Waterfall

[PhotographyByKevinD]

Was recently in North Carolina and was able to shoot a few waterfalls. This is one of my favorites. CC always welcome.

[NorthernFocus]

Hi, Kevin. Beautiful fall. NC has some nice ones. I'm a fan of slow shutters on moving water when appropriate and IMO this was one of those times. The effect on the water is really nice. Compositionally I'd like to see either more of the surrounding rocks/greenery or isolate even tighter. This one is sort of in between, not giving me enough of an overall view of the fall nor focusing my attention on a particular aspect of it. But I'm not much of a landscape shooter so take my comments appropriately.

[FootLoose]

I ma not a fan of milky waterfalls but I like this one. That said, like Dan, I feel like the scene has been cropped a bit too tight.

[JohnRostron]

I take the opposite view from Dan and Kevin. I find that slow shutter speeds almost always spoil moving-water pictures. I find that the drops flung out from the stream always enhance the image.

Chacun à son goût!

John

[PhotographyByKevinD]

Thank you everyone for the feedback. I agree with the cropping comments and will relook at some of the other pictures I took to see if they can be cropped better. As far as slow versus fast shutter speed for moving water, it is a matter of personal preference so for now I will stay with the cottony look. I used to be in the other camp and may switch again some day. Thank you again.

[Tronhard]

Hi Kevin, and welcome to the forum.

Maybe I can be accused of having Catholic tastes but I am ok with fast and slow shutter speeds to capture falling water. In this case I think the effect is very attractive and salute you on a great shot.

[NorthernFocus]

...As far as slow versus fast shutter speed for moving water, it is a matter of personal preference so for now I will stay with the cottony look. I used to be in the other camp and may switch again some day...

I'm not in either camp. IMO the choice of ss is situational dependent on each individual fall and the feel that one wishes to create with the image.

[Manfred M]

Welcome to CiC Kevin. Others have already made the comments I would make about this image. Like Trev and Dan I also have no issues with slow shutter speed when shooting water. What I look for is how effective the image turns out, so representing a 3D, moving object on a 2D static medium is always going to involve some tradeoffs. This one works well enough, but I suspect that you are coming close to losing texture in some areas and that would suggest that you might have pushed the exposure just a touch too long.