Redclouds(recropped)

I have reworked this shot. The scan is not too good in the bright

area, have adjusted it closer to the scan than earlier version. But

cropped off most of the foreground. Inputs are as always appreciated!

great work, looks very balanced to me.

I agree with Hans. Nicely done.

Atle, this is really nice work and I love your crop. The cloud is great and the composition is good too. My little nit would be that the middle zone( between the clouds) is a little too bright on my monitor. I know it might be another technique-tough shot. And overall is beautiful image.

Thanks for the comments! ..Kurt, yes its to bright in that area, but this is the scan,.. scanned by a neaby photolab, the slide look good, An option is to rescan, but i have not made a desicion about that yet.

Atle, thanks for the explaination. I really wish you can do the scan job by yourself with great scanner. This past summer I bought the coolscan V, and I realize how critical the scan work could be. The good scan is really more faithful to original slide.

Yes, a good scan is important, to avoid using time on tweaking. The question nowadys is; Bying a scanner or go digital, i kinda like slides so...

perhaps going for both alternatives.

Great shot. Love the colours. Enjoyed reading the above comments...faced with the same issue...currently making do with a less expensive Digital camera. Have slides but no scanner and I keep thinking about buying the new coolscans.

Yes, nicely cropped indeed Atle - the balance is great, just not quite sure about the colour palette (could just be the scan issue you mentioned). I don't know about you but I can think of more enjoyable ways to spend time than messing around with scanners.

....images you have in your portfolio Atle. It's hard for me to comment and rate them all at once, but I will do my best to rate and comment some of them......Splendid composition with really beautiful colors and light. The reflections are wonderful and I just love the clarity and contrast in this one. On my screen the lighter parts do have enough detail and so it looks very fine to me this way. You always will loose some brilliance in a scan, no mather wich scanner used, compared to the original slide....Best regards, Harry

One would imagine this kind of scenes to better work in landscape, but this portrait composition is very effective. I like the way we layer so many elements in alternating bands of colours. A well-crafted effect.