Opinion wanted Dolgoch Falls

Gloomy1 said:

Andy, the simple way to get non coloured white water is to click the white balance eye dropper on the water. This adjusts the white colour balance of the entire image. A slightly better way is to note the colour shifts when you do this eg +200 in col temp and +4 in tint. Go back to the original colour temp, apply a mask to the water and dial in the required +200 +4. I find that I usually need slightly more when I do it this way. I hope that this helps. I used to struggle with colour shifts in white water in the shade as they come out blue but having discovered this way of handling them I can now go back and revisit older files and re-process them. I keep my RAW files and note some people on this site do not. Ken

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Andy Smith said:

Thanks Ken, good tips, I really have no issues with getting white water using white balance or other techniques, I mentioned the blue colour as I see many images online with blue waterfalls.
Keep the tips and comments coming though, as I am sure it helps many people here, and definitely with me included.

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Guest 183 said:

A short holiday in Wales allowed me to visit these falls. The water level was quite low and I was standing in the middle of the stream wearing Wellingtons, this is my usual footwear when I go waterfall hunting. When the water levels are low I tend to shoot longer shutter speeds and this is a 5s exposure. I have merged 2 files to gather here, the 5s and a 1/100s not to put texture in the water as I liked the look of the 5s exposure but to get a sharp image of the foliage that was blowing in the breeze. Feel free to comment or ask any questions about how I photograph waterfalls. Ken View attachment 652

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