Copyright Nathan Montgomery, 2008Here's one of the shots I took this weekend on my cousin and my fall colors/NC waterfalls photography road trip. When we stopped to take this shot, we thought we were photographing Catawba Falls, but in fact, we were photographing a pair of falls downstream of the named cascade. Nevertheless, it's an interesting location. The upper right of this picture is actually an old dam. The water escapes through a hole in the upper left.
A quick comment on the photo. I no longer have access to Photoshop. However, my father-in-law has introduced me to a free program called GIMP that is absolutely fantastic. It has most of the capabilities of Photoshop, and for those that it lacks, I just use the Adobe Elements program that came with my PC. I'm very happy with the result, shown here.
Finally, I'd simply remark that this is the first waterfall I have photographed since my class in Oregon. I was very happy with the pictures I took out there, but I worried that my success was largely a function of having an instructor over my shoulder. Hence, I like this picture for a lot of reasons but one is that it reassures me that I did take home some helpful lessons from the class (not just nice photographs).
Nice shot! The exposure is superb, the composition is excellent, the leaves here and there add a hint of fall color, no shadows. I think I can even hear the trickle. My camera is going to cry again when I pick it up.
ReplyDeleteWithout your camera and your program, I wouldn't have nice pictures to show for my effort. Thanks so much.
ReplyDeleteLove the waterfalls.
ReplyDeleteThanks, B. I've got two more waterfall shots I'll post from the weekend.
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