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Fungi & Water
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Just back from Killarney and took this shot at the Foot of Torc Waterfall. Does this work?
Thanks
JohnMy answer has to be ‘no’, it doesn’t work from a compositional point of view for me John.
My take on it is that you have not been able to decide on the true subject matter. Is it the water which you have successfully managed to blur with low shutter speed, or is it the little fungi? The fungi attracts the eye a lot when viewing the image, and it provides a lead-in line along the branch, but I think the main problem is where the focus has been placed? The focus seems to be on nothing in particular, in the middle of the image – not on the water nor on the fungi? Personally speaking I would like to have seen sharp focus on the fungi, making it very much the central subject.
The area of greatest contrast is normally where the eye will fall, and in this image, that is the fungi.A big plus must be the way in which you have successfully captured the water flow with a slow shutter speed!
Brandyman is right, but I think maybe he makes too much of a little thing.The overall image is very striking and it would only take a small move in focus to improve it.
Will the toadstools still be there if you go back?
Thanks for the replies , i have to agree with both of you where i should have decided which to make my main focal subject. I was using f16 and should have maybe used a larger aperture and concentrated on the main subject ,which in fact was the fungi. i took different shots of this, i will go through them later and see if one will suit better. As for them being there, I live in waterford so by the time i get there again I would say they would be gone. Interesting to note that while i was taking these ,people were walking past me and heading to the Waterfall , they didnt even notice all the wonderful smaller falls/rapids that were on the walk up to them.
I really like this shot,the dark tones and the vivid greens make it stand out.With the adjustments mentioned above it would be a stunning shot :wink:
Really love the light in this, but as it has been said already the focus is the missing ingrediant in this shot, really hope you have another shot in focus and with that lighting, well done on the water.
Great idea, and an interesting slant on the normal waterfall shot. As above, with corrected focus on the forground, this would be great. I’d also maybe consider moving the camera lower, so that the fungi is viewed more from the side, and not the top. This may not be possible to get the water in too, but just an idea to try out.
Tim
I think if the composition was a little better you could have had a wonderful shot… Its almost there… ye have all the right buttons pressed and technically it looks ok… A good friend of mine – Joe McDermott – took this image a few years back and came second in the ESB environmental competition with it…! Very similar shot in many respects:
Its a wonderful shot I think….!
Richie
Thats a great photograph Richie I can see now where I am going wrong. I found a different one from a different angle. and the Fungi looks sharper.The only trouble with this location regarding getting different angles was, I was balanced on a rock, which the fallen tree was on,under me was a pool that looked deep that the water was flowing into so unless i bring my waders next time… :lol:
Is this any better??
Take your waders!!! I’ve ended up knee deep on a few occasions trying to get that “keeper” shot!! :lol:
Tim
Hi John,
I think the composition of the second shot works better (for me anyway)…your eye is sorta led into the shot.
The colour looks a tad flat (on my monitor), maybe play with the levels a bit?
Looks good though!Do you mind if I do a quick edit for you? Or I could pm you?
John, what do you think of this crop from your second image? I did a shadow/highlight and levels adjustment, and boosted saturation of greens. I cropped it to make the branch a lead-in line.
(Postscript – sorry I did not realise you do not permit edit of images. Let me know and I will remove it. Apologies)
Definately the best of the lot. Well spotted crop – the subtle adjustments have really made a huge difference.
Tim
Good work. Just shows how much potential there was.
I hope steelydan agrees with me – getting from A to B in this thread was what this forum is all about, if that makes sense?
I agree with the crop it looks much better, I dont have any issues with editing my photos.it just shows me what someone is trying to explain (in words) and my understanding of someones suggestions.The original images of mine are not edited in anyway ,i am always open to suggestions and try to get it right first time in camera rather than post editing, which is impossible thesedays what looks good on the LCD does not look good on monitors
Its a learning curve for me everyday
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