First Waterfall attempt

Ok this was my first try at a waterfall. Other then shooting in harsh light what should I have done different? Any thoughts would be appreciated

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Can't see pics. Is this just me?

#2 has some good blur which is cool. Maybe try shooting it in the early morning or late evening hours when sun is not so harsh.

Both are nice and not at all bad for getting your feet wet with these shoots [no pun intended]; I think the first one works better in this case than the filtered one.

I'd suggest:
- De-centering the fall itself; it's a bit to centered both vertically and horizontally here.
- Include less sky and more of the stream; since there isn't anything interesting in the sky, I'd have dropped the angle a bit so that a little less of it was in the frame and more of the stream where you'd have some additional texture going on.
- I don't know what exposure settings you used, but using a smaller aperture would have given you a little better sharpness in the trees in the background. As it is, there's a little too much blur back there and my eyes keep trying to focus better; it's sort of jarring.

As for the filtered shot:
- The magenta color cast is way too heavy; I'd work on processing that out.
- This shot appears a bit overexposed compared to the first one, as well; notice how the sky went white instead of blue?
- After putting the filter in place, did you refocus? The image just looks fuzzier, overall.
- The long exposure motion here doesn't work as well, for me, as in other shots, simply because the size and makeup of this fall "feel" like you should see the actual definition of the water better (it's smaller and shallow).

love the second one

First thank you all for you comments!

Snydremark,

I really appreciate the feed back. I will be burning it into the brain for when I can sneak away and get back up to this water fall (or I guess more of a water slide) early one morning or late one evening to try this again.

I have to admit is funny looking at waterfalls now thinking how can I take a picture of it instead of I wonder if a big brown or rainbow is holding under there. Dam photography bug

Some waterfalls are just more photogenic than others. This is one that takes more effort than others.
Eric has covered most of the technical stuff. Personally, I would have composed it 'lower' to eliminate the sky and mountain completely as they don't add anything and are a distraction. If there was any way to back up a bit and provide more of a foreground to lead the viewer into the fall it would have been nice.

I agree with Eric that the composition may have been improved by moving the falls off-center to the left to show more of the stream below the falls. For the 2nd shot, I personally think there is a little too much blur in the water for the volume of water flowing. Maybe a little faster shutter speed would have worked better, yet still produced some blur. This is strictly a matter of different tastes, though.

Jon Clemens wrote in post #16227229
Some waterfalls are just more photogenic than others. This is one that takes more effort than others.
Eric has covered most of the technical stuff. Personally, I would have composed it 'lower' to eliminate the sky and mountain completely as they don't add anything and are a distraction. If there was any way to back up a bit and provide more of a foreground to lead the viewer into the fall it would have been nice.

I was just going to suggest this, but now I don't have to