Orkney island, Ring of Brodgar (second version)

I have tried to improve the manipulation on this photo I have already

posted (See in my Scotland folder), for I find the colors was too

greenish, the sky was too grainy, and the foreground too black. Do

you think it is better ?

Orkney Isles, a beatiful place that I reallly enjoyed ! For me, your point of "view" is hard to understand,but I ignore the conditions when you take the foto! Personally I don't like too grainy, but, it has something "magic". Best regards from Barcelona !

As an abstract image, very interesting. I like the grain. Congrats on seeing this image and framing it so. There is perhaps a little much of the foreground, but that's a matter of taste.

a poor tonal range... is it dued to the scan? The graininess surely is a result from the compression.

I think everybody is so damned concerned about all of the technical stuff and not enough about the image itself. I remember with fondness my trip to the Orkneys and this is a wonderful photograph in that it depicts the mystery of those Islands regardless of whether it has grain or where you stood or any of that other BS. Great Shot!!!

Kevin, this is a photography site; here we discuss photography. The subject is part of a photo, but is not all; composition, grain, tones and so on are as much important. Your remarks would have been more appropriate if this had been a travel and geography site, but it is not. In any case, it is the author who asked for a technical / aesthetic comment on this photo. To Henri: Yes, there is an improvement, the contrast is less harsh and the yellow dominant (especially unpleasant on the stones) has gone away. However, I am sorry to have lost the green meadows, which really made the background. I also agree with a previous comment that the foreground is the least pleasant part of this photo and might be slightly cropped. Great composition here. Are you sure that is the sky, in the far background? I thought they were far mountains. It doesn't look like a sky.

Thank you all for your comments. For certain I have answered personnaly on their email adress. Michele, I agree with you for the green meadows; those ones are too much blue finally. As for the foreground it is no doubt possible to cut it a bit. I am sure that the far background is the sky. Don't forget that the original photo is taken by day, and on it there is a mitday blue sky with some clouds wich are here lightly coloured in red. And, if I have a good memory, there is'nt mountains on the Orkneys.

yes, as above this is pretty grainy, but I'd question the resolution this is posted at? Have you tried in B&W - the grain might work better in monochrome...