Another Pretty Pretty Falls

OK, here is another local waterfall in Southern Illinois. It is called Cedar Falls and is one of my favorites.

I know it's a little blown out at the top, but other than that what do you all think?

That's a very nice scene. Are you using any filters? You might want to in order to avoid the blown out sky with the longer exposure times.

Nicely framed pic and a lovely scene, the blown highlights take away much of the enjoyment for me as I find myself squinting when looking at the pic. An ND filter would have served you well here.
Roger.

Just saw your other post which says you used an ND here, hmmm I guess as you said perhaps the addition of a CP as well! Either that or multiple exposures!!
Roger.

Bikerider: It was sunny day. I know that played a part, as well - ND aren't as effective.

very nice pic, I'm assuming that a tripod was used?

It looks from the EXIF data that the shot was taken at 12:31. Maybe a different time of day might help. I.E. early morning or late in the afternoon. That being said, I think the composition and exposure are dead on.

Nice shot
SquirrellyWV

I agree with you. It's a great shot. If you could do something about the blown highlights in the top it would be a wonderful shot!
KAC

danster: Yes, a tripod was used.

SquirrellyWV: I took an extended lunch hor and quickly drove and hiked to the waterfall. You have to catch it after a god rain for optimum flow - timing is crucial, and my time was limited. Next time I will try a different time of the day - thanks for the suggestion.

Thanks everybody for looking and commenting. I am a rank amateur - at the end of the day and a good shower, I realize that I'm still just an amateur (but I do smell better).

Beautiful

Please check P.M.

Donna

I've had a little play Hope it helps...

Donna

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Wow, thanks Dragonfli Spirit. Great touch up. What program did you use and exactly how did you go about it?

I would assume photoshop was used---you can use the magic wand to select the blown highlights and maybe even the blown water at top of fall and just do some basic layers adjustments--probably a levels and a curve.

A CPL should buy you another stop

Nice shot, I like the forground detail of the stream and small rocks, nice amount of motion blur.

On the highlights if the shot was RAW you could easily recover them. I would do two raw conversions, one for the sky and upper part of the falls and the other for the main part of the pic, and mask one either with a gradient mask or a mask created by a colour selection.

It's a nice falls, where about in S. IL is it?