some minor tweaking (reduce highlights, increase saturation, sharpening) and then decided to throw it to the wolves. (PN critics)  I've been pleased with the responses.  Best, LM.

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