Cucumber Falls

GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
edited June 20, 2005 in Landscapes
I just got home this evening from a week long trip, ( I will be boring you all with the photos for a long time ).

On the way home we stopped at Ohio Pyle State Park in South Eastern Pennsylvania. Here are a couple of shots from the park.


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Thanks for looking.
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  • rahmonsterrahmonster Registered Users Posts: 1,376 Major grins
    edited June 19, 2005
    clap.gifclapBeautiful!!!thumb.gif
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  • John MuellerJohn Mueller Registered Users Posts: 2,555 Major grins
    edited June 19, 2005
    Beautiful.thumb.gif
    Keep on boring us:D
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  • MuskyDudeMuskyDude Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
    edited June 19, 2005
    Really lovely shots Brian clap.gif , looking forward to more boredom! thumb.gif



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  • WaterfallRichWaterfallRich Registered Users Posts: 223 Major grins
    edited June 20, 2005
    Excellent! I think you nailed the exposure in the 1st shot. In most cases, I like flowing water silky, but not too long of an exposure to where it's a total white blur with loss of detail.

    This is rather picky and again a personal preference, but you might have tried to have the water flow in the 1st shot to the left of center so it's flowing into the picture. I shoot a lot of waterfalls and I know this isn't always possible because there isn't always a place to set up. It also might have eliminated the overhang which you showed very nicely and there could have been too much debris to the right of the water flow to include in the photo. Did you try a vertical composition on the falls??

    Again, great shots. Looks like a beautiful spot to hang out.
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  • wholenewlightwholenewlight Registered Users Posts: 1,529 Major grins
    edited June 20, 2005
    Really nice.

    I like the first shot better than the second. The second pic is nice but lacks the strong center of interest that the first one has. And I like the framing with the waterfall on the right. The curved line of the rock ledge and other lines lead the viewer's eye to the white waterfall. Very nice.

    Awesome "Velvia" like color too. Did you crank up the saturation a bit or is the shot natural as we see it? (not that it really matters, just curious)
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  • ehughesehughes Registered Users Posts: 1,675 Major grins
    edited June 20, 2005
    Excellent Shots Brian. I really like that first one. clap.gif

    Care to share your settings???

    Ed
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  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited June 20, 2005
    ehughes wrote:
    Excellent Shots Brian. I really like that first one. clap.gif

    Care to share your settings???

    Ed
    I made levels adjustments, increased contrast by 6 and bumped the saturation by 10 (pretty standard for me cuz I like it that way )

    First shot EXIF:

    Aperture: f/14.0
    Focal Length: 19mm (28mm 35mm)
    Exposure Time: 1.1s (11/10)
    JPEG Quality: fine
    Exposure Program: Aperture priority
    Exposure Bias: -1.6666666666667

    Second shot EXIF:
    Aperture: f/14.0
    Focal Length: 19mm (28mm 35mm)
    Exposure Time: 3s (30/10)

    To do a verticle shot and include both the falls and the cascade downstream I would have had to stand in the middle of the stream (not that I wouldnt do that) and I think the trees in the middle would have blocked the falls.

    One of the biggest problems I had getting a composition I wanted was the number of people in the area. They were everywhere, and I didn't want them in the shot.
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  • WaterfallRichWaterfallRich Registered Users Posts: 223 Major grins
    edited June 20, 2005
    GREAPER wrote:
    One of the biggest problems I had getting a composition I wanted was the number of people in the area. They were everywhere, and I didn't want them in the shot.
    I heard that! I run into that problem also. Sometimes they are good for perspective, but most times I prefer no people in the shot.
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