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I’ve been interested in taking pictures of waterfalls lately, so I scouted around to try to find some! The only one I could find within walking distance this little falls fed by a culvert. I cleaned it up a little, removing some leaves and trash that had caught in the rocks, then I got my tripod and remote shutter and fired away!
I’ll admit that my composition skills are highly undeveloped, so I’m looking for some help! I think this picture has compositional issues, but I don’t know what to do about it!
One thing I do know is, I forgot to bring my polarizing filter along! I think that would have helped cut the reflections on the rocks, and just generally cut the glare and increase vibrance.
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Well edited. And it was an excellent idea to remove as much clutter from the subject as possible. I would have never guessed it the “falls” were fed by a culvert. The green moss adds much needed color too.
You’ve got the flowing water effect down very well. It’s not hard; it just takes some time to set up with intimate subjects like this, at least as I’ve found from my experience. A polarizer is always nice to have for waterfalls, but because there are no pools, I don’t think it would have made much of a difference, except for perhaps the glare on the rock.
My first thought when I looked at the first image was “I wonder what it would look like vertical?”. So I was presently surprised with the second image. However, I think the vertical one isn’t zoomed in enough. Think about where your eye travels, from point to point in the image. In the first shot, my eye sees first the pretty up-close “falls”, then it moves to the second pretty “falls” behind it. Then, instead of going back down to investigate the soft, mossy rocks around the first “falls”, it is attracted to the white sticks in the top left corner. That’s why I thought it would look nice vertical. It would zero in on those three pretty elements.
When I looked at the vertical one, however, it was zoomed out so far that it included so many other elements that I didn’t even know where to start really. There are four “falls” and none really stand out as a starting line for my eye.
The moss-covered rocks are really pretty, but I think the pictures show to much rock and not enough water. However, I think that the rocks make a nice picture even though I don’t think that is what you were going for.
I had the same reaction as James. I wonder about Vertical because a waterfall tends to be a vertical element. Your exposure is great with just enough time to give the water a sense of motion. For some reason the brown grass on the left distracts me more in the vertical shot. Sometimes changing the angle slightly can help. As you go back and explore this just try different angles and heights. One of the great things about digital photography is that you can explore a subject with exposure, angles, and time of day and purposefully take too many photos. If you do this do take notes and refer back to them when you review the photos.
Great job.
Well said, @Filupsd, “try different angles and heights”. It takes discipline to take notes of something and come back to the same location to try again.
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