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Photographer’s Note

A drive up a valley ended with a short hike up a small narrow ravine where this small waterfall was situated. Personally I'm not convinced about the qualities of this picture!, if there are any? What do You think?

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ninadev (5225) 2003-12-20 14:09

Hard question you are asking because it's a very special pic you have here. I like it mainly because of it's abstract feel. If it wasn't for your description I wouldn't have seen at first sight that there was a fall. But the title is right, there is something very powerful about it. So never mind the sharpness, the colors, the composition, etc... I think that it is mainly a photo that you can view with your feelings and not with your brain. Yesss... I like it.

zto (292) 2004-01-15 10:17

I agreee with Ninadev that this is a photo that you can view with your hart and the brain can be left out. :) I like the photo as it is, a bit of an abstract but still you can see that it is a water fall. But, since you asked i'll go in to some technical stuff anyway.

To start with the tonal range is quit good. Even though you have a lot of dark and bright areas you also have a lot of tones in between. That is good. The fact that you have a large area that is very dark and a large area that is very bright makes the picture very dynamic, nothing wrong with that. The big dark area also has a lot of structure, intresting. The waterfall is a bit over exposed but otherwise this is a really nice and intresting picture.

Updated to add 2 well deserved points (was out yesterday)