For my final piece i decided to create a montage of waterfall pictures that i had taken at a local waterfall. I have chosen waterfall pictures because i feel that waterfalls can provide a range of different feelings from the different forces of the water cascading down the fall. The harsh fast flowing water falling from the top meets with the gentle calm waters at the bottom to create a large splash area which streaks off in soft lines. For these pictures i used a long exposure of between 4 seconds and 8 seconds to get the smoky effect on the water, whilst still having the surroundings still by using a tripod. After taking the photos i have used photoshop to increase the contrast in the images, and in some i increased the saturation so that the green foliage around the falls was brighter.

I feel that my final piece summaries up my investigation into water, taking into account some of the artists who have taken waterfall pictures and then used their techniques and aimed to achieve a result similar to theirs.