Walter Glover wrote:Lachlan717 wrote:I'd like to see it with that bit of white water at the bottom of the image cropped out; just a little distracting.
Either that, or possibly include more of whatever it is there so that it is resolved?
Having said that. I doubt I would be happy to achieve it at the expense of the hinterland at the upper level of the frame. Maybe just a 240mm instead of a 300mm? I am mindful, however, that it is not my image and so I am only offering a meditation on what I see.
Lachlan717 is right. Cropping out the start of the second cataract would close off the bottom of the picture and make for a more unified composition. When I made this photograph I was fixed on a "full frame, no cropping" mantra derived from my 8x10 contact work and thought it should also apply to enlargements from 4x5.
Walter, framing the scene was awkward with the camera hung out over the safety rail to avoid trees blocking some of the white water. I had 300mm, 210mm, and 90mm lenses with me. The 210mm would only show one and a half cataracts so I thought I'd leave it out. Here's the version showing both cataracts:
Ebor Falls, Upper and Lower CataractsGelatin-silver photograph on Agfa MCC 111 VC FB photographic paper, image dimensions 24.5cm X 19.4cm, from a 4x5 TriX negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF field view camera fitted with a Schneider Super Angulon 90mm f8 lens and an orange filter. Different film and paper to the first one!