Falling water

Cornflake

Criticism is always appreciated, but I'm aware of the distortion. Sometimes it bothers me, sometimes it doesn't.

Dr Calohandre

I am not particularly bothered by the distortion but I do wonder if you've properly set your black and white points...seems a bit depth flat to me.

Cornflake

Thanks for the comment, Dr. C. I set the white and black points with care, which may or may not mean properly, and probably doesn't mean 0 and 255. When everything is behind a veil of water, and the lens is getting misted, there's a certain flatness. I did as much as I could to correct it without leaving the scene behind.

Dr Calohandre

Do you feel it is very color accurate? Just wondering if perhaps there may be a reason to not necessarily reset the B&W points but perhaps as well, set a gray point which I think will help to pull the color/contrast up from behind the falls a bit and it doesn't need much to put the force back to the water and not so much in the foreground.

Dogdots

This is wonderful work

ian408

I love the mechanics behind the water. That's cool.

Earache

Ethereal and mysterious, and - imho - just right as it is.
Nice, Don!

Juano

I like this very much! it is surreal. I do agree, however, with the comment of it being a bit flat. Having said that it still is a wonderful shot clap

Cornflake

Mary, Ian, Eric, Cristobal, thanks very much.

Dr. C, I think the color is about right. I took a shot with a gray card before I took this one and used it to adjust the white balance. I'll see what a local contrast adjustment behind the falls does. I think I tried that en route to this version and didn't like the result, but I may not have done it properly.

Eia

I'm thinking....'Indiana Jones'... I'm sure not an expert...but maybe a tad bit of depth only to bring intrigue into the photo or even a little contrast in the background? still - pretty cool!

Cornflake

Thanks, Eia. I'm convinced, and I'll try a local contrast boost when I get home from work. Part of the diffculty with this one is that the slabs to the left were not behind falling water, only mist, and were fairly contrasty. The difference between the slabs and the background reinforces the sense of flatness in the background. I had to process the two areas very differently. If a local contrast boost to the background doesn't work, I may try reducing the contrast in the slabs to reduce the discrepancy in contrast. Although I could live with it as is.

rwells

Hmmm, maybe I just don't know anything about photography, because I like it as is

Cornflake

Thanks, Randy. I tried changing the contrast, though, and I like it a little better. There's no enormous difference.

Dr Calohandre

In most cases it is the subtle differences which make more impact than something drastic (unless of course it is just all wrong from the outset, which wasn't the case here). That little bit of contrast boost for me, keeps the eyes on the falls and gear behind, not the slabs in the foreground.

Jeroen

I expected an architecture photo of Frank Loyd Wright's Fallingwater building... Nice photo though :-)