Free Fallin' Photo

Photographer’s Note

Falls of Whangarei drop 25 m to a wide lush pool.

This one was particularly difficult to squeeze on 200kb limit. Partly because there's lots of small details. And because Konica did a lot of in-camera sharpening. It gave nice results on small size prints, but makes PP more difficult; choice of sharpening should always be left for the photographer.

(Title Free Fallin' by Top Petty on album Full Moon Fever, 1989.)

pierrefonds, asajernigan, AiresSantos, jwmunro, Silke, JPlumb, PixelTerror, vinicio, bakes888, IgorDeleze has marked this note useful

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AiresSantos (41908) 2007-02-26 8:38

Hi Kari,
Very well framed this beautiful waterfalls. Very good exposure time and colours. The contrast could be better.
TFS and greetings
Aires

stefanocer (10403) 2007-02-26 8:49

Nice waterfall , well framed and exposed , nice colours , there is an overall lost of quality , but however a nice image .
Styefano.

emilbo (9307) 2007-02-26 9:08

Bonjour Kari,
Magnifique chute et bonne composition. L'expositon était bonne et donne un bon rendu de la chute. Belle prise de vue.
Emilius

jwmunro (6571) 2007-02-26 9:13

Hello Keri -

You are right that processing should be left to the photographer. I assume you were not shooting RAW with comments about in camera processing. This image does look a bit over sharpened - the running water looks a bit chunky rather than smooth. Otherwise, this is a very nice image. I can just hear the roar of the water and smell the vegetation. Well done!

Thank you for sharing

John

asajernigan (14080) 2007-02-26 9:58

Kari,
Great waterfall. Your composition and POV are nice with excellent detail. The colors and lighting are fine as is the sharpness.
TFS,
Asa

pedru (1649) 2007-02-26 10:32

bonjour
tres belle compo et une tres belle ambiance
tres bel endroit
bien vue
A+

Silke (3023) 2007-02-26 18:00

Hi Kari
I do love the details in these ribbon falls: superb colours and textures, excellent off=centre composition
TFS
silke

JPlumb (3153) 2007-02-26 22:41

Hi Kari, great composition with very nice colour. I agree completely with your note. I don't sharpen anymore until I'm either ready to post or print. I never save an original with the final sharpening now, and I have taken as much control away from my camera as possible.

Thanks, John

PixelTerror (86038) 2007-02-28 5:17

Terve Kari,
I prefer this one to the latest you've uploaded for it shows better the dynamism of the falling water and your whites are also better here. Good Pov and framing.
Have a nice day,
JEan-Yves

vinicio (22356) 2007-03-01 6:03

Hi Kari, a good serie of waterfalls but this have more appeal at my taste, even if colours are a little flat this place and this image are beautiful and lovely, compliments.
Ciao
Vinicio

placombe (7183) 2007-03-01 21:59

Hi Kari
Superb colors and pov. TFS
Pierre Lacombe
Canada

bakes888 (18129) 2007-03-09 3:10

Hi Kari. Hey I been there. I took a heap of photos too. Maybe one day I will upload one. I like this shot though, well composed and exposed. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.
PS and now I have Tom Petty singing in my head ;-)

IgorDeleze (9247) 2007-03-14 4:51

Hello Kari,
Nice waterfall taken from an excellent point of view.
Excellent framing.
Greetings.
Igor

pierrefonds (26117) 2007-03-14 17:45

Hi Kari,

A good POV of the water falls of Whangarei, the photo has a good composition, DOf and nice colors. Have a nice day.

Pierre

Nina (4603) 2007-04-23 4:32

Yes, been there done that! :) But have i done it as well as you Kari? I don't think so, otherwise I would have posted it here or on one of my websites. A little extra saturation would improve this well composed image.