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Stephen Shoff |
I like this a lot, Lisa. It strikes an emotional chord with me. The strengths are great compositional lines, rich greens, and nice atmospherics. I'm guessing this one is also from Nepal? One thing I'm noticing is some "banding" in the fog. There are too many opportunities for that to be introduced in getting an image from your screen to my screen for me to be certain that it is in the image itself. It will be interesting to hear if others see it, too. In this image, the softness is nice but I think I'd like to see the foreground little sharper to increase the sense of depth (compositional depth, not depth-of-field). Since the subject is the tree, you might also try to strengthen the ridge of brighter green that leads to it. This might be a contrast, brightness, or hue/saturation layer with a layer mask to to only affect the top of the ridge. I took a screen shot and tried a couple of things. 1) a screen layer at about 33% with the effect masked out everywhere except the grass leading to the tree, and somwhat less (a soft brush with lower opacity) on the face of the ridge to open it up just a little; and, 2) some sharpening applied to just the foreground grass, the brighter grass along the top of the ridge and the tree itself by duplicating the image layer and using an overly blend with a high pass filter. I took the liberty of a screen shot and some edits.
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Elaine Hessler |
This is really beautiful. I think I see some brad bands in the fog, but it looks like those are hills behind the fog. I like steven's ideas and would like to see them on the original image. Is the focus soft on the original image or is it the fog? Maybe a little sharpening and something to make the tree stand out a little from the darker patch of fog. This is really unusual and seems very peaceful to me. Nice shot.
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Dale Hardin |
I like "misty" shots too Lisa and think this image has merit. However, I'm not as convinced of the compositional strengh as Stephen. I like his suggestions and think they are right on line but would take it a bit further. Using his result as a starting point, I'd add another screen blend at somewhere between 25% and 50% depending on how moody you wanted to keep it. Would then apply a small crop using the 5x7 horizontal format starting near the upper right corner so that you loose about 1/4 the distance above the top of the tree and an equal amount from the bottom. This will cut about 1/5 off the left side, strenghening your composition.
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Beth Spencer |
I really like the fog and the greens, I think maybe a tighter crop could help it.
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Peter W. Marks |
Can't get my head around what I am sure are great suggestions so will just wait to see what you come up with Lisa as I certainly like your original concept.
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Anthony L. Mancuso |
I like the lines and the monochromatic color scheme here Lisa. I agree with Dale's suggestion of a crop but I would go even further with it and use a square up starting on the right and keeping the full height. IMHO the combination of the placement of the tree on the extreme right and the extreme brightness of the sky on the left draw attention away from the tree. The overall focus seems pretty soft to me as well, and I think the shadows in the dark horizontal band of vegetation could be opened up as well. I don't see the banding in the sky some of the others have referred to..
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Elaine Hessler |
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Aimee C. Eisaman |
In My Humble Opinion
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Aimee C. Eisaman |
I must agree with Dale that I think the composition needs a tweek. As is I find the vast bright fog area too distracting and hope that any crops you try will take some of that away. I do love the emotion of that little tree that looks as if it is being pulled or pushed by a strong wind. :~) Will wait to see if you try some of the suggestions from the others.
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Debbie E. Payne |
Am late to the party, Lisa. They say that any time you come across an interesting LONE tree in an image, you will have found a great subject. Love the lonely little tree against the elements. I'm not so sure that I would do a good-sized crop because I kind of like the negative space and the geometrical angles it showcases.
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Teresa H. Hunt |
Beautiful image. I love the lone tree. I can't see the banding mentioned, but I'm on my laptop and it's screen is pretty dark. I think you've gotten some great suggestions so I'll just sit back and see what you come up with. :)
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mjkellyphotos.com - Michael Kelly Contact Michael Kelly Michael Kelly's Gallery |
A beautiful shot and I think the edit by Stephen makes it even a bit stronger. I do see the banding, but it is not horrible as it can be at times. A high light gradient in a area absent of detail tends to make this show up the most which is the situation here, but as I said I don't really think this is all that bad.
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- Rita K. Connell Contact Rita K. Connell Rita K. Connell's Gallery |
I really like the screen blend one best, I agree it could use a tighter crop. I do like the lone tree and the rich shades of green in this image. I agree the brightness of the fog on the left is a little distracting. can't wait to see what you decide on.
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lisa anderson |
(Stephen, I'm so happy you like this photo from Nepal and took the time to edit it. I'm still working on understanding layers in photoshop so am not sure whether I did the edit right)
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