Into Darkness I Fall

[philaitman]

I've already decided the branch in the top right needs to go.

Yes another waterfall shot, which in my defense this is part of a bigger project which may someday be finished.

[francois]

Superb! I like the high contrast B&W treatment and the composition.
Well done.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Gorgeous!
Getting rid of that branch is the only thing I would do.

[Bob_B]

Sublime! Very nice use of a long shutter to produce that sinewy effect on the falling water.

[RSL]

Very nice. But yes, the branch has got to go.

[philaitman]

Thank you all, I'm glad I was right about the branch. Hopefully I'll find some editing time this weekend to get it out of there

[churly]

I'm late to the game but - Very nicely done!
Chuck

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Very nice.

[philaitman]

Thank you all.

[Jeremy Roussak]

Excellent, indeed. Where is it?

Jeremy

[philaitman]

Excellent, indeed. Where is it?

Jeremy

Thank you Jeremy,
The waterfall is called Roughting Linn and is in north Northumberland in England only a short distance from the Scottish border. It's quite a hidden but beautiful little place.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Roughting+Linn/@55.5477196,-1.8760123,1299m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x48875419384b27ef:0x48875419161764ac

Linn is a Northumbrian term for a waterfall in the same way that Force is used in Cumbria

[stamper]

Superb! I like the high contrast B&W treatment and the composition.
Well done.

I heartily concur.

[MattBurt]

Beautiful shot and I love the processing. I too wouldn't miss the branch if it were to go away.

[BobDavid]

Reminds me of a film set.

[rogerxnz]

Great tones and effect.

Cloning would be one way to remove the branch but you might like to try cropping, which would also trim off some of the image on both sides and remove some of the possibly unnecessarily large, devoid of detail, black area at the foot of the image.
Roger

[stamper]

I think the black area is needed as a lead in space for the eye, not that I am against cropping in principle.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Cropping would ruin the balance. It needs all the black. But cloning out the branch would be easy and effective.

[philaitman]

Thanks for the comments
I'm always open for ideas hence my posting in the critique section
The branch has now gone and it makes the image better overall.

Thanks for the crop comment Roger. However I agree that the bottom area is needed for balance, I like to use white (or in this case black) space to give areas of space in the image and also for our imagination to have a place to wander. There are small area's of texture and light down there, It doesn't show to well on the jpeg, but does make a difference in the printed image.

Thank you all for your comments, I have this morning made a number of 11x11 prints of this and am extremely happy with the output. It's looking great. The critique and comments of talented individuals makes a difference to my confidence.