Karen Botvin
About the Image(s)
This month I’d like to submit 2 different images of the same landscape subject as I am trying to learn more about landscapes and how others view them. It will be a very helpful exercise for me. Both images were taken with my Nikon Z7 and the Z 14-30mm lens. Typical adjustments were made in Lightroom to adjust shadows and highlights and to assign my camera profile. I like both of these images but for different reasons. But I think I now know why folks say to leave your images sit for a while before editing because I find the reason I like these images is closely related to my experiencing the place and how it made me feel. This is an area in the Finger Lakes in central New York state. I am in awe as to what the glaciers have created so many years ago. Please give your honest feedback so that I can consider it as I do more landscape photography.
This round’s discussion is now closed!
11 comments posted
I am not the greatest landscape photographer, but I have been around landscape photographers to know that the direction of the light and the time of day are all important with this kind of photography.
In this case; is there a time of day when the light falls on the falls rather than the rock face? If so that is the time when you should be taking the image.
But as so often happens, you only have limited time at a particular location, then call on photoshop to help.
I would firstly clone out the rope/vine hanging above the top falls, it is distracting. I would darken the rock face (blue area and this might be done in camera using a graduated Neutral Density filter across the top left hand corner) and lighten the water in a triangular area (red area) so that the eye is led up to the top falls   Posted: 10/03/2021 18:24:05
I think your second image works well as a portrait.   Posted: 10/04/2021 07:23:45
This image works well in either Landscape or Portrait mode, but I think I prefer the Landscape mode better.
I feel that a different angle - off to the left - if it's possible to get there - might eliminate the straight on view of the sedimentary rock wall that is very uneven in the way the rock has eroded over the course of years. That in itself is distracting to me. I realize we only have so much control over things, but if the waterfall could be viewed and photographed more "head-on", and the rock wall is viewed as a side wall, the scene could be shot in a completely different way.   Posted: 10/04/2021 19:59:14
Well done. The simplicity of this single element is a much more powerful image.   Posted: 10/12/2021 21:52:39
I like the vertical orientation of the image the best. I think that this photograph leads the viewer into the image and down the stream to the pool of water at the bottom right. It makes me feel as if I can almost hear the water flowing and it adds an element of sound to your experience of the image.   Posted: 10/09/2021 14:43:43