I took this latest assignment very seriously. To get a picture of water I took a field trip to Iguazu Falls on the Argentina/Brazil border. Iguazu is home to the second largest network of waterfalls in the world and at the heart of it is La Garganta del Diablo ("The Devil's Throat"). It was hard to determine which picture of the waterfalls to use, but I settled on this because I think it shows just how massive the falls are.
This was my first time shooting in RAW and I wasn't sure if I needed to do anything differently. Also I would have liked to minimize the amount of steam in the picture, but that was next to impossible with the force of the falls what they were.
shutter: 1/400
aperture: f10.0
focal length 18 mm
exposure: shutter
ISO: 100
What a shot! I can feel the Force. But, you really needed person in front to contrast its size and maybe the depth of field
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shot!! I guess form where you were, you could not get rid of the little land-mass in the picture. Maybe a wide angled lens would have helped?
ReplyDeleteNone-the-less less it is gorgeous! Now to start planning a south-america trip .. !
Awesome shot, AC. May the force be with you :-) You did the right thing by setting the ISO to 100 to get rid of the noise. A very crisp shot indeed.
ReplyDeleteAs Peru said, a person or a tree to compare the with/height of the falls will give some perspective to the picture. Another suggestion: Try to add a border to the picture, with a title. It makes the picture more attractive.
Looking forward to more pictures of your trip.
Very cool. I like the darker background...brings out the contrast. Did you try one with a sloooow shutter speed to get that icicle image? probably needed a tripod for that!
ReplyDeleteWas it possible to take a portrait style of this....to actually see more of the steam and get an idea of how high the falls really are? That would be another way to gain perspective of what we are looking at...maybe?
That is a gorgeous shot! I also like the contrast between the darker sky and the waterfall.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the suggestions, folks. If you're interested in seeing more Iguazu pics - along with non-water related ones from my recent South America trip I have some posted on picasa at http://picasaweb.google.com/apurva.chandra/SouthAmerica09#
ReplyDeletevery powerful snap !! was there any post processing done ? the water being thrown up at the bottom almost looks like you have blurred it !! :-)
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