Would appreciate some words of wisdom about these photos
They're all good. Maybe a little hazy. Do you have a filter on your lens?
If so, use a lens hood instead. It will improve the color and contrast.
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Avoid filters unless you really need one. And yes, a hood will improve your pics a bit and won't cost much. Sometimes we don't see the loss of contrast the lack of a hood prevents, until it's too late.
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Matthew L Kees
MLK Studios Photography School
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[email protected]
"Every artist, was once an amateur"
Photoshop can help quite a lot BUT it also has a rather steep learning curve. Free programs similar to "paint.net" may be more to your liking at this time. It basically goes to what level you want to get to. Should you get Photoshop you might want to consider one of Topaz Labs filters. I've taken one of your images and did a very quick job using one of those filters and have attached it here. Hope you don't mind.
Lens hoods work very well in reducing glare from the sky AND surrounding features, but if you wish to bring out the color try a polarizing filter. Combining that with a 3-5 second exposure on the falls will bring some interesting results. Such exposure, however, may require a neutral density filter.
Good luck and keep us informed as to what happens.
TsB wrote: Lens hoods work very well in reducing glare from the sky AND surrounding features, but if you wish to bring out the color try a polarizing filter. Combining that with a 3-5 second exposure on the falls will bring some interesting results. Such exposure, however, may require a neutral density filter.
This is a good way to go for waterfalls, or even creeks, streams, etc. where you want to capture the motion. A neutral density filter will help as well. I have a couple water photos I wouldn't have been able to get without the nice long exposure and ND filter. The one below is an example.
Of course this was enhanced in Photoshop like, like TsB's edit of your original photo.
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