Athabasca Falls

Athabasca Falls, Alberta.

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Love the feeling of how the image just drops off. Definitely gives my senses the feeling that I was there for a second.

GREAT!

altered_pixel wrote in post #6638811
Love the feeling of how the image just drops off. Definitely gives my senses the feeling that I was there for a second.

GREAT!

Thanks,

It was a nice place.

The whites don't look very bright. Was the water dirty? I'd try adjusting levels to brighten the water. Plus it looks like we should see more off to camera left. Are there more falls there?

Nice, looks like the kind of place I try to avoid. Agree with SwingBopper.

I have seen this type of photo described as a water hang rather than fall. A bit slower shutter speed would have been my choice to give just a slight blur to the moving water. Certainly personal choice though.

This is a dramatic locale. However, I think that you haven't captured its spirit as well as you could. The rock promontory dominates the image and it's right in the middle. Off-center would be more effective. My eye wants to see what's going on on the left side, but it's not there. The water lacks detail. Is this river glacier fed? That might account for the milky look.

When you run across a great setting like this, you owe it to yourself to study it so that you will be able to capture it's personality as fully as you can, including different times of day for different lighting angles.

I think this is a lovely and very well composed image, but I have to agree with the general consensus that it could use just a little more processing. Personally I'd add just a little more contrast and bump up the saturation a bit. Otherwise, well done!

Peace,
Jim

sky nice, trees nice, rock nice, water... would love to see it silkier

Nice angle, looks like a nice place to check out.

Feels like its the edge of the world!

Titus213 wrote in post #6639848
Nice, looks like the kind of place I try to avoid. Agree with SwingBopper.

I have seen this type of photo described as a water hang rather than fall. A bit slower shutter speed would have been my choice to give just a slight blur to the moving water. Certainly personal choice though.

Agree, I would use slower shutter speed, but unfortunately i did not carry my tripod with me.

Thanks for the critique.

SwingBopper wrote in post #6639466
The whites don't look very bright. Was the water dirty? I'd try adjusting levels to brighten the water. Plus it looks like we should see more off to camera left. Are there more falls there?

Not really actually it is not a wide falls, but the rock attracts me most

Walczak Photo wrote in post #6642176
I think this is a lovely and very well composed image, but I have to agree with the general consensus that it could use just a little more processing. Personally I'd add just a little more contrast and bump up the saturation a bit. Otherwise, well done!

Peace,
Jim

Thanks Jim

ccc_javier wrote in post #6642182
sky nice, trees nice, rock nice, water... would love to see it silkier

Thanks