Frosty Morning, Palouse

Shot on a beautiful frosty, spring morning in the Palouse Region of

Washington State. Comments are very welcome. Thanks for looking! Chip

Fantastic composition, beautiful colours and great lighting. Well done.

Love it! One of my all time favorites of yours!

Great.

Wonderful colors! Looks like color waves. Very beautful, thank you!

Best regards,

Marianna

Beautiful, but what's up with all the rainbow colors?  They don't look natural to me.  You have a real winner here anyway.

Thanks guys!

Larry, the Palouse is pretty fantastic in spring.  The greens and yellows are bright, and the freshly tilled dirt creates a nice contrast.  I was lucky to have frost this particular morning and shot this image when the sun was just coming up, catching the golden rays on the hill tops. The colors are very close to what I saw, and were quite spectacular as they usually are this time of year.  I retained some of the blue in the shadows after an over-all white balance adjustment.  After adjusting the contrast I used a sat. mask to bring down the saturation a touch (using Tony Kuypers PS actions) and a vibrance mask to balance. I've spent many evenings and many mornings in the Palouse ,and have seen some pretty amazing light.  It might look unnatural to you, but is very real to me.  I guess you just have to see it to believe it, and having not been there yourself, I can totally understand how this might look pretty crazy to you. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion though, and I  appreciate you taking the time to  comment and critique.  Something that many people don't do here.  Thanks for looking!  Chip

This is wonderfull. It looks very natural to me. I am jealous when I see your Palouse photos. They are all spectacular. This is a wonderful landscape.

WOW, what a fantastic capture and landscape.  And yes, a very nice comp too.  Thanks for sharing your post process.  Excellent work!

amazing and fantastic. congrats

Wow Chip! This one's a stunner. The colors are very surreal as mentioned previously, and the frost has added an additional element to the image. That's what gives you the soft pastel colors you've captured here. Beautiful light, and superb composition.

All the best,
Neil

wow excellent

Gorgeous landscape with stunning, rich colors, and beautifully composed.

This has taken my breath away.

Wow!!! Brilliant shot...my best

very beatiful photo, I wants learning this methots (Tony Kuypers PS actions), what you suggest as source

This is an absolutely fabulous photo. The landscape is beautiful in both color and lighting. Great job.

Delightfully place!!! I have a hope, it is natural color. Best regards, Artur.

…wooaaahh.

Just perfect ...

***Ali***

Excellent composition with dramatic use of colour. A pleasure to the viewer. Best regards.

The more I look at it the better it gets..I don't know what else to say. Congratulations Chip! Regards.

Congratulations Chip, I like it as a picture, no matter how it has been made. CF

Just fascinating....

Spectacular landcase. Amazing play of lights & colors.A visual treat.