Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Photo by: Mr. DeGuiseppi

I use a Canon A620 when I am out mountain biking in the Cascades. For this picture I placed the camera on a convenient rock and set it to Manual and self-timer to 2 seconds. I set the aperture to f/8 and varied the shutter speed -- actually liking this one best which is about -1 stop below what the meter said. Haven't worked on this in Photoshop yet but when I do I plan to get rid of that little stick in the middle foreground.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

I like the way you had properly used the rule of thirds. I colors in this photo are amazing. I just think the lighting in this photo is very dark. I think you should’ve brightened the photo more up. Thus, so it is more appealing to the eye.

JustPlainWade said...

I absolutely love this photo. Everything works together and moves your eye across so well. there is nothing overly distracting and the green colors are great. I think my favorite part of this photo is the movement of the water, and how it kind of has and appearance of smoke. Very well set up shot.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful image. I would like to see just a bit of detail in the shadow areas which are reading as a solid black on my display. The long shutter really adds to the drama.

Anonymous said...

I think this picture is cool; I like how everything has moss on it. I like that everything is still and the water is blurred to show movement.

Anonymous said...

This is really a beautiful photo. I love how the shutter speed didn’t still capture the water; you can see that it is in motion. The light is not too bright just like it should be in this rain forest’ area. You captured the essence perfectly.

Anonymous said...

That is a cool picture! The green color makes the picture so amazing. I really like the movement of the water. Good job!

Anonymous said...

I really like this picture. It reminds me of something you would see on a computer background or screensaver. I wish I could be where this picture was taken.
I don’t think I would Photoshop the stick out. This picture was taken in the nature and of course that’s not perfect. Imperfections are beautiful.

Anonymous said...

This photography is great, the blurred motion of the water is very interesting. They remind me of some of the great work that Mr. Tylczak is doing in his large format camera.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful picture. I like how the branches frame the water fall. It helps to bring the focus to the water fall.

Anonymous said...

This place looks so untouched and the water is very calming. The fallen trees lead you eye around the piece and the water brings your eye back down. My only suggestion is that this picture could have been portrait instead of landscape. I would like to see a little more back ground. Other than that the picture has a good focus and the water looks great1 Good job!
Kenneth from SPHS

Anonymous said...

This is a beautiful picture. The white of the running water helps move your eyes down and across the picture. The fallen trees frame the main subject. Using the rule of thirds worked well with this subject because of the flow of the water. The only thing i would change about this picture is the black spot in the middle. Other than that this is amazing.
briggs sphs

Anonymous said...

This is a beautiful shot! It looks very professional. The lush colors are my favorite part of the piece. It is also very sharp, which looks nice. The composition works well, and i don't really have any suggestions :) great job!

-AM SPHS-