Kravica Waterfalls

[Kyle Jones]

While Plitvice is a UNESCO world heritage site in Croatia, Kravica is a more commercialized park in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Swimming is allowed at Kravica and there are boat tours under the falls. It is still a beautiful area and it's neat to swim near the falls, but it's harder to get a good photo.

We visited Kravica as a side trip while traveling from Dubrovnik to Hvar Island. That gave us a couple of hours to enjoy the scene, have a beer, take some photos, and go for a swim. I used a variable ND for these to get the water motion that I wanted in full daylight.

Any thoughts are welcome.

 

[AlanLichty]

Wow - I could easily spend a whole day shooting at these falls.

 

[Michael13]

A spectacular location! You did well to bring up the shadows and keep detail in the falling water.

 

[JimFox]

Wow! What a beautiful set of waterfalls! These might be my favorites, or at least in the Top 5 of your images from that trip.

You successfully used a VND? What focal length did you use? I still have bad memories of the dreaded "X" while trying a couple many years ago.

 

[Kyle Jones]

Wow! What a beautiful set of waterfalls! These might be my favorites, or at least in the Top 5 of your images from that trip.

You successfully used a VND? What focal length did you use? I still have bad memories of the dreaded "X" while trying a couple many years ago.

The waterfalls at Kravica were impressive - and these were just two of the 4-5 similar falls all along that canyon rim. I couldn't fit more into the frame due to the light and the people in the area.

I shot these (as well as almost all of my photos on this trip) with the Panasonic S1R2 and the Panasonic 28-200 lens. I used a K&F concept combined CPL/VND for these as well as most of my photos from Plitvice. For the most part I dialed in my shutter speed and aperture and then adjusted the VND to get proper exposure based on the lighting.

Here is a video from my phone showing the area.

Kravica Video

 

[JimFox]

The waterfalls at Kravica were impressive - and these were just two of the 4-5 similar falls all along that canyon rim. I couldn't fit more into the frame due to the light and the people in the area.

I shot these (as well as almost all of my photos on this trip) with the Panasonic S1R2 and the Panasonic 28-200 lens. I used a K&F concept combined CPL/VND for these as well as most of my photos from Plitvice. For the most part I dialed in my shutter speed and aperture and then adjusted the VND to get proper exposure based on the lighting.

Here is a video from my phone showing the area.

Kravica Video

Wow! That's a lot of people!

Does the VND work at 28mm? I think I had read that they really only work at about 70mm or tighter?

 

[Alisa]

These are beautiful!

 

[Kyle Jones]

Wow! That's a lot of people!

Does the VND work at 28mm? I think I had read that they really only work at about 70mm or tighter?

These used the VND at 28mm and 31mm, respectively

 

[JimFox]

These used the VND at 28mm and 31mm, respectively

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Those are great photos Kyle, I don't see an "X" artifacts. Maybe I need to look into this. I like most of the gear from K&F, so I think I will try it.

 

[JimFox]

Amazon.com : K&F Concept 67mm Variable Fader ND2-ND32 ND Filter and CPL Circular Polarizing Filter 2 in 1 for Camera Lens No X Spot Waterproof Scratch Resistant (Nano-X Series) : Electronics

is this the one @Kyle Jones ?

Do you use a lens hood with this? It seems like those arms would prevent that. That could be a possible issue with the sun.

 

[Kyle Jones]

Amazon.com : K&F Concept 67mm Variable Fader ND2-ND32 ND Filter and CPL Circular Polarizing Filter 2 in 1 for Camera Lens No X Spot Waterproof Scratch Resistant (Nano-X Series) : Electronics

is this the one @Kyle Jones ?

Do you use a lens hood with this? It seems like those arms would prevent that. That could be a possible issue with the sun.

Close, it was this one.

https://a.co/d/3sBPujV

It definitely prevents using a hood. It's a little awkward to use overall, but worked well for me on this trip.

 

[JimFox]

Close, it was this one.

https://a.co/d/3sBPujV

It definitely prevents using a hood. It's a little awkward to use overall, but worked well for me on this trip.

Thanks! I ordered it. I would use it mostly on my 24-200mm Nikon lens, and the lens hood for it actually balloons out a bit. It might fit inside the lens hood. But if not, I think it would be worth it.

I would use it on my Z6III which has a base ISO of 100, so when at the beach, I always have to stack an ND and a CPL together in order to get my shutter speed down to 1/5th of a sec at sunset. So this could be nice to have it all in one unit.