Waters Rising

[Lumen Miner (Mitchell)]

Hi all!

Last light just before sunset, no orange highlights unfortunatley as this creek is in a gulley.
Perhaps it could do with a tighter crop, yet I found it detracted from the depth of the image. Any input on a better crop would be appreciated. I am trying to put elements on 1/3 intersects.... but feel I could crop this better.

Fernley Park Sydney N.S.W
Just after the waters peaked today during a storm.

Camera Model
Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Shooting Date/Time
1/2/2010 7:04:14 PM
Shooting Mode
Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed )
10
Av( Aperture Value )
18.0
Metering Mode
Center-Weighted Average Metering
ISO Speed
200
Lens
17.0 - 50.0mm
Focal Length
33.0mm
Image Size
3456x2304
Image Quality
Fine
Flash
Off
White Balance Mode
Daylight
AF Mode
One-Shot AF
Parameters Settings
Contrast Standard
Sharpness Standard
Color saturation Standard
Color tone 0
Color Space
sRGB
Noise Reduction
Off




Isolated luminance enhancement on selected plants, rock formations.


Please let me know what you think. Good, Bad, Ugly. It all helps me improve.

Thanks for looking.

Mitchell

[byronpaul (Paul)]

Mitchell,

I'm NO expert, but my comments are:
- love the foresty part of the image, the crispness, colours and setting
- could raise camera angle to loose a bit more of the foreground rock and get more bush in frame
- shutter speed could have been a tad quicker to capture the water flow a bit clearer
- water flow in centre and extreme right too blurry for my liking

Thanks for including all of your shot settings and it's information I can use for trying something similar.

[Lumen Miner (Mitchell)]

Originally Posted by byronpaul

Mitchell,

I'm NO expert, but my comments are:
- love the foresty part of the image, the crispness, colours and setting
- could raise camera angle to loose a bit more of the foreground rock and get more bush in frame
- shutter speed could have been a tad quicker to capture the water flow a bit clearer
- water flow in centre and extreme right too blurry for my liking

Thanks for including all of your shot settings and it's information I can use for trying something similar.

Thanks for looking and your comments!

I would have liked a higher angle, but needed to get to the creek before sundown so went without a tripod. I would have shot it from a higher angle freehand yet my lens doesn't have IS and could only hold it still for 1sec shots which left the water a bit lifeless.

I agree, the shutter speed probably would have been better around 6-8secs.
Parts of the fall do looks a lil' blurry... The focus looks right, perhaps the shutter speed / water flow, giving it that effect of being OOF.

Thanks again for your critique, helps to have specifics to work on and fix for next time.

I'm glad the settings help, thought I would post them for interests sake atleast. Not all are real relevant though.