[Scootatheschool1990]

I edited this using nothing but Luminosity Masks. My Goal is to create images similar to that of Chip Phillips from Photo Cascadia. This image was a rushed process to capture in my camera due to the freezing temperature my feet had to endure in the water, so hopefully that doesn't show. ha ha

Anyway, I'm looking to always better my work and I've found that through constructive criticism from Pentaxians helps me out a LOT. So I'd appreciat it if you would drop a comment even if it's short.

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[jac]

Don't touch a thing. It's a masterpiece. I love the echo of the folded rocks in the water flow.

[Scootatheschool1990]

Don't touch a thing. It's a masterpiece. I love the echo of the folded rocks in the water flow.

Thanks my brother! You don't see anything you would touch?

[hks_kansei]

Looks great, I would personally crop it to about the edge of the bottom rock in the water.
Just to remove that empty bit of white water, and to draw the eye further into the lovely background rocks and moss.

[jac]

Looks great, I would personally crop it to about the edge of the bottom rock in the water.
Just to remove that empty bit of white water, and to draw the eye further into the lovely background rocks and moss.

O.K. But keep the symmetry with the background

[Scootatheschool1990]

O.K. But keep the symmetry with the background

Okay, what do you mean by symmetry?

[Scootatheschool1990]

Looks great, I would personally crop it to about the edge of the bottom rock in the water.
Just to remove that empty bit of white water, and to draw the eye further into the lovely background rocks and moss.

Okay. That's a great tip! Thank you!

[jac]

The same curves, basically in the foreground water as the rock folds in the background. Symmetry. So don't crop too much from the bottom. Try to keep the same shapes - symmetry

[Heinno]

Wow! Awesome picture. Maybe a bit more colour for the green grass will draw your eye's attention to it - worth while playing around with it - but keep the original - just in case!

[Scootatheschool1990]

The same curves, basically in the foreground water as the rock folds in the background. Symmetry. So don't crop too much from the bottom. Try to keep the same shapes - symmetry

Yeah, very well! Thank you!

[Scootatheschool1990]

Wow! Awesome picture. Maybe a bit more colour for the green grass will draw your eye's attention to it - worth while playing around with it - but keep the original - just in case!

Thanks! I will do that in my next version!

[linjea]

I think the lens angle and height further increased, the shutter a little slower, streams like the hair even even more beautiful

[nomadkng]

I googled Chip Phillips to see what you were trying to accomplish.

My critique is the "mush" of the foreground, there's just too much out of focus foreground for my tastes. I see it was shot at f16, so you can't get much smaller an aperture so that leaves you with a couple options:

focus stack for better DOF (multiple images of same exposure with different focal points post processed to bring entire scene in focus)

or step back a couple feet if possible.

another idea that may help, instead of having the camera flat or pointing slightly upward, angle it slightly downward, this actually changes the sensor plane in a manner that allows you to "cheat" and get more depth of field. by tilting the 2 dimensional sensor plane, the distance between objects in the near foreground become equalized. sometimes that's enough with wide angle lenses to get everything in focus.

[Scootatheschool1990]

I think the lens angle and height further increased, the shutter a little slower, streams like the hair even even more beautiful

Good call. Thanks! ha ha Nirvana!

I googled Chip Phillips to see what you were trying to accomplish.

My critique is the "mush" of the foreground, there's just too much out of focus foreground for my tastes. I see it was shot at f16, so you can't get much smaller an aperture so that leaves you with a couple options:

focus stack for better DOF (multiple images of same exposure with different focal points post processed to bring entire scene in focus)

or step back a couple feet if possible.

another idea that may help, instead of having the camera flat or pointing slightly upward, angle it slightly downward, this actually changes the sensor plane in a manner that allows you to "cheat" and get more depth of field. by tilting the 2 dimensional sensor plane, the distance between objects in the near foreground become equalized. sometimes that's enough with wide angle lenses to get everything in focus.

Thank you! I was kinda noticing something was off. I think it does need more detail in the foreground. Thanks for the tip too! I will have to try that out!