Oneonta Falls and the Columbia River Gorge

This turned out better than my shots here last Summer. I like the leading lines in the left foreground water (bubbles on the surface of the stream?).

Shot with 82mm circular polarizer. Adobe Lightroom adjustments: White Balance: Shade, slight bump in contrast (Canon 0EV RAW results are too low in contrast), Recovery (recover highlight detail), Punch (further detail recovery and contrast bump). See “more properties” in right column of the photo’s page on Flickr for exposure detail (click on the photo).

Regarding using “shade” for the white balance “correction” It looks more like what we’d perceive (the waterfall as white), but less like as it actually was and the camera recorded (with a blue tone to the light). Let the debate on what “reality” really is ensue…