Boulder Creek

[kj77263]

Any tips on improving this photo? Thanks in advance =]

[kj77263]

Anyone? =]

[Robert_Lay]

Yes, the picture is good but please get rid of the frame. There is no frame in the world that can improve a bad photo, but a good photo can be ruined by a bad frame.

[kj77263]

Thanks for the tip! :)

[jetcode]

Sharpening the rocks and processing each element independently may give you more mileage. This is a good composition and the capture is decent.

[GorgeShooter]

What were your exposure settings? I'm guessing 1 or 2 seconds. You might want to try longer exposures (use 3 to 6 stops with an ND filter and try for 10s or more). Doing this would smooth out the water much more.

[kj77263]

Thanks for all the advice! =]

[Bill Boehme]

What were your exposure settings? I'm guessing 1 or 2 seconds. You might want to try longer exposures (use 3 to 6 stops with an ND filter and try for 10s or more). Doing this would smooth out the water much more.

My suggestion is the opposite, but it is a matter of taste. My opinion is that too much blurring causes the water to lose its translucence and becomes an opaque blur.

I think that I first remembered seeing blurring used around forty years ago and since then the technique has often been used to excess. Now, I see it as somewhat of a time-worn fad. My opinion about showing motion blur in running water is that it should be just enough to convey motion, but not to the point that it no longer looks like water. If it happens to be an ugly stream then perhaps a lot of blur to hide the fact might be a good thing.