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Sheldon Katz
{K:-287} 4/17/2006
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My kind of picture! I have lots of these in my portfolio.
I assume you get out early in the day to take these.
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Lea Mulqueen
{K:7396} 8/9/2005
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Absolutely stunning. One of the nicest aterfall photos I have ever seen. Perfect shutter speed!
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Kevin Collier
{K:19076} 7/28/2005
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I don't know how I miised this shot - this is a real beauty - the flow of the water effect is perfect - the dark tones at the bottom push the eye to the water - well done - K
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painsama
{K:4902} 7/26/2005
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Amazing work. One of the best waterfall shots.
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Brenda Guiles
{K:6128} 7/17/2005
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I think this one has to be my favorite out of all of the water fall shots! I love the dark colors found in the rocks and of course love the efrfects of a slow shutter here! This is simply a spectacular view. You are a perfectionist and I can appreciate that, the postworked version is much more refined then the original and know that I don't think I would have done it any different. Congrats on the award, it is well deserved! :)
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Angelo Villaschi
{K:49617} 7/16/2005
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É... hoje em dia qualquer pé-rapado como eu ganha prêmios por aqui :)
Valeu, ppdix!
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ppdix
{K:17069} 7/16/2005
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JUST 18 awards? What's wrong with these people?
;^)
Parabens meu amigo!
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Marcio Janousek
{K:32538} 7/12/2005
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Pôxa..perdi mesmo muita coisa boa.
Isso sim é uma inspiração e que luz "!!
..tá arrebentando.
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 7/11/2005
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Fabulous waterfall shot, Angelo.
Congrat's on the BIP award!
Best regards, Chris
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tom rumland
{K:14874} 7/10/2005
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my pleasure, angelo.
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Angelo Villaschi
{K:49617} 7/10/2005
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Gotcha! Thanks for the time and patience, Tom. I appreciate it.
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tom rumland
{K:14874} 7/10/2005
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did you misunderstand? no. not completely. you are right in that the water will always look white. however, taking your particular exposure as an example, had you exposed for a fraction less time the whiteness would be a bit less white. a few steps below "pure" white. pure white is interpreted by the brain as missing color or blown out. beyond the camera's recordable dynamic range.
so, my suggestion was to expose a bit less so as to get "some" color instead of pure white. (you can do this with levels, btw). however, doing so would require an ND filter in order to keep the exposure time long. this way you would get the long shutter effect without making the water go pure white in color. in essence the ND buys you that little bit of extra exposure room to play with.
not sure if i'm making sense. it's easier to show this visually than explaining it with words alone. take a look at my shot "ghosts" ( http://www.usefilm.com/image/762087.html ) for the only example i have handy. that is a 13sec exposure (during the day but in shadow). notice how the water, while white, is not pure white. let me know if you'd like more clarification on this as i'm not sure i've explained myself correctly.
take care,
tom
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Angelo Villaschi
{K:49617} 7/10/2005
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Thanks for the sugestion, Tom. I'm not sure an ND filter would have made much difference. I did expose using the partial metering off the water.
Fact is, the water is trapping air as it falls, and looks white, so what the long exposure has done is simply record those streaks over and over.
Did I misunderstand?
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tom rumland
{K:14874} 7/10/2005
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angelo, i love these waterfalls! i'm sure they are well worth whatever hike is required to get to them. being a big-picture kind of guy, i prefer this one as it shows the water in an interrupted flow through the frame. i like that you give us a peek to the falls behind. just enough to imagine a much taller and free-falling waterfall.
i noticed, however, that the water is almost if not completely blown out. it's not disturbing at all, btw, but i did see it eventually. i see you had to push to f/22 in order to extend your shutter speed. try using an ND 4 or even an ND 8 filter next time you are there. this should "buy" you and extra 2 or 3 stops and should be enough leeway to allow you a 1sec shutter with ease while keeping the histogram away from the right edge. depending on the time day you maight also be able to get up to 5secs which would make for a very interesting look on the water.
anyways, a very well deserved bip on an excellent image.
take care,
tom
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Ann Van Breemen
{K:13399} 7/9/2005
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This is a beautiful photo, Angelo. It reminds me of a brides veil spreading out behind her. Your light and shade exposures are excellent, also. I love waterfall pics. I took some myself yesterday at my local national park a few minutes away. Congratulations on your win. Cheers, Ann.
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Joggie van Staden
{K:41700} 7/8/2005
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Excellent, soothing image with a beautiful composition. Congratulations with the BIP Angeleo. Regards.
Joggie
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Paul's Photos
{K:35235} 7/7/2005
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beautifully captured... great work..congrats on the BIP
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Angelo Villaschi
{K:49617} 7/7/2005
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All is well with faimly and friends, Danny. Thanks!
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Danny Brannigan
{K:19523} 7/7/2005
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Angelo Hope you are ok.Please confirm
Danny.
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Burak Tanriover
{K:16610} 7/7/2005
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very beautiful picture,I like the well balanced lighting,
I like also the composition,
my best regards,
Congratulations also for the BIP.
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Kelly Gamble
{K:632} 7/7/2005
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Fabulous! Favorite! Congrats!
Kelly~
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Mark Julian
{K:36866} 7/7/2005
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Dear Angelo, Congrats on the BIP AND getting the Olympics !!! All the Best, Mark (stayed up to watch the anouncment live - bit of a surprise but then I didn't even know which way I was leaning - Paris or London - still don't.....) It will come to me...
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Fabio Ficola
{K:10466} 7/7/2005
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Very nice picture,
I like so much this slow shutter picture with the moving water.
Very good horizontal framing that enhanche (IMO) the waterfall, usually taken in a vertical format.
Congrats Fabio
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Angelo Villaschi
{K:49617} 7/6/2005
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Kunal,
Thank you for your thoughtful comment. I am attaching an "unprocessed" version. All that I have done with this one is a RAW to 16-bit TIFF conversion (I did adjust the exposure +1 EV and set the white balance in the RAW converter software, but I hope you don't object to that), then in PS simply resize and save for web.
I must, however, object to what you say as you imply "film photographers" do not manipulate the image. As a film photographer, you can have your image printed onto photographic paper. You can select the paper to the right level of contrast. You can set the right colour filtrations. You can dodge and burn. My work with PS in most cases is equivalent to only that: film developing and printing. Nothing that a good colour printer wouldn't be able to do, only a lot cheaper!
The sensor, in RAW mode, captures lots of detail, but is very short on dynamic range. All I am doing is bringing out that detail that was subdued by the short dynamic range. In this case, you will see that I have brough out some of the bushes from the shadow on the right, and adjusted the colour balance a bit in the rocky areas.
Then I applied the UnSharp Mask: a filter that simulates what was done in the traditional printing houses when printing film images!
I would be interested to hear your thoughts in reply to this. It is an interesting discussion.
Thank you once more for your visit.
Regards,
Angelo.
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Kunal Mehta
{K:2496} 7/6/2005
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Very nice image. I would be interested to see this image which is not PS worked. The subject is powerful so personally I would like to avoid PS work other than brightness/contrast.
Don't get me wrong for the thoughts here. When we add layers and stuff , to me as a film photographer background, I feel that we are not capturing the essense of the image but we are manipulating the image with the post processing in PS.
I like the image nonethless.
-Kunal
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Marcus Armani
{K:36599} 7/6/2005
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Wow this is fabulous Angelo, I love the nice colors and detail with the nice slow shutter on the water, Magical....
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Judi Liosatos
{K:34047} 7/6/2005
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Yes, I totally agree with you.
Judi
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Angelo Villaschi
{K:49617} 7/6/2005
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Judi,
Sometimes I wonder what planet some people live on...
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Kelly
{K:20268} 7/6/2005
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angelo.. what a gorogeus image... i could easily see this being sold as a postcard in amy shop... just gorgeous... congrats on the BIP.....
kel
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Bobby Mun
{K:3709} 7/6/2005
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Excellent & congratulation for BIP! :>
Love those rush water fall that creates the smooth effect. Well done, my friend!
Cheers! Bobby
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Judi Liosatos
{K:34047} 7/6/2005
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Beautiful capture and good PS work.
Angelo.....thankyou.
Judi
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Angelo Villaschi
{K:49617} 7/6/2005
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Thank you. Which ones in particular?
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Roberto Arcari Farinetti
{K:209486} 7/6/2005
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congratulations my friend.. is fantastic!
roby
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Marcia .
{K:16108} 7/6/2005
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Parabéns pelo BIP!!!!
Merecidamente. ;-)
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Mark Julian
{K:36866} 7/6/2005
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Dear Angelo, a very beautiful shot. IMO all that's missing is MJB with a couple Brazilian girls, well, young women, becoming one with nature under the waterfalls. Sometimes I wonder where do all my brilliant ideas come from? Very nicely done, Mark
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Maria Luisa Vial
{K:36017} 7/6/2005
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Wow!!!!!!! What a great waterfall... Love the way you captured the falling water... It is a dream of mine some day to go to Brasil... It seems to be a paradise... Great work Angelo... goes into my favorites...
Cheers,
MaLuisa
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Stefano Bramato
{K:601} 7/5/2005
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very nice.
masterpiece!!
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Roberto Okamura
{K:22851} 7/5/2005
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Linda cachoeira Angelo!
Belíssima longa exposição!
Parabéns!
Roberto.
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Dino Lupani
{K:15142} 7/5/2005
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Very great, congrats!!
Dino
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Marcia .
{K:16108} 7/5/2005
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Uma imagem de sonhos... Um belíssimo lugar e uma perfeita captura. Precisa mais??? ;-)
Foi prás favoritas. Amei!!!
Ainda quero aprender a fazer uma foto assim. :-)
Parabéns, Angelo. Excelente!
Grande abraço,
Márcia.
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Giorgio Goretti
{K:15471} 7/5/2005
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nice job Angelo
and beautiful shot, impressive falls indeed
Giorgio
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Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia
{K:96391} 7/5/2005
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great tones.
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Ameed El-Ghoul
{K:42215} 7/5/2005
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This is a real breathtaking capture Angelo, I like it to the maximum, I like the PS work as well, creative indeed, very well done, Regards,
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Angelo Villaschi
{K:49617} 7/5/2005
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Armando,
It will all depend on the intensity of the light. If you over-expose, it will blow to white. You can always use a neutral density filter (or gray filter) and/or a polarizer to cut down the amount of light.
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Linda Imagefree
{K:72276} 7/5/2005
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Angelo I love the soft effects of the slow shutter speed on the water...and the diagonal flow of the water making for a very nice composition...the white of the falling water contrasted with the darks is also very well done...very well thought out and executed....:):)linda
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Angelo Villaschi
{K:49617} 7/5/2005
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Thanks Petal. Very observant. Grrr! :)
It's sensor dust. Shows up at f/22. I've cleaned the sensor now, but that escaped my attention.
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ARMANDO ALCÁZAR
{K:42404} 7/5/2005
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Angelo . my camera have 16 sec of time but I think that if I put 1 sec in day light with Iso 80 and F8 the pic came out like a white stain. isn't it??
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soul 21
{K:27572} 7/5/2005
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bellissimo effetto
ottima fotografia
complimenti
gennaro
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Angelo Villaschi
{K:49617} 7/5/2005
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Armando,
I think the main thing to get the blur in the water is the shutter speed. What is the longest shutter speed available in the camera?
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Ismail CALLI
{K:722} 7/5/2005
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Hello Angelo, Fantastic Waterfall shot, Excellent color and very good composition, Ismail +7
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ARMANDO ALCÁZAR
{K:42404} 7/5/2005
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7++++++++++++++++ simply wonderful my fruiend, ?do you think that is posible to take a pic like this with a camera that the maximum F is 8 and the minimum Iso 80???
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Petal Wijnen
{K:50989} 7/5/2005
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Beautiful waterfall, great view!!! Love the white water and the dark surroundings... and the small waterfall in the background is a great addition (I wonder if you couldn't show a bit more of that....), well 'worked over', super shot to begin with... well done!!! BTW I don't want to nit-pick but there seems to be a very little black speck (a sensor or lens dust particle???) in the waterfall, right of center, one finger (to avoid cm and inch confusion.. ;-D) below the small protruding rock.... might get that 'fixed' in/on the original....
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Paolo Corradini
{K:59552} 7/5/2005
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magic place, perfect your work!
Paolo
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7/5/2005
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Wonderfull and great shot whit the good shutter speed and colors.
++++++++7
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Angelo Villaschi
{K:49617} 7/5/2005
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Ciao Gianluca,
I may have used a polariser (can't remember for sure) but definitely not an ND.
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Darlene Boucher
{K:15739} 7/5/2005
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Most gorgeous waterfall image I've seen.....excellent Angelo!
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Danny Brannigan
{K:19523} 7/5/2005
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Nice one Angelo. I'm find it difficult to find any water at the moment as it has been so dry.Good choice of shutter speed and you have brought out the best of the colours at either side of the wate. Well done.
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Gid Cddd
{K:-172} 7/5/2005
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Bellissima foto, per caso hai anche usato un ND? Ciao e complimenti, Gianluca.
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