Pistyll Rhaeadr - The Tallest Waterfall In England & Wales

[fuel925]

Heres a few pictures I took of Pistyll Rhaeadr in Wales, a waterfall 60ft higher than the Niagara Falls. The pictures were taken by infra-red remote on a Nikon D50, ND2 filter with 18-55mm kit lens mounted on a tripod. Only editing was a touch of sharpening and saturation on a couple of the photos.

[former1]

Some really stunning pictures mate : ) good shooting (Y).

[Bubbabyte]

very nice pics.. but i don't believe you just added saturation and sharpening... there is way too much unnatural glow/blur in the pics... i mean the first pic although beautiful, looks like milk more than water. Just my opinion.

[Aperture]

very nice pics.. but i don't believe you just added saturation and sharpening... there is way too much unnatural glow/blur in the pics... i mean the first pic although beautiful, looks like milk more than water. Just my opinion.

Long exposure my friend.

[deridex01]

Very nice pictures you've took there !! Makes me want to head that way when i got time off !

[fuel925]

very nice pics.. but i don't believe you just added saturation and sharpening... there is way too much unnatural glow/blur in the pics... i mean the first pic although beautiful, looks like milk more than water. Just my opinion.

All I did in that photo was slightly increase the saturation and sharpening. The "milky" effect is due to keeping the shutter open for 1 second. Next time you find some running water, mount your camera on a tripod, switch to shutter priority and take one picture at 1/125 and one picture at 1s. Compare the two and you will understand the effect :)

ps. some of the blurring on the greenery is due to the spray being captured during the long exposure.

[goji]

I love these shots! Any chance of higher resolution files?

[fuel925]

Thanks for everyones nice replies! King2000, you can find multi-sizes at my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjcater/

[spenser.d]

Wow. Those are great shots :yes:

-Spenser

[d3nuo]

awesomeness :)

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

well done (Y)

[Bubbabyte]

All I did in that photo was slightly increase the saturation and sharpening. The "milky" effect is due to keeping the shutter open for 1 second. Next time you find some running water, mount your camera on a tripod, switch to shutter priority and take one picture at 1/125 and one picture at 1s. Compare the two and you will understand the effect :)

ps. some of the blurring on the greenery is due to the spray being captured during the long exposure.

thanks for the info.. i didn't mean to come off sounding like i knew everything, because i really don't know much about photography, yet. I had no idea long exposure would create that effect, it looks like a glow or blur effect was added. Either way they are very nice pics, and i thank you for the info, i'll have to check that one out myself.

also, it's a very nice gallery you have on flickr.. you take some very nice pics. Mind telling me how you achieve this effect as well.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjcater/362848084/

[Dallas]

#1 I'm not to crazy about the composition and It is just a little to soft I think.

#2 is just wonderful

#3, I might have aimed the camera down a little more to get some more of the grass in the shot, just to get a little more depth. Still very good, I like the angle and the water looks great.

#4 is all right too.

Just a little criticism if you don't mind :)

[fuel925]

also, it's a very nice gallery you have on flickr.. you take some very nice pics. Mind telling me how you achieve this effect as well.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjcater/362848084/

Thanks for the compliment! That photo was taken in a similar way. I mounted my camera on a tripod on a bridge overlooking the motorway. I then selected shutter priority, and set the speed to 30 seconds. Once I was happy with the composition I fired the shutter with the infra-red remote to eliminate camera shake. You can experiment with different shutter speeds to get it how you like :) For more tips like this, I highly recommend "The Digital Photography Book" by Scott Kelby.

Just a little criticism if you don't mind :)

Constructive critisism is everyones best friend in my opinion, it helps for other people to evaluate your photos to see if you like their ideas. Thanks for the feedback! :)

[Xtremist]

nice photos dude are all ur photos on ur flikr account done with the d50?

[fuel925]

nice photos dude are all ur photos on ur flikr account done with the d50?

Thanks! The majority were taken with the D50, but a few were taken on my P+S. If you click on one of the images, on the right hand side under additional information it tells you which camera it was taken with.

[Skiver Veteran]

wow, im no photographer so no critism from me but they just look awesome!

that second picture...to me it looks almost like wool or some sort of thread rather then water!

seriously good photo's tho :)