K-5 and Waterfalls

Thank you for your comments. I really appreciate your experience. I'm not unhappy with the photo, just wondering if I could do it better! And the confusion I mentioned is about diffraction vs. aperture choices.

I used a ND4 filter. And I thought I was shooting in RAW+JPG file format, but it turned out I overlooked that detail and I was in JPG only. So no RAW. Oh well. Also, I bought Photoshop and LR but still have a long way to go as far as learning how to make the best use of them. It seems I've mostly been keywording my pre-existing photos in LR for months now!

However, on a related note, I just tried selecting all three file format modes, and no ISO lower than 200 can be selected using any of them. So I am unsure how I might select an even lower ISO.

I also tried a few exposures using the HDR AUTO feature, but I am not sure if this is one of them. There also is one shot taken with HDR HIGH mode, but it looks awful to me.

By the way there was this serious, bearded Canon DSLR guy with a tripod there, too. I tried to strike up a conversation, but he wasn't all that eager to share any wisdom.

The main point though to me is I had fun. so much fun that I lost track of the time, and to me that is a good thing. And I really like the K-5!

Here is another shot from this session. On this one I did select the shadow area and tried to brighten it. I think the result looks a little too blue, unnatural.

Thanks,

"Pentax Rookie Dave"

Ithaca Falls, Ithaca, New York USA