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Makes me feel uncomfortable. Even though the water is falling pretty much vertically, the surrounding rocks are all leaning left. When I scan this image my eye is drawn to the water falling in the middle of the frame, that, IMO should be sharp, here it's not. What is the blurred section running across frame at the base of the falls, spray, lengthened exposure? Distracting. The subject needs to be better defined. I see the subject as the falling water and the nicely textured rocks, I would start there. You asked.
Ed
Using the foliage to frame the falls is a great idea. The falls being exactly dead center of the frame isn't working for me. Along the bottom rocks *might* be mist, but it actually looks like a smudge running from left to right starting just after the left most foreground rock. An alternate crop might help this out a bunch. (maybe center the cave, letting the falls come in around the right third of the frame)
I agree with many of the previous comments - the leaning rockwork and the mist or whatever that is are difficult to overlook. With a little different framing and a cloudy day or ND filter, I think this would look nicer with a slow SS.
Ken
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Meh...I appreciate the comments, but I think this one is a lost cause. Honestly on this one I got a little overzealous with experimenting with photshop. It was man-made and I wanted to make it look more natural. The blurriness at the bottom was mist but I made it worse by cloning out the grating there. Also the water was more of a sickly green color...I won't go into that one, but I've pushed this one a little beyond what my abilities with ps are. I appreciate all your feedback and will take it into account the next time I'm shooting falls. I'll post the original, maybe give me some pointers of where I went errant?
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