Hi, I uploaded this photo again following your advice hoping that it improved it. I gave a more autumnal touch to the trees by removing that sight that was initially a bit annoying and distracting.

I'm waiting to hear if it's better or if there's something else to improve.

Nikon D750

Nikon 28-70 F2.8 (to 28mm)

Time 1/5

Iso 250

F11

Photo editing with Camera Raw.

In Slovenia there is a place of great beauty called Vintgar Gorge, a stream that crosses Trentino Alto Adige and reaches here passing through the mountains of the Triglav National Park. Crystal clear, pure water that flows impetuously creating suggestive waterfalls, including this one that passes under an old bridge over which a locomotive passes.

Corrado M. PRO

Hi, I uploaded this photo again following your advice hoping that it improved it. I gave a more autumnal touch to the trees by removing that sight that was initially a bit annoying and distracting.

I'm waiting to hear if it's better or if there's something else to improve.

Nikon D750

Nikon 28-70 F2.8 (to 28mm)

Time 1/5

Iso 250

F11

Photo editing with Camera Raw.

 

In Slovenia there is a place of great beauty called Vintgar Gorge, a stream that crosses Trentino Alto Adige and reaches here passing through the mountains of the Triglav National Park. Crystal clear, pure water that flows impetuously creating suggestive waterfalls, including this one that passes under an old bridge over which a locomotive passes.

 

Hello Corrado M. ,

Welcome back to this forum. I don't recall seeing your original picture so I can only comment on this one.  I find the colouring looking artificial not really resembling real fall colours. And it lacks contrast.

So here are just a couple of suggestions on this version. I did a little dehazing in Photoghop, adjusted the levels, brightened the right side of the waterfall and adjusted contrasts a little. I cropped the bottom a little but that is just a personal taste.

I hope these suggestions are useful to you. 

Good luck

Lucie s.c. 

Corrado M.,

What a beautiful waterfall!  It offers many photo opportunities.  Your image shows both the motion and strength of the falling water very well - not too crisply frozen, not too softly blurred.  You chose the perfect shutter speed in my opinion.  One technique often used for waterfalls is to shoot many different shutter speeds so the best can be chosen later when editing - or several  combined for a unique motion-blurred look. 

The bridge is a wonderful subject too, but I wonder if having both bridge and waterfall in the same frame dilutes the impact of both subjects.  This may seem a crazy suggestion, but there's a separate composition in just the waterfall.  From a screen capture I've cropped the top, de-saturated and cloned the bottom right, removed the fence at the top, and darkened the brightest parts of the water just a bit so some texture could be added. 

It's only an idea.  That's all I can offer.  I guess I was more fascinated with the details of the waterfall than with the old bridge.   Thanks for sharing the photo with us here in Critique.  I enjoyed seeing it.  It made me wish I could be there to experience it first hand.   

. . . .  Steven, senior critic

Lucie Gagnon CREW 

Corrado M. PRO

Hi, I uploaded this photo again following your advice hoping that it improved it. I gave a more autumnal touch to the trees by removing that sight that was initially a bit annoying and distracting.

I'm waiting to hear if it's better or if there's something else to improve.

Nikon D750

Nikon 28-70 F2.8 (to 28mm)

Time 1/5

Iso 250

F11

Photo editing with Camera Raw.

 

In Slovenia there is a place of great beauty called Vintgar Gorge, a stream that crosses Trentino Alto Adige and reaches here passing through the mountains of the Triglav National Park. Crystal clear, pure water that flows impetuously creating suggestive waterfalls, including this one that passes under an old bridge over which a locomotive passes.

 

Hello Corrado M. ,

Welcome back to this forum. I don't recall seeing your original picture so I can only comment on this one.  I find the colouring looking artificial not really resembling real fall colours. And it lacks contrast.

So here are just a couple of suggestions on this version. I did a little dehazing in Photoghop, adjusted the levels, brightened the right side of the waterfall and adjusted contrasts a little. I cropped the bottom a little but that is just a personal taste.

I hope these suggestions are useful to you. 

Good luck

Lucie s.c. 

 

 

Those colors still seem a bit overcooked.  Also, getting rid of the fence & other man-made stuff made this less distracting - both in terms of creating a completely natural image; plus, the man-made stuff was picking up the color corrections of the leaves & it didn't look natural. Cheers!

Porter Thomas PRO

Lucie Gagnon CREW 

 

Corrado M. PRO

Hi, I uploaded this photo again following your advice hoping that it improved it. I gave a more autumnal touch to the trees by removing that sight that was initially a bit annoying and distracting.

I'm waiting to hear if it's better or if there's something else to improve.

Nikon D750

Nikon 28-70 F2.8 (to 28mm)

Time 1/5

Iso 250

F11

Photo editing with Camera Raw.

 

In Slovenia there is a place of great beauty called Vintgar Gorge, a stream that crosses Trentino Alto Adige and reaches here passing through the mountains of the Triglav National Park. Crystal clear, pure water that flows impetuously creating suggestive waterfalls, including this one that passes under an old bridge over which a locomotive passes.

 

Hello Corrado M. ,

Welcome back to this forum. I don't recall seeing your original picture so I can only comment on this one.  I find the colouring looking artificial not really resembling real fall colours. And it lacks contrast.

So here are just a couple of suggestions on this version. I did a little dehazing in Photoghop, adjusted the levels, brightened the right side of the waterfall and adjusted contrasts a little. I cropped the bottom a little but that is just a personal taste.

I hope these suggestions are useful to you. 

Good luck

Lucie s.c. 

 

 

Those colors still seem a bit overcooked.  Also, getting rid of the fence & other man-made stuff made this less distracting - both in terms of creating a completely natural image; plus, the man-made stuff was picking up the color corrections of the leaves & it didn't look natural. Cheers!

Hi Porter,

not sure if your comment is addressed to me or to Corrado M.? I didn't play with the colours because I figured the photographer made thise changes because someone suggested those edits. You are right, the colours look overcooked.