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October 30, 2016 at 5:09 pm #19684Daniel NedsParticipant
I made a trip up to Washington with my sister to visit on of my siblings and her husband and we went to Mount Rainer National Park.And in the Park we went on a beautiful hike through the woods past like a few small little waterfalls, then we came to the big one at the end of the hike (picture 2). Picture 1 was one of the smaller ones but it was big for me.
The equipment I was using the Canon EOS REBEL T1iPhoto 1 Information
Focal Length: 29
Aperture: 29
Shutter Speed: 0.4
ISO: 100Photo 2 Information
Focal Length: 41
Aperture: 10
Shutter Speed: 1/400
ISO:100For this Picture, I switched out the sky to a more cloudy and blue sky with affinity photo, which is a lot like photoshop.
October 30, 2016 at 5:49 pm #19685Daniel NedsParticipantMy picture is not uploading. It might be because Its to big.
October 30, 2016 at 6:02 pm #19686Austin VinarParticipantYes, it has to be under 2 MB.
October 30, 2016 at 7:59 pm #19689Daniel NedsParticipantOctober 30, 2016 at 8:05 pm #19691Daniel NedsParticipantOctober 30, 2016 at 8:14 pm #19693Daniel NedsParticipantOctober 31, 2016 at 12:13 pm #19695Dan CopeParticipantI think your compositions are nice! Photo 1 appears to be somewhat out of focus. Your choice of shutter speed was good for a nice silky waterfalls! It would have been nice if you could have been there at a different time of day when the sun would not have been so bright on the right side of the falls. That bright area pulls my eye away from the falls. I think overall you did a nice job with the sky replacement on photo 2 although there are a few areas around the tops of the trees where I can tell. Nice photos! I’ve never been to Mt. Rainier but would love to go sometime!
October 31, 2016 at 5:19 pm #19698Daniel NedsParticipantThanks
October 31, 2016 at 7:57 pm #19718Mr. QuebecParticipantPhoto 1 appears to be somewhat out of focus.
The fact that this shot was taken at f/29 doesn’t help neither. Above f/13-f/16, aperture starts to degrade the resolution. My 75-300mm could go to f/45 but picture quality was horrible!
But I understand also why you raised your aperture that high. You just have to compromise somewhere when you want a long exposure in direct sunlight. When shooting silky waterfalls, I highly suggest a ND or polarizing filter.About the second picture, the colors seem to be a bit on the cool side.
This is the same as picture 2 except it has the original sky. Tell me what you think about the sky change and if you think I did it well.
I think you did a great job. The clouds add a nice touch to the picture. Again, maybe editing the sky to warmer colors wouldn’t hurt.
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February 15, 2017 at 8:14 pm #21597James StaddonKeymasterWaterfalls in Washington are some of the best!!
Yeah, really the only way to get good waterfalls when bright sunlight is on the water is to use an ND filter. I use a 3-stop ND filter; it cuts the light by 3 stops. You can get darker than this, like 6-stop or even 9-stop (or not as dark, like 1-stop or 2-stop) but 3-stop has worked well for me all around.
In my opinion, the editing appears a little over-done. The dynamic range was just too great, but perhaps learning how to use Luminosity Masks could help make a more natural looking blend: https://digital-photography-school.com/exposure-blending-using-luminosity-masks-tutorial/ Jimmy MacIntyre has a lot of great tutorials on how to take care of high contrast scenes like this.
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