Yosemite_(Bridal_Veil_Falls)_May10__342

I like the view across the river and the natural looking colours, the rocks textures look great behind the layer of trees.  I am thinking that the low ISO and small aperture you used that you were aiming for slow shutter speed?

The resulting water flow looks good but unfortunately there are a lot of blown highlights in the sky resulting in loss of cloud detail.

I am just wondering if a PP grad filter would help recover it, or maybe a B & W rendition would be a good alternative?

A very nice landscape all the same!

Best Regards

Alf

I think this is very beautiful, but do agree with Alf, however I cannot offer any suggestions, I am terrible at landscape. But Alf is very good and perhaps his suggestion will help. The mountains and water are beautiful.

I have a friend who uses filters (lee filters) but they are very expensive and quite the set-up. I don't think I could ever afford to get into using them. I hope Alf can help or perhaps others will have suggestions to help you rescue this wonderful capture.

All the best, Gail

Hello Gregory

I think the framing is fine here with the peaks rising up to the corners. The flowing water adds some life and a different texture. The bits of vegetation a the bottom adds a bit of depth although I would clone out the rock on the bottom left of the frame. I agree with the above that the sky is complete blown. It looks like some recovery was attempted but wasn't successful. I don't know if this was a RAW or jpeg. I harp about shooting in RAW to get the best possible image or at least RAW + jpeg whenever I get the chance. A set of bracketed exposures would capture the dynamic range and they can be processed in a realistic manner if you don't like the HDR look. A polariser might help take some of the glare off the water. I find the image a bit flat and cool and my preference would be to increase the contrast and warm it up a bit. Since I don't think the sky can be saved I would just make a new one. I did some playing around to see what I could come up with and submit it for your consideration. You would get better results with the original file. Maybe not to your taste at all, just my 2 cents.
Regards

Greg
 

Hi Gregory, I like what you did with the sky, it was a totally overcast late afternoon when the photo was taken.  If I knew how to change skies in CS6 I would do it.  I don't think that I used a CPL; however, it's very possible that I did.  The shot was definately taken from a tripod, so that's why I think I had a CPL on the lens.