Crepe Myrtles in a Row IV: Late Afternoon Glade

Comments welcome.

--Lannie

this is a good image,well composed with fine colors and light,what I can figure is that shadows at the left lower corner,I think the image would be a lot finer without it.

This image really caught my attention. I like the soft textures but also the fine detail and the overall calmness that comes through to me. Well done and congratulations!

Landrum: I agree with Saad.   It continues all around most of the picture.  I think trying to frame this much especially in landscape shot doesn't work for me.  It would be nice to see this shot without it.  Alan.

Thanks, guys.  Click the right arrow to the next photo in the folder to see the same file without so much Photoshop work.  There are a total of four images in this folder made from the same original file out of the camera.

--Lannie

Lannie;  Definitely better without the vignetting.  However, I do like the B/W although the one there seems a little dark. I played with the other color one and came up with this.  Hope you don't mind me playing.  Alan.

Thanks, Alan.  I always like to see other persons' attempts on post-processing.  I rather like the lighter treatment myself. 

I deliberately chose the darker treatment in black and white shown elsewhere in the folder, but your version is rather appealing to me.  I see that you started from the color version, which is cropped slightly different from my other posted versions.  It also shows the wildflower near the bottom--in yellow at that.  Your version desaturates the flower but continues to show it.

--Lannie

Lannie:  My B/W processing was rather simple.  I'm sure using a better program you can do the tones a lot better than me. Actually a little more contrast would have been better.   I hadn't even thought what I was doing with the flower.   Alan