Back Where I Come From

Very good shot. Framing and fall colors are perfect.

bryan

Any thoughts or comments are greatly appreciated! Thanks for viewing

my work!

I like the colors, and the shapes of the trees. I'm not sure the centered composition is quite working for me, though.

Excellent cropping here!! An excellent image! If your computer is working now, try this in PS.

Image->adjustments->curves; click BLK eyedropper on btm. right; put the dropper cursor in the barn door at lower right and click. This will set the shadow area in the door to the black on your curve. If the image looks too dark after that, then reset the curve; try this with the curves (be sure to click the gradient on bottom so that white is on left): at the top right drag curve slightly to left, you will notice the effect here -- the image darkens; the same action with the lower left going towards right will lighten image. This is known as steepening the curve and, among other things, helps to add contrast to the image, find areas that can use some tonal tweaking (like correcting highlight blowouts), and is a good exercise in learning PS tools.

Frank-Thank you VERY much for taking the time to not only critique my work but give such detailed instructions to help me learn. This is not actually a cropped picture, I thought ahead and had plenty of time in this field so I shot every composition I could find so I could have good, original files to work with. I am not at my computer now but will definitely be trying your ideas soon. Once again, thanks for stopping by and putting so much effort into helping me improve my pictures--it is honestly appreciated!