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Costa Rican Waterfall


Posted by Lillian Roberts on Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:13 am

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Taken at the Waterfall Park in Costa Rica last summer. This is a commercial enterprise that includes hummingbird gardens, a butterfly pavillion, botanical garden and 5 spectacular waterfalls. I only managed to get to 3 of the falls before the park closed, having dawdled with the hummers and b'flies.

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by E.J. Peiker on Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:48 am
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Looks like a beautiful jungle setting and a nice photo. The water does look just a bit overexposed.
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by Dan Baumbach on Mon Sep 08, 2003 11:47 am
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The setting's really beautiful. This is a very hard exposure with the water so bright and the greens so dark. Without merging multiple exposures, I think you did the best with what you had here. Nice photo.

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by Simon A on Mon Sep 08, 2003 12:28 pm
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What an incredibly beautiful location -- you must have loved the experience.

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by thapamd on Mon Sep 08, 2003 6:23 pm
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Gorgeous scene, Lillian...I really like the different shades of green. Is it me or does the image appear a bit soft...maybe it's just me, because nobody else has mentioned it...
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by Ken Cravillion on Mon Sep 08, 2003 8:11 pm
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Mahesh, I notice the softness too. Maybe just a bit more USM?
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by Lillian Roberts on Mon Sep 08, 2003 10:14 pm
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Thanks for the input. I think what looks like softness is the combination of mist from the falls (I had to keep covering the camera between shots, and wiping the lens off) and the movement of the foliage during a long exposure. The whites are lost during scanning, though there is a smaller bright spot on the original.

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by John Zinn on Mon Sep 08, 2003 11:58 pm
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Lillian,

What better time to shoot than right at the end of the day, just before closing. The light is fantastic, nice and warm. The leaf in the foreground is great too and really says that this is a tropical waterfall. I love the softness, even if it's just from the spray on the lens - together with the warm colors the softness make this look like a Rembrant painting.

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by Svein-Frode on Tue Sep 09, 2003 5:35 am
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Great shot of a great scene! If you could drag a couple of newly weds to this ocation you could charge great money for their wedding photo!
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by Anders on Tue Sep 09, 2003 10:31 pm
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Very nice!


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