Upper Yosemite Fall Reflection

[Indranil Sircar]

I have been on the road all week and finally managed to process an image for this week's theme. This image is from my last trip to Yosemite... I will be heading back there tomorrow to get some more images of the falls as the water will reach it's peak volume this week! For processing, I used multiple layers and applied Topaz adjust and simplify along with number of adjustment layers for selective colors, curve and saturation. Used mask for some layers and painted over with brush as also changed opacity. Hope you like it...

[Maureen Allen]

Indranil, you are so making me want to visit Yosemite! Another gorgeous image. Love the leading lines and the waterfall reflection.

[Judy Howle]

What a beautiful scene! Good composition and I like the processing. It has a dreamy quality yet still has a lot of detail.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Indranil, I think this is my fave of your Yosemite series! Very nice!

[Arthur Morris]

This is what I love about the image.... Plus the dreamy look.

Two general rules that apply here:

1-light foregrounds tend to be distracting.
2-put the horizon in the center only if the top and bottom are equally powerful.

In your image the top half holds far more interest than the bottom thus the light tones at the bottom distract....

[Hilary Hann]

I agree with Artie's crop, I think it strengthens what is a very nice image. It is the sort of landscape one imagines when going through hypnosis "imagine you're sitting by a quiet stream, blue sky with little clouds, pretty trees, gentle breeze".

[Indranil Sircar]

This is what I love about the image.... Plus the dreamy look.

Two general rules that apply here:

1-light foregrounds tend to be distracting.
2-put the horizon in the center only if the top and bottom are equally powerful.

In your image the top half holds far more interest than the bottom thus the light tones at the bottom distract....

Hi Artie, thank you so much for your feedback. Appreciate it a lot. I completely agree with your approach... my purpose was to see if the reflection holds good here and your repost answered it well. Thanks for taking time to show us the approach

[Indranil Sircar]

Thanks all... really appreciate all the feedback. I spent yesterday at Yosemite and hopefully share few more images in coming weeks!

[Arthur Morris]

Hi Artie, thank you so much for your feedback. Appreciate it a lot. I completely agree with your approach... my purpose was to see if the reflection holds good here and your repost answered it well. Thanks for taking time to show us the approach

YAW. It is my very great pleasure to help serious students (and Mods!) to improve. BTW, I learned the second rule from Mr. Lepp. The first one I think that I made up :).

[Maureen Allen]

I understand the rules and agree with Artie that the image is stronger as he cropped it, but I still really like the reflection of the waterfall and wish it could be included.

[Arthur Morris]

Rules are just suggestions. The artist gets to decide. Here sane folks will just agree to disagree :).

Re-reading you comment however I am a bit confused.... It seems that you are saying that you like the weaker image....

[Maureen Allen]

I think I'm sane

Of the two, I do prefer the OP. I particularly like the waterfall reflection. I'm not especially enamored with the cloud reflection which I agree is somewhat distracting. If it were mine, I would crop such that part or all of the waterfall reflection was included but not the cloud reflection. It may not be as "strong" with that composition, but for me it would hold more interest.

[Arthur Morris]

As my dear friend the late Hugh P. Smith Jr. used to say,"Whatever floats your boat."