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Chris Hansen
11-18-2008, 01:59 AM
A moos covered section of Berry Creek below the old Willits City Dump. About a 50 percent crop

Canon 10D
Sigma 18=35
Bogen 3021 w/ 3055 ballhead
Exposure unrecorded

All CC appreciated,

God bless and have a great day,

Chris

Kaushik Balakumar
11-18-2008, 08:38 AM
This is such a lovely scene Chris. Love the undulations amongst the rocks & green moss/algae.
Just for my academic interest I tried couple of crops which I thought of sharing.

1) IMHO, the bottom region of the image until the FG rock was not contributing much to the composition (though it is not distracting for sure). Hence thought of cropping a bit from bottom (& a bit from top).
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3254/3041096476_f4becdf2e5_o.jpg


2) Tried this version below since I felt this upper half of the image could form an interesting image on its own.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3195/3041096554_f75f8b22ef_o.jpg

Just my thoughts... :)

Dennis "Curly" Buchner
11-18-2008, 04:28 PM
Very nice Chris, I think I like Kaushik first repost as the green moss really frames it nicely.

Dick Ginkowski
11-18-2008, 06:52 PM
I think either the original image or the crop works...the crop being stronger and eliminating the glare off the of the rocks in the lower left. Did you use a circular polarizer?

Roman Kurywczak
11-18-2008, 08:54 PM
Hey Chris,
I did a highlight recovery in PS.........pretty agressive with that.........as i wasn't bothered by the lower rock ( I felt it acted as a nice anchor)....but the upper pool/flow was a tad hot.....and I took proportionally off the right.....to aid the comp some........finally a tad of contrast just to add the final pop.
Let me know your thoughts.

Dick Ginkowski
11-18-2008, 09:48 PM
oops...forgot to mention the hot spot on the water...

I shoot a lot of waterfalls...and use a grad (sometimes inverted) to reduce hot spots on the water...

Dave Mills
11-18-2008, 09:53 PM
Roman, I like your rendition the best. A nice and tight comp without the pinkish cast...

Chris Hansen
11-19-2008, 01:13 AM
Roman,
Your rendition looks pretty good. I have started using the highlights tool a bit more. I didn't use it on this image but I must say i like the results. Thanks to you and everyone for all your input.

God's precious light to all,

Chris

Ed Cordes
11-19-2008, 10:31 PM
I like the PS work in Roman's repost. However, i also wondered if the original presentation could have included more on top. The upper waterfall adds to the cascade effect, but being cut off reduces its effect.