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[Eb Mueller]

Images taken through a waterfall. There are lots of permutations and combinations, shutter, aperture, focus. These are my picks from the lot!

[wildoat]

Superb collection, my absolute favourite is image No3 though they all work for me.
Great vision.

tony

[enough]

Eb, I really like these shots and the idea behind them, well done. #2 does not work for me composition wise - I find the path(?) coming in diagonally from the left and the red flowers (?) bottom right draw my eye, so it ends up a bit confusing. I like #1, but the simplicity of #3 & #4 are the picks for me.

[Eb Mueller]

Superb collection, my absolute favourite is image No3 though they all work for me.
Great vision.

tony

Thanks for the enthusiastic endorsement, Tony! It is an impresionistic technique that I first experimented with about 3 years ago. However, with the D3S, the high iso quality brings it up a few notches. Here are some of those earlier samples:

[Eb Mueller]

Eb, I really like these shots and the idea behind them, well done. #2 does not work for me composition wise - I find the path(?) coming in diagonally from the left and the red flowers (?) bottom right draw my eye, so it ends up a bit confusing. I like #1, but the simplicity of #3 & #4 are the picks for me.

Thanks fof the detailed comment, "enough!" I had similar thoughts with regard to #2, but since it is my own image, feeling more forgiving, pronounced it good! It may not be for everyone! Perhaps there will be more opinions!

[Ann]

I particularly like the shots where the water droplets have elongated into short streaks.

The streaky one from your older set has the added allure of the droplets becoming prisms and diffracting the light.

Edited by Ann, 28 April 2012 - 04:01 .

[tersn]

An interesting technique and some good shots. I have to try this some time.

[Colin-M]

Good thinking Eb.

As a collection, it quite thought provoking. However for individual shots, I prefer the ones with more still droplets. Any of these makes a fine abstract study.

[olivier]

This is a very good idea. The second and third stand out for me. The second would be ideal if the droplets were really sharp or static. The third is perfect for me as it is!
Olivier

[Elsa Hoffmann]

cool thinking out of the box. no 3 is also my favourite

[golunvolo]

I like the idea and the outcome, specially the very last one of the second post. I think I -too- will keep this one in mind for whenever the opportunity shows itself. Thanks!

[Eb Mueller]

I particularly like the shots where the water droplets have elongated into short streaks.

The streaky one from your older set has the added allure of the droplets becoming prisms and diffracting the light.

Thankyou, Ann! The elongated droplets / short streaks seems to work the best for me, too! The combination of possibilities seems "endless" with this one technique alone!

[Eb Mueller]

This is a very good idea. The second and third stand out for me. The second would be ideal if the droplets were really sharp or static. The third is perfect for me as it is!
Olivier

Thank you, Oliver! Agreed - I did try for sharper droplets in some versions. To establish shallow focus on falling droplets is much trial and error. As far as static droplets, even at 1/8000 sec., there is still the slightest elongation. But, with #2, there definitely was room for improvement since speed was at only 1/1250 sec. and iso 1600!

[Eb Mueller]

I am quite happy for everyone's comments! Thank you, Tersn, Colin, Elsa, golunvola!

[the_traveler]

glorious set and could not pick out a favorite.

Lew

[Eb Mueller]

glorious set and could not pick out a favorite.

Lew

Thanks, Lew! I'm glad you enjoyed!

[palalaikka]

My favourite is #2. The lady (vertical line), red flowers (horizontal line), hat (a point) and tree (two diagonals) work well together, also because they are all different colours.

[Mike Buckley]

I prefer the first set because the pastel colors just make it for me! The complementing colors of the woman's top and the bench is really magical. The only one that I don't like in that set is the second one. That's because of the diagonal path and the interrupted line of red flowers (as opposed to the image that has the same flowers extending all the way across the image.

If you had not mentioned that you were shooting through a waterfall, I would have thought that the images that stop the action were shot through a window pane with water droplets or ice on it. The abstract nature of the images makes me think that the viewer doesn't need to know what you were shooting through.

[gerhard2006]

What a great idea. I'm going to have to try this. I like them all, thanks for sharing. Regards, Gerry

[Eb Mueller]

Thanks a lot for your comments, Pasi, Mike and Gerhard! It seems like no two people will agree about #2! It just shows how subjective art/photo aesthetics are!