It’s a very interesting and attractive shot, Guy. I like the curve of the waterfall and the texture of the canyon walls. I’d be happy if I’d taken this.
There’s a lot of fine detail which, to me, borders on being a little too crispy. Did you use focus-stacking? If you sharpened the image, I’d consider reducing the sharpening some.
Guy, this is an excellent image all around. Especially a single image scene too. Too late in the day for me to comment on the focus item. Never a critical issue until the final print is made of course. Always a challenge in making things perfect…
Hi Paul, I’m so glad you like it. I’ve never printed this series. I’m doing some evaluation of the current crop of Baryta papers, it or one of it’s siblings might make a good B&W candidate…
Guy,
I love the range of B&W tones you captured in this scene and the striations in the rock walls are perfect for leading the viewer to the lower section of falls. Is this Watkins Glen by any chance? Just wondering because I have to get back up there again one of these days. Beautifully done; no suggestions from me.
A wonderful scene! It’s one I would expect to see in color so I’m having to adjust to the B/W. For me the top part, maybe halfway down to the top of the upper fall, tries to pull my eye off the top of the frame, due to the lines, and I wonder about a graduated burn there. Same with the textures in the LL corner. I even wonder about a very subtle dark vignette on all the edges, although the right edge already has such a look and maybe no room on the bottom for it – so make that just the top and left. But all in all a fantastic scene, with the delicate falls against the strongly striated rocks.
The flow of lines weaving back and forth as the cut descends is very nice; the low water flow let’s them stand out nicely. I like @Diane_Miller’s idea to selective darken to focus the eye more central, although I’d consider something like this.
