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Andy brown

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Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Actually Andy,

I’m great at being mesmerized by waterfalls, But, frankly, I must admit, that for me, actually framing a waterfall can be daunting!

They’re a huge puzzle with so many possible elements to include or exclude.

.........., for me, worse than having to use a stick-shift to drive my model T Ford or knowing which of 7 pairs of cutlery I’m supposed to use in a formal banquet in some posh English banquet!

So my custom now is to map out the entire area of the falls and all around them, with overlapping shots and when I get home I stitch and then decide!

What about you, Andy and anyone else, who admits that framing a waterfall can be damn hard to do perfectly on first visit to the location.

Does one include the whirlpool beyond where the water crashes? What about secondary falls and the snaking river below?

Do you freeze the action or use slow shutter speed and go for a creamy look?

I do both, LOL!

Asher
 

Andy brown

Well-known member
Yeah Asher, waterfalls are hard.
I think part of the difficulty lies in the fact that they are so all consuming in
person and therefore hard to do justice to. I quite enjoy the battle to create compositions with slightly abstract stuff.
Makes me look harder and see more.
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Yeah Asher, waterfalls are hard.
I think part of the difficulty lies in the fact that they are so all consuming in
person and therefore hard to do justice to. I quite enjoy the battle to create compositions with slightly abstract stuff.
Makes me look harder and see more.

Exactly!

I am so happy to find another soul who feels the similar daunting arrays of hard choices.

Asher
 
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