What a great looking shot John! Beautiful color and I love your effects on this. Wonderful looking sky too!
Joanie

Great HDR working here John, you got so much clarity in this one unlike mine. I like it my friend. =^..^= sandi

What an awesome shot!!

This must be HDR Month.
Like your Take on this One John.
Fitting Title also.
The Bird is a Bonus!
Thanks for sharing.

E J

Great perspectiave and composition, John. A powerful view of power.

Caveats?

Well, and I may be in the minority here ... colours are a tad oversaturated in my eyes and humble opinion.

Possible solution, if interested?

Tim; aka timvdb thought to use one image in B & W. If I have that correctly. The layer or image that, in this case, has the highest greens.

Then again, I need coffee. :o|

Just kidding a bit.

Now you have peaked my curiosity as well, single image ... multiple exposures? Time and opportunity permitting and as a suggestion ... perhaps, answer here on your image's page? Not familiar with which HDR imaging you use. And yes ... Curious Les, I am.

That nonsense of mine aside, it is a good shot. Great eye to have spotted this in frame. And but of course, thank you for sharing this one with us. :o)

I created the first exposure in Dynamic HDR, did minor adjustments in CS2, and then re-exposed it in Dynamic HDR for a second time. With both exposures, I performed minor adjustments. I did not record them, as I played around, so I am sorry that I cannot list my movements to you. But, I do thank you Les, and would be very open to any suggestions you would like to make.

Shads joins the ranks of FDR. It is growing daily. Below the dam is great when Waterworld is quiet. But the Costner can be high when the Hopper starts overflowing.
One of my favorite lines for the less then memorable movie was:
Well, I'll be damned. It's the gentleman guppy. You know, he's like a turd that won't flush.
I liked the late Michael Jeter who was in the movie.
Good powerful work Shads.

Tick* was here

I like how you did this in HDR ... perfectly composed as the lines of the dam including that water falling carries the viewer in. I do have to agree with Les on the oversaturation part. I have only done a couple images in HDR & this has me inspired to do more. Wonderful work John.

Oversaturated or not, I do like the colors this way. Great job John.

What a great perspective and demo of power you have captured in this wonderful shot, John. Really nice post work, intense and with nice lighting.

I love your title, and would like to use it as the title of a poem, if that's ok with you. The textures and the drama you show here is really awesome. I like it very much. Verena

Another fine and powerful image John. The HDR really does seem to bring out the bolder colors, which in this case lends to the title even more. Well done.

Stan

Fabulous image as always. Perfect

This has a very high WOW Factor, John. That means it will get super high marks in VB, if I get it. Fantastic color and HDR work. Very nice.

Jimbob

Interesting perspective and I do like the effect you used on this. Great post!

Water from every direction! I too enjoy this angle, brings you in with so much to see. Especially enjoy the dual flow of water. Must be loud.

Yeah !! I really like the colors in your image John. It works very well. Composition is also great, so it's a success as I love.

Raph :)

Wonderful image....very impressive! Dramatic from the left.....easing to a more peaceful scene to the right. Great sky too. Well done.

great effect and shot:)