One of a few taken yesterday morning, comments invited please

2nd image

Don't know if it's my monitor (haven't calibrated in a long time), but it looks a little underexposed to me (especially the top one). Little to no detail in your shadows. But like I said, may be my monitor. Have you tried timed exposures on shots like this? I love water with timed exposures when it starts to look like mist flowing over the rocks and stuff. -=>Donald

No I haven't done timed exposures yet, still getting to know the camera. I did know I wasn't happy with what I was getting. It was a very cold and wet day, but I thought I wasn't doing something right. Your comments show me that I am correct with this thinking, (sigh) Back to the drawing board! Thanks for your comments. Pat

Pat - I know how you feel (we all do); we've been there and are at times still there. :) Have you tried bracketing your shots? Eats a little more film, but you get a better idea of what more or less exposure will do for you (more in this case). If you do bracket, keep good notes on your settings. That way, you get into another situation like this you'll know that with your cameras meter you'll need to go +1EV to get what you want (or whatever the number is).

Attached Link: http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital-blending.shtml

This is going to be a hard one; some of the highlights are already going white, so more exposure will hurt that. Was this an overcast day? Michelle has had good results with waterfalls on overcast days. Reduced brightness range. There are some nifty suggestions at this link that I've been wanting to try...

Yup, some longer shutter speeds would have made these something special I think.... An overcast day, a tripod and a nice long shutter speed....throw a polarizer or a neutral density filter in front of the lens so that you can get a longer shutter speed without blowing out your highlights in the water.

Pat - Forgot to ask, were you shooting slide or print film? You don't get as fine a grain and the brilliant colors of slide with it, but print film has a large exposure latitude compared to slide film (and generally b&w print film has the widest exposure latitude). -=>Donald

Misha, Many thanks for the link, I have downloaded some tutorials from there and will start puting into practice. Donald, It is a Digital Camera, but thanks for the tips. trouble is I am not very good at taking notes. 'Chell, I have a neutral density filter, it was at home with the tripod.I know to take them with me now. Many thanks folks for all the help Pat

Nice pictures pat, I think you have got the exposure spot on for the subject, a bit of under exposure I feel is better than over exposed highlights and the odd dark shadow adds a little depth to a picture. You should try the slow shutter shot you get some smart results, been looking for a waterfall to try it on for ages. :0)