From the course: Travel Photography: Fjords of New Zealand

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Post-processing a waterfall shot from the boat trip

Post-processing a waterfall shot from the boat trip

From the course: Travel Photography: Fjords of New Zealand

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Post-processing a waterfall shot from the boat trip

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Now, Stirling Falls was amazing because the boat started on the opposite shore. We got a nice overall view of it. I was able to get an image, just kind of a documentary image of it. And then, as we came back into Milford from the Tasman Sea, we went right up to it. The spray was intense. I had my lens hood on to protect as much water as I could. But it was a process of shooting, turning, wiping the lens, turning and shooting. I experimented with some different shutter speeds. And this is the raw image that I'd like to edit. I was very pleased with how it came out. Let's look at the settings over here. ISO 800, F5.6 in the aperture, gave me a shutter speed of 1/170th of a second. And I've got some nice texture and lines. I love these white lines coming at me, and I see a lot of color in here. Now, as you can see, it's a muted color. This is a RAW file, so we're definitely gonna have a play with the color. So the histogram is fantastic. There's nothing near the left, there's nothing…

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