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Taken at Melyn Court Falls near Resolven in the Neath Valley South Wales UK. We'd had torrential rain for a couple of days and the falls were particularly full. I've tried to accentuate the shot by going b/w and increasing contrast and sharpness in p/shot. It seems to print well atnt for A3+ and I'm thinking of getting an even larger print for the Living Room. I'd welcome any criticisms or observed flaws to help with the final print and also suggestions as to where to have printed
| Brand: | Canon |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 40D |
| Lens: | EF24-105mm F/4L IS USM |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 2 May 2012 - 10:07 AM |
| Focal Length: | 80mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/4.0 |
| Aperture: | f/16.0 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/8sec |
| Exposure Comp: | 0.0 |
| ISO: | 100 |
| Exposure Mode: | Manual |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | Off, Did not fire |
| White Balance: | Custom |
| Title: | Melyn Court Cascade |
| Username: | 
StevieM |
| Uploaded: | 29 Dec 2012 - 8:21 PM |
| Tags: | Black & white, Landscape / travel |
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Comments
If you like it, print it!
For me, it can look a little better. The highlights are very bright, and when toned down, theres a lot more detail you can get, especially in the falling water.
The heavy black frame doesnt do it any favours, so I would use it. Its a personal think of course.
Sharpening is a little overdone for me, - and as sharpening and contrast are very much the same thing by different names, contras.
I have loaded a mod to show what I mean, - hope it works for you. I used the highlight tool in Photoshop CS; if you dont have this, and have elements, you can use a layer with mode = multiply, adjust opacity, and mask out what you done want darker, leving only highlights toned down.
regards
Willie
Thanks Willie,
I can see that the water 'wall' is hiding some detail so I will make a few tweaks. I do use Photoshop CS and am familiar with the method you suggest. I tend to use a Black surround on many of my efforts but can see by your modification thaa it's not required in this case.
Thanks for your input .
Steve
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