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Waterfall at Barnesmore

  • peewee3ie
    Member

    Hi taken late this evening at about 8.10pm.

    The waterfall is at Barnesmore Gap between Donegal town and Ballybofay.

    Black and white

    Colour

    C&C welcome

    Tony

    shutterbug
    Participant

    Hi Tony, welcome to the site!

    Waterfalls are always good subjects to photograph, though I find them quite difficult, you
    have managed to get a nice flow in the water, I can’t decide which version I prefer. The colour
    version seems to have a bit of a blue caste going on and I think would be improved if this were
    corrected, the black and white version works well and maybe a little levels/contrast tweak
    would make the whites a bit whiter, well done and keep posting!

    peewee3ie
    Member

    Thank you Jenny for the comments.

    There could be a reason for the bit of blue. The time that they were taken at was about 8 in the evening and the other reason is the lens I was using is for a full frame camera. The camera is a Nikon D3000 and the lens is a AF-D 28-80mm with micro option at 80mm. I am going to go back and try that lens on my other Nikon which is a D90.

    I done a bit more of a touch up on these ones

    C&C welcome

    Black & White

    Colour

    shutterbug
    Participant

    Tony it could be the white balance? Do you shoot raw? If so it is easily rectified in
    post processing. I use Lightroom for processing and the colour sliders are great for
    correcting slight colour castes.

    peewee3ie
    Member

    Generally do shoot in raw. I don’t have lightroom. I had to replace my laptop a few weeks when it decided to give up one morning on me. I am trying to find my cd for photoshop. I have been using gimp for now and it will not work with raw files which pain.

    I am thinking of buying lightroom as I would like to work more with raw. I have tried it out and I like it better than photoshop.

    Thank you Jenny for you help and comments.

    shutterbug
    Participant

    No problem Tony, would really recommend Lightroom, very easy to use and the new version
    I think V.5 is supposed to be the all singing all dancing version!

    miki g
    Participant

    Hi Tony.
    Waterfalls always seem to be very difficult to capture sucessfully, but I think you’ve done a good job here. Personally, I like the blue caste, as it adds a cool feeling to the water. Unfortunately, it also shows the rocks in a blue tone too. The 1st B&W version looks very flat & grey, but in the 2nd version, the water looks nice & bright. Maybe a little more contrast would make it stand out more.
    I don’t use Photoshop, but I use Lightroom or Paintshop pro (cheaper than Photoshop, but good). Considering your current software, I think you’ve done very well with this.

    p.s. Welcome to the site.

    peewee3ie
    Member

    Thank you Miki for your comments.

    I looking in to lightroom and can only find photoshop lightroom 4.

    I also mite look into Paintshop pro as well

    miki g
    Participant

    I think Lightroom 5 is only in the Beta stage at the moment, but I could be wrong. Lightroom 4 gets very good reviews overall, even though I don’t tend to use it too often personally.

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