Crossing the river

I understand your concern that the person crossing the river would be lost in the trees but in my opinion the whole picture is strong enough without drawing undue attention to the solitary crosser. Perhaps if you didn't desaturate the rest of the picture to such an almost monotone degree, it wouldn't feel like a PS manipulation.

Interesting. What if the hiker hadn't been wearing red?

Thanks for your comments, both of you.

I have not skewed the colors at all. The weather was very monotonic. My son happened to wear red. This reminds me of a classic `red in the golden cut? strategy back in 70?s. I think the picture is better with a person on the bridge than without. I like my red coat ;-)

 

Sakke

You're kidding! You haven't adjusted the color at all? Then I take back my comment on the red sweater; it just seems so strange that it is virtually the only spot of color in the picture. But I've taken pictures like that, so I know it's possible.

Jack, just for reference, here is the original shot, downsized. It was the time for the first snow. That is a very pictoresque time.. BR, Sakke

Finland is so sparesly inhabited that they probably turn off the color to save power when nobody is there.