Wenthworth Falls - View from the Base

[Alpha_7]

Well this is the first chance I've had at photographing a waterfall, let alone one of this size, I have plenty of shots (will put up a gallery soon) but here are two that I liked. Please provide feedback as this is my first attempt, I was shooting with the Sigma 10-20 and enjoyed the interesting perspective it provided.

Oh and yes I have some dust bunnies (I changed lenses in the bush 5-6 times) so it comes with the territory

[christiand]

Very nice results.

These aren't composites are they ?

Cheers,
CD

[Alex]

Love the 1st one, Craig. Great persepective.

Alex

[big pix]

Craig ...... your shots have improved a lot....... I like what I see

[Alpha_7]

Very nice results.

These aren't composites are they ?

Cheers,
CD

Christian, what do you mean by composites ?

These are both just one photo each, but I have combined two different exposures (from the same NEF) to get a better balance between light and dark.

[losfp]

Nice one! The last time we were up there (funnily enough, today we drove past on our way to the Jenolan Caves..), the weather was a bit ordinary.. very grey, so it wasn't as pretty for us.

Did you go allllllll the way down to the bottom? The falls/pool down there are magnificent.

[Alpha_7]

Well I think there was more we could of walked, but having not expected to walk as far as we did, and not having food and water, we went down to where the falls first hit the bottom.
Did you take any shots when you were there ?

[christiand]

Hi Craig,

composites.
Are composites a merging of two or more differently exposed shots ?
Anyway, that was I was referring to.
Merging a shot for the highlights with a shot for the shadows.
If this was the case in your photo, very well done.

Cheers,
CD

[LostDingo]

Nice Alpha, shadow detail and exposure is great.

Walking down is one thing, that walk back up............

[losfp]

Well I think there was more we could of walked, but having not expected to walk as far as we did, and not having food and water, we went down to where the falls first hit the bottom.
Did you take any shots when you were there ?

Certainly did. Check my old post - http://www.dslrusers.net/viewtopic.php?t=14992

The 3rd photo.

We went a bit further than expected too (all 6.5 hours of it), but at least we did have water.

[Slider]

Great shots Craig. The first in particular is a beauty. Well Done

[Alpha_7]

Hi Craig,

composites.
Are composites a merging of two or more differently exposed shots ?
Anyway, that was I was referring to.
Merging a shot for the highlights with a shot for the shadows.
If this was the case in your photo, very well done.

Cheers,
CD

Hi Christian, yes these are two shots merged together, I loaded two different exposures into CS2, and then pasted one over the top of the other, I then used the eraser tool, and brought out the detail from the layer below, then I flattened the image, resized and then sharpened it a little. I felt the process was a little crude, but the result was suprisingly good.

Losfp - It was actually your shots here (I remember now) that made me suggest Wentworth Falls as a good place to visit.

[marcotrov]

Like both shots use of colour, exposure technique and perspective are great. Beautiful location. You seem to be enjoying that lens Craig.
cheers
marco

[avkomp]

my favourite is the first one.

I should get off my butt and get up the mountains and see this stuff.

sTeve

[suzanneg]

I prefer the second shot. The combination of the blue sky, and detail in the shadows is really pleasing.