Meetus Falls - Updated

[johnd]

Meetus Falls is in a forest reserve on the East Coast of Tasmania.
This is an HDR merge of 5 images. I liked the light even though it was pretty much middle of the day.

UPDATE: I played around with he image a bit last night and like it a lot more now. First is original, second is after a play.







Cheers
John

[Laurie]

I'd like to see a larger pics.. and from what I can see it needs a little more contrast(?)

[johnd]

Hi Laurie,

The monitor I use at home is very very bright and I think I've toned the brightness of the image down a bit too much as a result. The other thing it could be is that being an HDR, it tends to loose contrast. I'll try adding a touch of contrast in the vegetation to the side of the falls using curves to see if that make the image a bit mote punchy.

I've added a couple zoomed out shots below to give an appreciation of the entire waterfall.




Cheers
John

[Killakoala]

It's looks a nice spot John. One of the problems with HDR images I've found so far in my few attempts is that they can tend to look very unnatural. Your images however do look natural. Some people prefer this but others prefer the exaggerated HDR style. This image is the style that National Parks people would have in their brochures.

[TonyH]

Great shots John.

How far are the falls from Hobart?

[johnd]

Hi Tony, they are about 200 Kms. There's another 2 sets of falls within 20 or so Kms of these ones. I'll be going back there again soon to get some more shots of all 3 falls.

Hi Steve, I play around with HDR a bit and try different techniques in PPing. Ususally the HDR generation and tone mapping is just the first steps and I do a whole lot more in photoshop. Some images look good with an over the top HDR treatment and some work best with a more subtle treatment. It's all a lot of fun learning what works and what doesn't.

Ohh, extra image added in original post.


Cheers
John