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A Land of Waterfalls that isn't Iceland
A Land of Waterfalls that isn't Iceland
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Your Corner of the World II (Advanced Editing IV)
Camera: Pentax *ist DS
Lens: Pentax FA D 50mm f/2.8 Macro
Location: Nikko National Park, Japan
Date: Oct 1, 2005
Aperture: f4
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Nature, Water
Date Uploaded: Oct 2, 2005

 I made a daytrip up to Nikko National Park and took lots of photos. My portable HD ran out of battery power, so I had to start taking JPGs instead of RAW photos otherwise my memory cards would fill up too soon.
Anyway, this is part of the famous Ryuzu no Taki, Dragonhead Waterfalls. It was very hard to decide which picture to choose, but I guess you can't go too far wrong with a waterfall pic.

Details: JPG, auto levels and contrast, then I played around with colour hue and saturation in PS Elements to make the foliage brighter and a bit more autumnal. Resized and USM applied.

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Place: 191 out of 299
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Votes: 193
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/08/2005 09:15:00 AM
mighty falls wherever they are
killing view!
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 10/08/2005 06:55:35 AM
oversaturated... looks a bit un-natural.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/07/2005 01:29:47 PM
Generally an OK shot, but the highlights are a bit blown out. Personally I prefer waterfall shots at slower shutter speeds to give a misty effect to the water.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/06/2005 07:21:56 PM
Beautiful
 10/04/2005 06:42:28 PM
Looks like a nice spot. Next time bring a tripod and use a longer exposure to make the water smooth and soft.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/04/2005 12:48:39 PM
I would have slowed the shutter speed down here. You've got enough motion blur here to give... blur. A little bit more would've given that nice dreamy soft look to the water.
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