Cumberland Falls
by RLS

Comment by indigo997:
I know that it is tough to take good winter shots without snow, but the black and white here doesn't really help. I like the placement of the fall in the shot, but there's too much empty water space in the foreground. The lighting isn't bad, and I do like the diagonal of the rocks leading to the fall.

Cumberland Falls
by RLS

Comment by Bullwinkle:
Now this is a photographer with a mature vision. This says volumes differently than a blazing sunrise of multi colors. Give the gritty rough edges of those boulders, the wispy tree texture of the branches and the mercurial sun dappled water anyday thank you. Really well felt rock shadows. The perfect exposure for the power of the waterfall itself and my fav rav those absolutely gorgeous brook wavelets. Thank you for including the snippet of sky in the upper left. I think that the photo would feel to dark and cramped without it. That patch of light gives breathing space and life to the image. I am sure that you will receive many other compliments and encouragement. But I will wish you a redundant good luck anyways.

Cumberland Falls
by RLS

Comment by alanfreed:
I'm not sure that black & white does this justice... why not color?

Cumberland Falls
by RLS

Comment by joanns:
Excellent composition. Sheer perfection. Your b&w has wonderful contrast. There's not an element out of place. If an painter were to paint it, it would be exactly like this, I think.

Cumberland Falls
by RLS

Comment by jmsetzler:
The exposure on this image is just about perfect... The darks are not too dark to lose any detail and the lights are not over exposed. This is a very important part of a great black and white... I particularly like the way you composed the fall in the upper right segment of the frame... = 10 - setzler

Cumberland Falls
by RLS

Comment by karmat:
Excellent composition, can't think of a thing I would change except to suggest going back in Spring or Summer and reshooting to get a color version!

Cumberland Falls
by RLS

Comment by Olyuzi:
A bit underexposed, but I like the picture. You could also crop out the little bit of sky in the upper left though.

Cumberland Falls
by RLS

Comment by Annida:
I have so many favourites this week, and this is one of them. Too bad you couldn't jump in a boat and take more pictures that way. 10! -Annida

Cumberland Falls
by RLS

Comment by terik65:
I like the use of B&W.

Cumberland Falls
by RLS

Comment by tbarnby:
I could almost swear I have kayaked over this drop. Is this in Arkansas?