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Airedale1
16th of July 2005 (Sat), 17:03
This is the falls at the Hopkinton dam on the Contoocook River. Comments and criticisms welcome.
WhiteFrog
16th of July 2005 (Sat), 17:36
I noticed the blured background right away. Its very obvious that you did this in post processing. If you had used a shallower depth of field I don't think it would have messed up the picture at all and would have blured the background out for you. Maybe focus on the tree in the middle and let the falls by your feet and on the other side of the tree fall out of focus. Also, try using a longer shutter speed to blur the cascade a bit. It looks like a nice location, if its close by try to shoot it again some time.
myth337
16th of July 2005 (Sat), 18:56
man.. that branch in the middle wants to jump out and poke me in the eye!!

can't look at the pic long enough.. ;)

but l think I agree with Mr. Frog here about the DOF... and the much too obvious background blur.
(something I also have to work on.. hmm.. maybe an F1.x lens??)
kenyc
16th of July 2005 (Sat), 19:10
Dang! It did poke me...

KAC
Airedale1
16th of July 2005 (Sat), 19:59
man.. that branch in the middle wants to jump out and poke me in the eye!!

Not exactly a "branch," it might be deceiving from the original angle, but it was actually a huge old oak.
myth337
16th of July 2005 (Sat), 20:30
hehehe... ok.. the Branches in the middle want to jump out and poke me in the eye!!

.. Lee
jopfin
16th of July 2005 (Sat), 20:39
How big are the falls? The first pic is very deceiving after seeing the second pic.........Joe
Airedale1
16th of July 2005 (Sat), 21:56
How big are the falls? The first pic is very deceiving after seeing the second pic.........Joe

Not sure exactly. It's not Niagara Falls, but as you can tell the scale a bit better given that the oak was huge.