Pistyll Rhaeadr - The Tallest Waterfall In England & Wales


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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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/

#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 :)

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! :)

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.

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