The Waterfalls at Ystradfellte

**taffy** · 05-04-2011, 05:32 PM

This is Waterfall Country, near Ystradfellte, in the Brecon Beacons in South Wales.

Comments welcome.

Taffy

**asnow** · 05-04-2011, 05:51 PM

Outstanding waterfall picture. Love the three waterfalls in this image. One in each of foreground, mid and background gives a sense of depth. I also really like the length of exposure as there is just the right level of silkiness.

**Wicked Dark** · 05-04-2011, 06:17 PM

good composition and exposure. I like the flow of the photo and the water.

**Bambi** · 05-04-2011, 06:44 PM

no critiques from me. I love it. print it and frame it!

**Iguanasan** · 05-04-2011, 11:37 PM

It is absolutely lovely but it does feel to me that it leans a bit to the left. Maybe only about 3-5 degrees but it just feels a little off. Everything else seems quite wonderful to me.

**Mad Aussie** · 05-04-2011, 11:38 PM

Hard to critique something so beautiful as that place. It's almost fairytale.

The best I can offer is it's feels a little too close. Having a wider view or stepping back a little to give more room above the top falls might have helped. You may have been excluding the bright sky up there though.

Either way ... lovely photo Taffy!

**Marko** · 05-05-2011, 12:15 PM

Fab pic - dig it bigtime.
I did notice that the top waterfall has a tight crop and my eye wanted more uptop. But as MA said if there was sky/distraction above the crop-line then it was of course the right call.
A hint more water at the bottom might also have been nice, but unseen distractions may have made this the perfect crop for the scene.
Well done either way!

**thoughton** · 05-05-2011, 12:45 PM

I would have liked to see a bit more on the left, so both the left and right sides of the lower falls were visible. This would also move the middle falls away from its central position and emphasized the diagonal a bit more.

I agree that it looks a bit tilted, the surface of the pool seems to be lower on the left side.

Very nice silkiness though.

**taffy** · 05-05-2011, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by Mad Aussie

Hard to critique something so beautiful as that place. It's almost fairytale.

The best I can offer is it's feels a little too close. Having a wider view or stepping back a little to give more room above the top falls might have helped. You may have been excluding the bright sky up there though.

Either way ... lovely photo Taffy!

Thanks for the comments from everyone.

MA / Marko Re the crop, there was a very bright patch of sky above the top waterfall so I had excluded it as you both suggested. As for STEPPING BACK, I would have fallen in the deep pool that was immediately behind me