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Photo posted by Ed Lowe in the Landscape gallery on 12/11/17 at 11:20 am EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
Post last edited by Ed Lowe on 12/11/17 at 9:45 pm EST
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 12/11/17 at 2:16 pm EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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Sweet colors. Love the red against the green. I could see trimming a little off the top, but works nicely as presented.
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"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
- John Mason
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Comment posted by Igor Doncov on 12/11/17 at 2:33 pm EST
Registered on 11/22/14, 189 Posts, 2733 Comments
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This looks significantly better than the previous one of same subject.
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Comment posted by Preston Birdwell on 12/11/17 at 3:08 pm EST
Registered on 11/01/03, 471 Posts, 5188 Comments
great color, and nice sense of warmth without going overboard. I agree with Harley's crop suggestion.The soft light is really nice, Ed.
--P
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Preston Birdwell
Columbia, California, USA
NPN 429 | California Nature Photographers (CANP) Moderator | 'NPN Discussion' Moderator
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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on 12/11/17 at 4:16 pm EST
Registered on 11/24/06, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments
Ed,
Definitely like the comp here better and the processing is better as well - although my personal tasted might be to pop the reds a little more. One thing I sometimes do and I think I learned this from Preston, is add a Levels or Curves layer to your stack in PS and change the blending mode to "soft light." You don't make any adjustments, other than dropping the opacity way down like to 10% (to taste of course.) Just one of a gazillion ways to add pop and contrast to an image.
Anyway, back to your image. Before reading the comments I also was going to suggest a slight crop off the top - mainly to exclude the browns and also the white bare branches left of top center. Minor suggestion.
Otherwise, I'm really enjoying the arrangement and mix of reds with the greens - and this view doesn't have that intruding element at the bottom.
Wonderful 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 Nick Bristol on 12/11/17 at 4:27 pm EST
Registered on 02/01/04, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments
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Ed, I prefer this one over the last as well. Very nice. Nick
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Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on 12/11/17 at 8:43 pm EST
Registered on 12/10/15, 104 Posts, 1112 Comments
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Superb, Ed. Those rich reds are set-off beautifully by the evergreens. Processing looks spot-on and framing works well as-is but I could also see experimenting with taking a small slice off the top.
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Dave Dillemuth
Santa Barbara, California
davedillemuthphotography.smugmug.com
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Comment posted by Ed Lowe on 12/11/17 at 9:44 pm EST
Registered on 02/07/04, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments
Here is a repost with a little crop from the top as suggested by a few folks. Thanks for your input everyone.
Ed
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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on 12/11/17 at 10:18 pm EST
Registered on 11/19/03, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments
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The repost is a subtle but good look to my eye. I find it tightens up the comp nicely.
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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 12/12/17 at 10:37 am EST
Registered on 02/11/04, 777 Posts, 5252 Comments
This is outstanding. Comparing this to your previous post, I like this one better. The comp seems much more balanced to my eye. The other seemed a little left heavy on second viewing.
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Comment posted by Ed McGuirk on 12/13/17 at 05:11 am EST
Registered on 11/29/17, 19 Posts, 260 Comments
Ed, I like this version much better than the first one. I think you found a good white balance for processing these Wonderland images. I also think the prior image was not as strong because you had a dark black tree trunk serving as a frame on the left side of the image, and it drew attention away from the rest of the scene.
That's not the case here, your composition has a very pleasing arrangement of pines within the scene, and it works very well, it's nicely balanced. Good job here....
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on 12/13/17 at 09:18 am EST
Registered on 01/23/11, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Red and Green, must be getting close to Christmas... The colors and especially the touch of glow in the greens look great here, Ed. It's a great mix of real and abstract. Fascinating how the crop off the top seems to emphasize the greens even as the amount of green in the image is reduced. I do think the crop is a nice improvement on an already fine image.
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Mark Seaver
Burtonsville, MD & Emigrant, MT
seaverphotos.com
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Comment posted by Ken Henke on 12/20/17 at 12:38 pm EST
Registered on 02/20/12, 117 Posts, 285 Comments
Ed, Nice composition that for sure! I might suggest a tab bit of curves or levels in the luminosity mode. I say that because the reds are popping quite nice and any additional levels or curves work in normal mode may oversaturate the reds.
Cheers!
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