Beaver Falls

Wow, HiHo, nice! This has a look to it that almost looks unreal. Like an unbelievable high definition ink drawing. I guess that is that NW moss, you referred to in @Brad Bireley PA forest, all over every rock giving them real/unreal texture. And the shutter setting perfect for those limitless fingers of water. I especially like the up and out splash over on the right side. What is the vegetation in the upper right - fir or some kind of rhododendron? hard to tell with apug resolution. I find just about everything you have been putting up here done with the HiHoPyro dance has come out terrific looking in scans. From what i have read, it will really make it's finest hour especially with roll film in silver prints.

Hi Michael, Some of the shots are slower shutter speeds - 1 sec, if I recall. They gave the normal creamy flow, but gave less of the energetic water flying around which seemed more in light w/ the close shot of all the spray. What looks like layers of leaves in the upper right are ferns, drooping down w/ the weight of water. The smaller, almond-shaped leaves I don't know about - I'm not very brigtht about my flora. I see a waterfall & instantly think of shots from Andrew, Tony, rmann & yourself. When subtle tone separation is needed in a less busy composition, I wonder if the HC-110 semi might bring something to the party. It was lower on contrast, but did tones quite well at 1:150.

Low dilution semi stand is not the be all end all. I do semi stand with pyrocat but not diluted. The way I do it is to judge the SBR and then adjust the ISO and development times accordingly. Some dev times are say 15 min's and others >=30 min's. In each case I agitate for 15 sec's at the beginning and then 10 sec's half way through. This gives me great tonal range and easily printed/scanned negs.

Very nice - with all the small water cascades I think you got the moving water just right on this one.

rmann, thank You. You have many of the spectacular waterfall shots, so getting that right in your estimation is particularly sweet. Andrew, Tony & Michael are the other guys that have done superb waterfalls. I tend to look at your work for composition & figure alot of experience will fill in the blanks of handling the range & speeds. Thanks again for looking & especially about the speed.

Hi Eric. I know there's no magic bullet, but I've sure been happy w/ PyroHD. I've not learned to measure SBR, much less how to adjust dev accordingly. If you know of links you find helpful/respectable, It would be no small help. I appreciate your thoughts on using Pyro differently. On this, I was scaling contrast back a fair amount.

Very nice! I typically prefer a little longer shutter speed, but this one is exceptional. The square format suits the image as well. Well done!

JP, Thank You. I usually like the longer shutter also, and have one that's a little longer. Its a more peaceful, calming look. Here, the stair-step cascade was a bit energizing for me, so I'm glad it got some of that action. I can't really claim to have water movement/shutter speeds mastered or even well in hand. A few things were lucky about this one - and unlucky.