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Opaekaa Falls


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Artist: John Kyriaco;
Exposure Date: 2011:07:17 13:01:24;
Make: Canon;
Model: Canon EOS 5D;
ExposureTime: 1/2000 s;
FNumber: f/4.5;
ISOSpeedRatings: 200;
ExposureProgram: Aperture priority;
ExposureBiasValue: -1.5;
MeteringMode: unknown;
Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode;
FocalLength: 144 mm;
Software: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.4.1;


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I took a number of shots of this waterfall, some with sunlit areas around

the falls, and others with only overcast light, which is what this shot was.

Let me know what you think of this image in terms of if the waterfall is the

main subject, and with the inclusion of the house above the falls. I thought

about cloning the house out, but left it in for a sense of scale.

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I think leave the house in there. Not only does it help with scale but I think it helps the viewer to become more involved with it.

"Who the heck lives there?"

"What a back yard!"

"Could I live in a place like that?"

 

I like the way the light is diffused and pale, but maybe some highlighted spots around the trees to add glow and warmth to contrast against dull grey sky...maybe...

 

Good photo otherwise.

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Paul,

Thanks for posting this photo which is very well composed.  The natural color and the sharpness.  I love it.  Appreciate your comments on mine and thanks a lot for viewing them.  Best Regards,

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Personally, I wish the house weren't there, but I wouldn't clone it out.  However, that is my personal opinion about cloning significant structures, and I'm probably in the minority on that issue.  Beyond the house, what I really like about the photo is the very significant mountain in the distant background.  My eye goes all the way from the plunging waterfall up to a very high peak -- it's quite a dramatic landscape.  I might even lift the camera just a tad, sacrificing some of the foreground vegetation to give the mountain a little more breathing room.  If you had room to move, a shift to the left so that the rock in the lower right corner could be missed would also improve the composition, IMO.  Finally, if the weather ever cooperated, it would be nice to visit this place when the haze wasn't obscuring so much detail on the peak.  I suspect, however, that haze at this distance is about as permanent as the house.

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Hi Christpher, Wanghan, and Stephen.  I would like to thank you all for the constructive comments.  Christopher, I agree that I will leave the house in for scale.  Stephen, I am posting another version with the rock cloned out, and slightly more sky above the mountain.  I gave all the space above the mountain I could.  I will go back and try again as we have 6 more days in paradise.  

Paul

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