{"id":74011,"date":"2016-05-11T07:34:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T06:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=74011"},"modified":"2016-05-11T07:35:14","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T06:35:14","slug":"photo-appraisal-waterfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/technique\/photo_appraisals\/photo-appraisal-waterfall\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo appraisal: Waterfall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo: Waterfall<\/h2>\n

Taken by: Paul Hayday<\/h2>\n

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II, 9-18mm, 1\/30sec at f\/13.0, ISO 800<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t

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Before: The cliff face on the left is catching more light, detracting from the waterfall in the centre of the frame<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

Waterfalls are wonderful and I\u2019m always jealous of people who live near them. The sound of water tumbling over rocks is very soothing. I live in Essex and, as far as I know, we don\u2019t have any at all.<\/p>\n

Paul sent in a collection of pictures of waterfalls that he took in the Brecon Beacons recently on his new Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II. He has made a great job of them, and has managed to show flowing water without it being over the top and distracting.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve picked this shot to write about as it demonstrates a problem that\u2019s common when shooting waterfalls and rivers that pass through wooded areas. The river carves a path through the trees and creates an opening for the sky which, if we aren\u2019t concentrating, can create contrast that\u2019s too high for our camera to manage.<\/p>\n

Here, the right-hand side of the frame and the water are in the shade, while the left side is in much brighter light. The cliff face on the left catches far more light than the rest of the areas of the image, so my brain immediately tells me it is the most important part of the picture \u2013 because it has a spotlight on it. The cleverer part of my brain knows the waterfall is the main interest, but the clever side and the instinctive side argue, which distracts me from what I\u2019m supposed to be looking at.<\/p>\n\t\t

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After: A neutral density graduated filter would have helped to balance out the exposure<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

A solution might have been to use a neutral density graduated filter, on its side, so that the darker part covered the lighter area of the frame to balance out the exposure. I can\u2019t do that in retrospect, so I\u2019ve just darkened the left side to simulate what the picture \u2028might have looked like. Software can only do so much, so the coloration is wrong in the adjustment, but it would have looked much more natural with a good filter.<\/p>\n

I know there is not much we can do about intrusive objects in the frame, but there is no getting around the fact that a massive length of cut wood protruding across the central interest is going to ruin the shot. Sometimes you have to find a different angle, or just accept that a perfect picture isn\u2019t there for the taking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Expert advice and tips on improving your photography from Damien Demolder. He gives his appraisal of Waterfall by Paul Hayday and offers advice on how it might be improved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1436,"featured_media":74012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[537],"tags":[],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-74011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo_appraisals"],"yoast_head":"\nPhoto appraisal: Waterfall - Amateur Photographer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Expert advice and tips on improving your photography from Damien Demolder. 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