Latourell Falls is a little west of Maltnomah Falls and although it is not as spectacular as Maltnomah Falls, it does have an interesting twist because of the unusual lime-green lichen that clings to the basalt cliffs. I had never seen such a large patch of lichen. It gave the whole falls a somewhat eerie look.
Again, I took five bracketed exposures and used three (-2EV, 0EV and +2EV) to create a HDR image.
Enjoy.
Camera settings: Nikon D3x, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8 shot at 45mm, ISO 200, f/11 and 1/15th, 1/60th and 1/250th of a second on a tripod.
Post Processing:
Lightroom—Set black and white points, adjusted saturation of various colors, added mid-tone contrast and vignetting.
Photomatix Pro 3—combined three frames into an HDR image and tone mapped the overall image
Lovely. Like the way that the dark green leaves frames the falls and the lichen.
ReplyDeleteDebbie
The lichen is neat but it does draw my eye away from the waterfall.
ReplyDeleteTaylor
I agree with Taylor. The lichen attracts your eye away from the falls. It is interesting however it seems to be too distracting.
ReplyDeleteSya
I do like the way the waterfall is framed but the bright colors are distracting. Did you think about toning them down?
ReplyDeleteMel