Title: "Taughannock Falls"
Camera / Lens: Canon 40D 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Shot data: 1/3s f/11.0 at 28.0mm iso100
6390 - Sun and Clouds
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Taughannock Falls
This shot is of Taughanock Falls located in Taughanock Falls State Park in Trumansburg, NY (the Ithaca, NY area). Taken Sunday before last on day 9 of our recently completed NY RV trip. It is interesting to me, being from Houston where 100% of all waterfalls are created by landscapers, how each of these waterfalls has its own distinct characteristics: this is "the tall one."
Title: "Taughannock Falls"
Camera / Lens: Canon 40D 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Shot data: 1/3s f/11.0 at 28.0mm iso100
Title: "Taughannock Falls"
Camera / Lens: Canon 40D 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom
Shot data: 1/3s f/11.0 at 28.0mm iso100
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7 comments:
Nice vertical pano. Good job on the exposure/shutter speed producing a smooth ribbon of water. Good detail in the rocks. Well done.
Thanks Larry!
This was a spectacular waterfall to see in person! We had originally intended to visit Niagara Falls but didn't realize how far away it was from Ithaca, NY. Being able to see so many of the beautiful Ithaca area waterfalls helped make up for the disappointment of not getting to Niagara.
Cheers!
Barry
The 1/3 second for shutter speed did give the water the appearance of a lace curtain. If you want to test variations you could remove the softer people by cloning or cropping on the right.
Nice shot Barry. I do like the silky effect here.
Did you consider cloning out the sky and replacing it with trees to see if your eye stayed within the falls, and did not creep up to the sky?
Just a thought.
DHaass
Thanks for your comments Wayne and Doug!
Wayne - I like having the people in the photo to provide a sense of scale for the waterfall. I know the trees kind of do that but the size of a tree is pretty variable and doesn't provide as known a reference point as people do. I realize having the tourists in the shot disqualifies it as a Nature shot but my hope is that they make the shot more interesting overall.
Doug - For some shots I take I don't have any reservations about doing the type of cloning you are talking about. On this particular shot, however, I wanted to keep it more documentary to help remind me of my actual visit. I do see your point and I wouldn't mind changing the sky to help with the problem. Maybe I could darken it or replace it completely with a dark blue sky and possibly even add a very discrete vignette?
Cheers!
Barry
Or how about some of those Steve Schuenke cloud brushes to liven up the sky? I also like the people and am glad you included them for the scale. Nice image, and even if it is not a "nature" shot (aren't humans natural???) it would still work for Summer in Texas! Oh, never mind, you weren't in Texas...too bad.
Cindi
Thanks Cindi!
I'll go home tonight and break out my "cloud brush"! :-)
Cheers!
Barry
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