Which is your pick? (Waterfall shot)

[roanjohn]

WOOOHOOOO!!! Finally got a chance to be one with nature this weekend.

Okay, I want all of your input on this. Which one is better??

http://www.pbase.com/image/30105061.jpg

or

http://www.pbase.com/image/30105063.jpg

Both taken with 300D, 17-40 f4 L, at f13 and 1/3 using MLU (thanks Wasai!!!).

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[damnengine]

the second one is more interesting imo, shot as a portrait it compliments the height of the waterfall.

[tommykjensen]

I don't know which one I like the most. Its probably because I prefer the water to be frozen - no pun intended - in a shot of a waterfall. For some reason the blurred water doesn't appeal to me - but thats just me I think.

Other than that it is nice shots.

[Scottes]

I like them both, for different reasons. I can't really choose.

The first gives a nice feel for the place I'd say. I like the foreground rocks in the second, and the composition is better.

Nope, still can't choose.

[Calis]

I'll say the first one as long as you crop some of the bottom and the left hand side.

[roanjohn]

Hmmm................Thanks for the comments guys.

I think I am leaning with the 2nd one so far. I actually will plan to blow it up using Costco.

Calis - I might try that with the 1st shot.

Scottes - Thanks............It was hard choosing for me too.

Tommy - I have shots of the water frozen..........It was not enough water to be called a waterfall.............It was like droplets of water :-(

Damnengine - Yeah.......the 2nd shot compliments the waterfall better.

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[elbirth]

I agree with damnengine in that the 2nd one is more interesting. The portrait layout of the picture adds interest because it's not landscaped, and is in line with the height of the waterfall, as mentioned.

It also seems slightly more zoomed in on the waterfall, giving it more focus. The addition of the water at the bottom of the picture, and the rocks, add another element to it, so it helps to compliment the waterfall, and vice versa.

Maybe it's my imagination, but the 2nd one also seems richer in color... maybe it's because there's more of the darker water at the bottom in comparison to the rock cliff.... I'm not sure...

[roanjohn]

Thanks Elbirth!!! You just made it more official.........the 2nd shot it is!!!

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[Sendide]

the second is my choice, would love to see what it would be if the camera was little down, close to the water and rocks , giving some pespective from down to up to the waterfall ( not enough down to get it wet though :wink:
regards
Khalid

[shniks]

Nice shots, I have a 'thing' for waterfalls. I like the second better too, it leads your eye down the photo better.

[roanjohn]

would love to see what it would be if the camera was little down, close to the water and rocks , giving some pespective from down to up to the waterfall ( not enough down to get it wet though :wink:
regards
Khalid

Those rocks are further out from where the waterfall is actually located. I think the photo made it seem, "perspectively" speaking, closer than they appear to be.

OTOH, I also tried taking the waterfall closer from its base but the bright sky made it impossible for me to use a slow shutter speed without overexposing anything - maybe on another really overcast day I will attempt that.

Thanks for the ideas!! Maybe I will also bring a garbage bag next time I go there.

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[Lamplight]

I definitely like the second one better, not that the first is bad though. The second one simply does it for me. :)

[roanjohn]

Thanks Ben.............

:-)

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[clorich]

I agree with damnengine in that the 2nd one is more interesting. The portrait layout of the picture adds interest because it's not landscaped, and is in line with the height of the waterfall, as mentioned.

It also seems slightly more zoomed in on the waterfall, giving it more focus. The addition of the water at the bottom of the picture, and the rocks, add another element to it, so it helps to compliment the waterfall, and vice versa.

Maybe it's my imagination, but the 2nd one also seems richer in color... maybe it's because there's more of the darker water at the bottom in comparison to the rock cliff.... I'm not sure...

Ditto!

[dn7elson]

OK, I'll be the dissenter. After seeing both, I like the first one better. I thing that I miss the closure of the water pool at the bottom on the 2nd one and find more of interest in the horizontal direction than the vertical.

The addition of more foreground rocks isn't as interesting as the addition of more of the setting that you get in the first.

[whowie]

I'm with d7nelson. I like the first one the best. I find the foreground reflection of the waterfall in the second image a bit distracting. The composition of the first image is far superior to the second, IMHO.