Fall Creek

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What artistic feedback would you like if any? Any

Pertinent technical details or techniques: Nikon D3300, 18-55 mm @42 mm, iso 100, f/29, 4 sec.

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I like how harmonious the colors are in this image. And the subtle “diagonal” composition works well, too. But I find my eyes wandering a little bit in the image trying to find something to focus on. I think the “waterfall” is quite nice but I would like to see more texture on the highlights and I think more isolation would look really nice. Perhaps you could elaborate more about the reasoning behind the composition. What attracts you to this scene?

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Adhika, Thank you for your input. This photo was taken about 4 years ago when I first reacquainted myself with photography since the days of film. My attraction to the composition was the colors of the season and my focus was on the little waterfall as I was experimenting with slow shutter speeds.

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Nicholas,

Welcome to NPN! Great to have you here. This is a very nice autumn intimate scene. I like how you chose to zoom in a bit to compose this. There’s a nice balance between the rock, the flowing water and the scattering of autumn leaves.

I think the composition works well. Technically, this looks a little soft. Not sure if it’s a focus thing or the quality of the lens at f/29? The depth of field looks pretty good as one would expect. But this just doesn’t seem to have the sharpness I would expect. Not sure what you did in post for sharpening and again what kind of resolution you’re getting at f/29.

The only other suggestion I have would be to shift the color balance a little cooler; this seems to be a little on the yellow/warm side. Not a bad thing for an autumn scene, but even in autumn I would expect this scene to have some cooler tones in there.

I’m wondering too if you have a little extra room at the bottom, or is this the edge of the frame? Bonus material if there was just a touch more room at the bottom to see more of the bottom cascade.

Thanks for sharing!

Lon

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Thanks Lon for your help. I don’t remember what I did in post, this was just after I got my first DSLR. This was cropped from a larger image, I’m sure there is more room at the bottom. I have to get the old raw file and work on it.