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Photo posted by Harry Lichtman in the Landscape gallery on 11/20/17 at 07:33 am EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
Post last edited by Harry Lichtman on 11/20/17 at 08:06 am EST
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Comment posted by Doug Koepsel on 11/20/17 at 08:40 am EST
Registered on 04/01/10, 196 Posts, 1592 Comments
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Harry, I am drawn to the lichen splotches on the trunks. I wonder about a tighter crop, possibly a vertical, to place attention on those larger trunks. Or maybe a crop from the bottom to eliminate the brighter yellow ferns along the bottom which splits my eyes away from the reds (just my preferences and thoughts).
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 11/20/17 at 09:00 am EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Beautiful, Harry. Great light, color and scene. No suggestions, here.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Michael Lowe on 11/20/17 at 11:43 am EST
Registered on 02/11/04, 777 Posts, 5252 Comments
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This works well with the two horizontal bands of color and the vertical lines of the tree trunks. I also have to reduce the opacity with TK's sharpening actions. They way oversharpen if I don't. I use the "smart glow" action sometimes on Jpegs for NPN. Adds a nice subtle effect. Haven't tried it on a full size image.
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Comment posted by Allen Brooks on 11/20/17 at 12:11 pm EST
Registered on 07/27/11, 262 Posts, 2597 Comments
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In comparing this to the one you posted in photo art, I find I like the glow of the foliage in the photo art presentation, but seem to prefer the more natural look of the trees in this photo. Both are quite nice compositions.
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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on 11/20/17 at 2:53 pm EST
Registered on 05/18/07, 1108 Posts, 7647 Comments
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I like both versions, Harry, but prefer this one as presenting the play of light and shade, on the shrubs especially, just that bit more effectively. The complementary colours work exceptionally well in this image.
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Comment posted by Floyd Hopper on 11/20/17 at 7:23 pm EST
Registered on 05/01/09, 652 Posts, 762 Comments
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Beautiful color and exposure. Great detail of the lichens on the trees.
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"Unlike a painter, a photographer starts with something finished and works backward" Anonymous
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 11/20/17 at 9:29 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Harry,
I gotta say this was a banner year for you and fall color! This beautiful! Impressed that this came out do well with the dappled sunlight - you did well to tame the highlights throughout - although one my suggestions would be to burn down the brighter ferns at the bottom. I do like Dan's suggestion of a bottom crop; the resulting pano format seems like it would work well with this scene.
I also like the bands of color, and being tied together with all the tree trunks. Wonderful image.
Also, thought I would let you know that I think the sharpening looks great! Leaf scenes are the worst and often we tend to compensate with sharpening when many leaves are soft due to wind, dof, etc. (I'm totally guilty of this..) So I think you've found a nice sharpening balance here.
Oh, and the PA Orton version is certainly artsy and looks good. Have you tried the Orton(or TK Glow) effects at a low opacity? I've used in the past to give an image a little bump. Even a low opacity on the Orton layer of like 10% (give or take to taste) can add a nice touch to an image.
Lon
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To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on 11/21/17 at 06:31 am EST
Registered on 09/17/10, 304 Posts, 3507 Comments
Thanks Lon - I haven't tried the Make it Glow - It's different than Orton I guess, will give it a try an see what it does.
Doug - I think the crop idea would work - my only concern wa that it might leave the image as 1/2 greens, 1/2 reds - a little too static? Though a balance might be fine for this type of shot. Thanks.
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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 11/21/17 at 10:53 am EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
This is a flat out gorgeous scene, Harry. I particularly like the horizontal layers of red and green and the intersection of those bands with the vertical lines of the tree trunks. You definitely found some beautiful autumn color this year in your travels.
Ed
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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on 11/22/17 at 02:25 am EST
Registered on 09/27/06, 636 Posts, 10682 Comments
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The striking contrasts in colours between top and bottom works very well. Lovely how the way light falls, giving depth to the elements.
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on 11/22/17 at 11:05 am EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
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Harry, I think your processing has done a great job of presenting this as a view where glowing colors are what the image is all about. In this version, there's a subtlety in that presentation while your PA version makes the glow highly dominant. I do like how the PA version adds wom emphasis to the tree trunks and the lichen growing on them.
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
seaverphotos.com
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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on 11/22/17 at 9:01 pm EST
Registered on 03/13/07, 500 Posts, 8365 Comments
Comment last edited by Chris Chamberlain on 11/22/17 at 9:09 pm EST
Gorgeous! I love this comp and color. This works beautifully for me just as presented. The Otonized version is beautiful and dreamy as well for a PA image. Too much Orton for me for a natural presentation. Although it might work fine at a lower opacity.
I have been using a version of of glow effects on virtually all of my images over the last year or so. I learned it from Mark Metternich. Although I think it is some alternate method of the one Marc Adamus uses or used. I apply it at a very low opacity of between 10 and 20 percent depending on the image.
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Comment posted by Ken Henke on 11/24/17 at 1:15 pm EST
Registered on 02/20/12, 117 Posts, 285 Comments
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Sweet layering on this beauty!
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