Thornton Force

[John_Nevill]

I'm back from a week in the Yorkshire Dales and what a picturesque part of the world it is.

I've never seen so many waterfalls!

Here's my favourite, Thornton Force near Ingleton (its worth the walk)

5D + EF24-70, f22 @ 0.6 sec, ISO 50 (RAW converted in Silkypix).

I found there was no rule of thumb for getting a smooth yet detailed watery effect. It all depends upon the speed of flow. Too slow a shutter yeilds a milky white mush, too fast and its frozen. Good old "trial and error" plus a sturdy tripod!

 

[Asher Kelman]

Hi John,

Pictures of moving water can be so different depending on the recording system and the shutter speed of course. I was surprised and awed by Jim Collum's photographs of the sea shore waves taken with a BetterLight scanning back. The timing of the lateral image capture sweep gives incredible effects.

I like your picture. It is very interesting to see the progessive levels of the falls zig zagging from the top. I wonder whether you might consider sharpening and increasing the contrast somewhat to the rocks on the left selectively so that the rocks become more important and draw the eye to the waterflow there as well as the main part of the picture. This is because I feel that the tree on the right is incomplete so that the features on the left may now draw the interest so that there is more equilibrium as well as dyhnamic interest for the eyes.

Anyway, irrespective of my ideas, this is a beautiful picture and is perfectly enjoyable and does not need any changes.

Asher

BTW, is the rust colored center of the water streams due to mud sediment, suggesting a seasonal increase in flow?

 

[John_Nevill]

Thanks Asher,

Although a quick PP, I found silkypix retained the true colours of the water, rocks and foilage. LR immediately made the overall image more contrasty and less colour real. I'll defintely try the selective sharpening and contrast adjustment. Thanks for the tip!

Spot on, the brownish tinge to the water is peat. Some say it's beer-like, in the "Yorkshire bitter" sense. But i'm a Guiness drinker, so all beers look blonde to me!

Here's Hardraw Force brought to recent acclaim by a well known US actor!

Can you name the actor and film?

 

[John_Nevill]

Asher,

Here's the revised image based on your recommendation.

I like it, selective sharpening and contrast adjustment adds more dimension to the image. Although the CS3 bicubic sharper downsizing may have over emphasised the detail.

The full size image looks more subtle, now to print it out at A3.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Shazzam! John, I like the added power!

Asher