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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Dave Pluimer on June 24, 2014, 07:50:08 am

Title: Devil's Bathtub B&W - Hocking Hills
Post by: Dave Pluimer on June 24, 2014, 07:50:08 am

Devil's Bathtub near the upper falls in the Old Man's Gorge at Hocking Hills State Park.

Canon 6D, Canon 17-40 f/4 L - f/13, ISO 100, 0.6s - contrast and color work in CS6; B&W conversion in Perfect Effects 8 (Illford Pan F 50); additional contrast, dodge/burn in LR 4.

Critiques welcome.

(http://www.davepluimer.com/Etc/i-LvWDRvs/0/XL/Hocking__20140607_16346-Edit-Edit-XL.jpg)

Title: Re: Devil's Bathtub B&W - Hocking Hills
Post by: David Anderson on June 24, 2014, 08:11:20 am

Beautiful spot and a nice B&W.
The texture is excellent.

The composition is a little odd though IMHO and I feel like I'm missing something where the water exits the pool.

Hard to say having never been there..

Title: Re: Devil's Bathtub B&W - Hocking Hills
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on June 24, 2014, 10:56:31 am

Lovely tonalities. I'll bet it looks good in a print.

Title: Re: Devil's Bathtub B&W - Hocking Hills
Post by: francois on June 24, 2014, 10:56:43 am

I'm also a bit uneasy with the bottom of the frame but it's a minor issue, the rest of this photo is a winner.

Title: Re: Devil's Bathtub B&W - Hocking Hills
Post by: Isaac on June 24, 2014, 11:25:28 am

Chopping-off the top 1/5th moves the brightest area away from the centre

Title: Re: Devil's Bathtub B&W - Hocking Hills
Post by: thierrylegros396 on June 24, 2014, 11:32:12 am

Quote from: David Anderson on June 24, 2014, 08:11:20 am

Beautiful spot and a nice B&W.
The texture is excellent.

The composition is a little odd though IMHO and I feel like I'm missing something where the water exits the pool.

Hard to say having never been there..

Bottom left for sure.

Title: Re: Devil's Bathtub B&W - Hocking Hills
Post by: Iluvmycam on June 24, 2014, 04:06:23 pm

Nice!

Title: Re: Devil's Bathtub B&W - Hocking Hills
Post by: Dave Pluimer on June 24, 2014, 09:26:00 pm

Quote from: David Anderson on June 24, 2014, 08:11:20 am

Beautiful spot and a nice B&W.
The texture is excellent.

The composition is a little odd though IMHO and I feel like I'm missing something where the water exits the pool.

Hard to say having never been there..

The shot is from a small stone bridge looking almost straight down. I'll post a pic.

I agree with you - it's the part I struggled with that the bottom of the frame. But, that's how it is. I'm looking forward to making the image again and seeing what I can tweak.

Thanks for the feedback, all.

DP

Title: Re: Devil's Bathtub B&W - Hocking Hills
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on June 25, 2014, 03:41:58 am

Lovely and rich B&W conversion. IMO, cropping the top part towards a square frame, compensates for the "exit" water point in the bottom, makes everything a bit more balanced.

Title: Re: Devil's Bathtub B&W - Hocking Hills
Post by: sdwilsonsct on June 25, 2014, 06:29:29 pm

I like the treatment. But something about it brings to mind one of those optical illusions where the elements could either be receding or advancing. Perhaps this lends intrigue.

Title: Re: Devil's Bathtub B&W - Hocking Hills
Post by: Dave Pluimer on June 26, 2014, 07:38:14 am

Here's a view from upstream. Not much in the way of water flow on this day. The tub's outlet (drain?) is just out of my frame, under the bridge.

(http://www.davepluimer.com/Etc/i-t26fftX/0/XL/Hocking__20140607_16352-XL.jpg)

Title: Re: Devil's Bathtub B&W - Hocking Hills
Post by: David Anderson on June 26, 2014, 08:32:33 am

Fair enough.

Still, what a beautiful place - the shot above put everything into perspective.  8)