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Post by snailworks on Sept 6, 2010 13:50:45 GMT 8
Here's some of my waterfall shots, hope all the sifu here can give me some comment to improve my waterfall photography skill. thanks in advanced. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
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Post by Cecil Chan on Sept 6, 2010 20:32:23 GMT 8
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Post by justshot on Sept 6, 2010 23:04:56 GMT 8
I like this.
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Post by Deswitch on Sept 6, 2010 23:05:36 GMT 8
#7 is my pick. I prefer Pure waterfall without any people inside. The rest exposure not that good. I'm no expert in waterfall and I had failed 100% of the times until I gave up. I read somewhere that they use fill flash to light up those darker part.
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Post by snailworks on Sept 7, 2010 9:05:02 GMT 8
Erm... i can see the pics from my screen nie...
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Post by snailworks on Sept 7, 2010 10:35:47 GMT 8
I like this. Yup, i like this the most from the group above too.
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Post by snailworks on Sept 7, 2010 11:21:59 GMT 8
#7 is my pick. I prefer Pure waterfall without any people inside. The rest exposure not that good. I'm no expert in waterfall and I had failed 100% of the times until I gave up. I read somewhere that they use fill flash to light up those darker part. Exposure and metering are 1 of my weak points. Usually when i trekked and reached to the waterfall is mid noon already, the light condition is very contrast. Sometime i don't have much time to wait until cloudy time, so i use ND8 and polarise filter, and i prefer underexposed to preserve the detail of bright area. Is this correct? Is that any related problem with the camera? I'm using Olympus E410. How about the composition too? Newbie beed help... Thanks.
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Post by lowlights on Sept 7, 2010 17:57:07 GMT 8
Composition
#1 is good, inclusion of a human subject is alright .. but I would not
#2 is also good .. but human subject spoilt it for me .. instead of being a scenic shot .. it becomes a candid shot .. so you got to choice what you want .. if candid .. then it quite a fun shot
#3 not good .. too much on the left .. waterfall cropped off
#4 angle so so .. human subject .. can say I like it
#5 Too much fore ground
#6 Fun shot ..
#7 Nicely Done .. if can shoot wider it should add more impact
#8 Should cropped off the grass at the bottom left corner
In general dark area are too dark as point out by Chief .. it is almost Black on my screen...
Underexposing to preserve the detail of Bright area is correct .. but to have dark area become black is not a good practice
I fully understand the pain in shoot in high contrast situation, but that where the challenge is, next time try to average out the dark and bright area and see if you can have best of both world
Alternatively you can preserve detail in the shadow and cropped off the bright areas .. in this case the sky
Just my 2 cents
Cheers
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Post by snailworks on Sept 9, 2010 11:21:35 GMT 8
thanks for the comments.
maybe my laptop screen setting, i can see the dark area quite ok from my screen... i check it out from other computer later... I'll take note about the dark area in the future.
actually i included human in my photos just wanna show the size of the waterfall and let viewer feel that trekker is enjoying and relaxing herself at the waterfall area. I'm trying to introduce waterfalls at Malaysia from my blog, since i enjoy waterfall trekking and photography.
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Post by lowlights on Sept 11, 2010 21:38:47 GMT 8
Just my observation .. If I were to look at a promotional photo(s) about a place of interest, then this place must some how come to me as "Huge" or something like "there is a lot of potential about this place Hence, to me the human element might backfire on your intend. Instead of showing people that there is more to what they see in the photo, the human seems to give a perspective to the place.. hence if the water is not massive (ie the human is some small when standing next to it) .. it can sum up to most that it just a small waterfall. By that just me Case in point #5.. if it was taken wide it would, it would give a sense that the fall is big and the place has lots to offer Might seems like cheating, but I call it marketing Cheers
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Post by Cecil Chan on Sept 12, 2010 10:57:17 GMT 8
Yes #7 is my pick, beautifully done. i would say most of the pictures are under exposed slightly by maybe 1 stop, your histogram should show a small gap the right or the right side is correct (as I see some of the pictures shows a very nice and well exposed sky) in which case the dark will be underexposed. Use shadow and highlight in ps to improve on the shadow to make it slightly brighter?
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Post by marcus on Sept 14, 2010 11:30:35 GMT 8
Generally I am ok with the underexpose area. Good series.
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Post by nmss2 on Sept 14, 2010 21:36:52 GMT 8
Agreed with marcus.... good series. The only thing that i dont like is any wordings on pictures (to me it is a sin..... )
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