Falls of Clyde.

Welcome both to the site and to the Critique Gallery in particular, David. This is the area where you can't get votes or awards, but will get detailed feedback on your pictures. And what we've got is a nicely-composed picture of a very attractive waterfall, with a large but not-too-intrusive logo in the corner. It's not an effective deterrent to theft, and adds nothing to the image, so I'd always suggest posrting without one. I assume that you chose f/22 to get the slow shutter speed for the white water effect - sheer quality will be suffering as you stop down that far. Depth of field would be fine anyway, I think, if you focussed 1/3 of the way into the depth of the image. For instance, on the mossy rocks that are the main subject of the picture. Two thoughts. First, i think I detect an HDR-type filter - it owuld be good to see the unedited image as it came from the camera. True HDR can be great for bringing out detail in shadows and highlights, melding data from several exposures at different settings, but HDR filters tend to reduce contrast while muddying detail. And second, is there a slight tilt to this? The way the water is falling, I wonder if a degree or so of clockwise rotation would be good. A lovely location, and a competent image - I look forward to seeing more of your pictures.

Welcome both to the site and to the Critique Gallery in particular, David.

This is the area where you can't get votes or awards, but will get detailed feedback on your pictures.

And what we've got is a nicely-composed picture of a very attractive waterfall, with a large but not-too-intrusive logo in the corner. It's not an effective deterrent to theft, and adds nothing to the image, so I'd always suggest posrting without one.

I assume that you chose f/22 to get the slow shutter speed for the white water effect - sheer quality will be suffering as you stop down that far. Depth of field would be fine anyway, I think, if you focussed 1/3 of the way into the depth of the image. For instance, on the mossy rocks that are the main subject of the picture.

Two thoughts. First, i think I detect an HDR-type filter - it owuld be good to see the unedited image as it came from the camera. True HDR can be great for bringing out detail in shadows and highlights, melding data from several exposures at different settings, but HDR filters tend to reduce contrast while muddying detail.

And second, is there a slight tilt to this? The way the water is falling, I wonder if a degree or so of clockwise rotation would be good.

A lovely location, and a competent image - I look forward to seeing more of your pictures.