This is a lovely waterfall Guy. I like the lush greens against the darker tones of the rocks. I also think your POV in framing up the waterfall also works beautifully. My only suggestion would be to clone out the one small section of bright water; to the right of where the main body of water starts it’s plunge over the rock; as it catches my eye a little. Beautifully done!
I like the composition and the scene itself, but I find the purple water really unnatural. As a stream and river photographer myself, the way auto white balance captures this kind of scene is just awful - like rivers of mouthwash most of the time. Very blue and weird. So I usually will go off auto wb and try to mimic what my eye sees in camera and if it doesn’t hit it perfectly, will at least be close. This needs (to me) a serious wb adjustment to get the water to look natural. It’s basically all I can see in this image right now.
That looks a whole lot better to my eyes; both the water and the greenery look more like they would if I was standing next to you. I didn’t do a lot of work in MA when I lived in NH, but there are some great falls along the border of western NH and MA like Royalston and the ones in that area. So rocky and twisty. This shot represents that well. I see Ed’s point about that little bright spot at the top and also against the rock at the bottom in the back left. Great improvement.
Showing your edited image side by side with the original image is a good idea. Viewers won’t have to scroll up and down to search for the edited image. While doing this, it is also helpful to edit the post’s title to indicate a revised image. Here’s what I suggest:
At the bottom of your post, click the pencil to edit the post. You are then taken to the edit mode of your entry. If you want the edited image to appear first, I suggest placing the cursor at the top before the original image. Otherwise, go to the line after the original image and upload the new image. Since you are in edit mode, you can add new text before/after the images to ensure viewers know the original and edited versions. You can also edit the post’s title and add something to indicate a reworked or newly edited image. For example, some people add (+ rework) after the post title. I hope this helps.
That’s what we’re here for - to help. I notice you took the original image away which will be a head scratcher for anyone looking to see what changes were made. Normally we leave the original image then add the new one just above it. Just FYI.
