1st attempt at waterfalls

AndMan

Managed to get out to a national park a couple of hours from home and got my first chance to shoot real waterfalls.

These are from a place called Lumsdale Valley in the Peak District National Park here in the UK.
There hadn't been any rain in a while, which was a good thing as I was able to make my way out onto the moss covered rocks in the stream.

All c&c much appreciated.

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Thanks for looking

karlabbott

These are rather nice, especially for a first attempt at waterfalls.

A few nitpicks:

* In #1, there is some greenery on the upper right hand side that was obviously blowing around.
* In #2, you have a bit more light than you want shining on the scene. When it's overcast and/or raining, that's the best time to shoot waterfalls as you need that soft light to best expose these tricky subjects. Same thing happened in #6.

Your compositions are overall generally pleasing. If you haven't seen this set of tutorials yet, I highly recommend: http://ronbigelow.com/articles/waterfalls-1/waterfalls-1.htm -- fascinating resource, quite frankly.

Excellent first waterfall shoot and look forward to seeing more!

Icebear

And I echo the sentiment that they are very pleasing images.
Did you use a ND filter? If so, what density?

AndMan

karlabbott wrote: »

These are rather nice, especially for a first attempt at waterfalls.

A few nitpicks:

* In #1, there is some greenery on the upper right hand side that was obviously blowing around.
* In #2, you have a bit more light than you want shining on the scene. When it's overcast and/or raining, that's the best time to shoot waterfalls as you need that soft light to best expose these tricky subjects. Same thing happened in #6.

Your compositions are overall generally pleasing. If you haven't seen this set of tutorials yet, I highly recommend: http://ronbigelow.com/articles/waterfalls-1/waterfalls-1.htm -- fascinating resource, quite frankly.

Excellent first waterfall shoot and look forward to seeing more!

Thanks for the feedback and the link Karl, it is much appreciated.
This place is in a wooded area but the sun did break through causing the blown out areas.

AndMan

Icebear wrote: »

And I echo the sentiment that they are very pleasing images.
Did you use a ND filter? If so, what density?

Thanks for commenting.
I used an ND8 to generate 3-5 second exposures @ f8-f11
Since there wasn't a significant flow of water this was the only way to get close to what I was aiming for.

WernerG

I would suggest trying a few shorter exposures. These gentle waterfalls often have concentrations of internal flow lines within overall flow that can add contrast and visual interest. You might try a few at 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 and see if you like them. The longer exposures create a more featureless, misty appearance that is also attractive but the shorter exposures still show motion but retain more structure within the flow.