Bushkill Falls

TristanPTristanP Registered Users Posts: 1,107 Major grins
edited October 18, 2005 in Landscapes
The wife and I were up in the Poconos this weekend hiking, rafting, and paintballing (great fun!). We were at Bushkill Falls on Friday and I got to try my ND filters for long exposure shots. Here are a couple as well as a link to the gallery. I couldn't get any good shots of the main falls due to the spray in the air, but I think these are ok.

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Gallery link
panekfamily.smugmug.com (personal)
tristansphotography.com (motorsports)

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Comments

  • WaterfallRichWaterfallRich Registered Users Posts: 223 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2005
    Very nice!
    Looks like a beautiful area. If you have a polarizer, you might try using it 1st. It really does wonders in reducing glare and enhancing colors - even on foliage. Here are samples of 'with and without'. If you are shooting in overcast conditions, a polarizer is often enough to allow slower shutter speeds for silky water. If not, add an ND filter on top of the polarizer.

    Enjoyed your gallery shots also thumb.gif
    Rich Stevenson
    Smug Galleries - Other Images
  • wholenewlightwholenewlight Registered Users Posts: 1,529 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2005
    My thoughts (I'd call them my two cents but they're probably worth less than that amount :): ):
    1. Really nice shots, I love Bushkill Falls (except all the stairs:D ) and you've created some nice images. Very pleasing with the soft flowing water - good work with the new ND
    2. My only thought for improvement. The green cast to the shot is interesting and accentuates the heavy foliage but is maybe a little too much for me.
    I played around with one of your shots. Only did one thing to it. Opened it in PS, went to levels, and clicked the highlight eyedropper on the brightest spot on the water.

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    improvement?? it's all subjective opinion.

    Thanks for sharing your good water shots.
    john w
    http://cspics.smugmug.com/

    I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
    Edward Steichen

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