The Lower Falls

Photo of the Day

A few weeks ago I visited the Cataract Falls near Martinsville, Indiana. I was very impressed with the upper falls, and I thought that I had enough good pictures to justify the trip. I decided to just go down to the lower falls to see what was there as well. The light was not the best that day, but I could at least scout it out. When I arrived at the lower falls I knew that I would make a couple of pictures. It was a very cool scene that I knew would look good. I will have to try and come back here again as it is a very cool place to make some pictures.

Technical Data

This was shot with HDR in mind. I bracketed my exposures at -2, 0, and +2 so that I could get all of the detail of the scene in. With the harsh sunlight casting big dark shadows HDR was my friend here. I processed the pictures inside of Photomatix this time using a Trey Ratcliff preset called ‘Basic Black Dress.’ It really gave me a look that I liked here. It is a bit on the fantasy side, but sometimes I think that the scene calls for that. The only other adjustment was adding some highlights inside of Lightroom 5.