I returned to the same location in Roger Williams Park as yesterday's photo for a long exposure (10-seconds) shot of these artificial cascades. The small series of steps look like they'd make an interesting fish ladder, but it's doubtful any spawning fish make it this far from the Bay. The area is quiet and very scenic, and I expect to do several more shots from this location. One interesting item to note. There's an interesting phenomenon associated with long exposure photography, in that moving objects - unless extremely bright - do not appear in the photo. That is the case here. While I was photographing this scene, a landscaper driving a large leaf blowing tractor kept circling in and out of the scene around the statue on the right. I was quite pleased to find that, thanks to long-exposure magic, he and his tractor are completely invisible! They were not edited out in Photoshop, they simply don't appear in the shot.
Post processing started with a classic filter in Topaz B&W FX. I then adjusted color sensitivity, adaptive exposure, contrast, boost black, and boost white. A levels adjustment was added in PSE followed by a sepia photo filter.
