-- Keith Anderson (andos@pacific.net.au), June 16, 2000

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I give this "7 out of 10 stars". ;> The tree at the right edge is a bit distracting, and the scan seems soft, somehow.

If you have another shot showing the areas with more rocks and less water better, I think it would make for a more "artistisc" view.

Otherwise I love it. Reminds me of many of my favorite places here. I've gone into "closed" areas for views like this...

-- Keith Clark (clarkphotography@spiritone.com), June 16, 2000.

This is the first time I have tried to resize a big scan file to the 50k to stick here so I have done something wrong. The original scan is sharp as as is the shot. Any tips to get a better resize. Also the color has died in the resize.

-- Keith Anderson (andos@pacific.net.au), June 16, 2000.

Keith, When you resample an image you generally need to apply a bit of unsharpen mask to it. If you are useing photoshop or something similar try starting with settings of amount: 100%; radius .5; threshold 3. You will probably want to tweak it a bit to your taste. Regarding the color, it looks pretty good to me--its really hard to tell when you don't have the original. Maybe pull back the blue a bit ito get purer greens. Nice shot--its tough when you can't pick your position.

-- Mark Meyer (mark@photo-mark.com), June 16, 2000.

This doesn't work for me -- there is way too much competition between the ferns and the falls. You asked on the Q&A board what you could have done differently; I would have tried for a lower angle on the boardwalk itself by either lowering my tripod as far as it goes or by putting the camera on the baordwalk itself and hoping for the best. I do commend you for not wading down just for the shot, though -- staying on the path is always a good idea.

When scanning, just go ahead and make two files. Scan once and size normally, then scan again and size it down for critique. As you can tell, your resizing of this image made it way too soft.

-- Christian Deichert (torgophile@aol.com), June 17, 2000.

Well I've been trying a few different ideas on the sharpening of a photo and thankyou cause it seems to have worked. Another thing is I use a laptop at the moment, saving like crazy for a G4 and 21 inch monitor. Christian I understand your idea of getting a lower angle but guess what this is as low as i could get. It's a beautiful place but the shots you can get are so limited. The ferns while nice, get in the way a lot of the falls, that's why I asked about bush bashing on the other forum. I have never done that in my life but was wondering how far you go to get a shot.

-- Keith Anderson (andos@pacific.net.au), June 17, 2000.

I really like this photo. I see too many waterfall photos that are shots of just the water, no sense of place. This photo puts me in the environment where the falls occur. Unlike Christian, I don't see the falls and ferns competing. The white of the falls draws the eyes first into the composition and then later you see the ferns. I do agree with Mr. Clark, the tree on the right has created a border that is not needed. Good job.

-- John Wiemer (Wiemerjo@slcc.edu), June 20, 2000.