landscape "Oaks over the Columbia"

Your thoughts or suggestions are appreciated. Thanks, Don Paulson

Great composition and light.

very impressive ! 7/7

Well done, it just looks like oil painting. Did you modify original image?

Thanks for the compliments. Yes, I combined a duplicate layer with the "Multiply" mode - used an adjustment layer to lighten the much darkened image - and finally applied a Gaussian blur at less than 100% opacity.

preciosa, saludos

Don I am not sure what that PS talk is that you mention above and how to do it, but it sure looks great! Really,Really Great! :o)

 

DK.

David, Thanks for your comments. You've got some great animal shots in your portfolio. The photoshop technique I used is not too hard if you are familiar with layers.

Preciosa composiocion,,llena de luz y color ,,, felicidades,,, saludos, 6/6

Beautifull tones and composition Don!

 

Cheers, Rafael

Terrific!

I must say that this is a fantastic composition; great lighting!

Awesome!

soo beautiful seen.

Beautiful composition! The technique you have used makes this photo a real eye catcher... well done.

Hi Don,

You are truly the "John Constable" of digital tree photography.

 

Joe O'Neill-Byrne

You have made a very good work on this photo. It really catch my eye with such a beautiful composition, full of light and different tones of green. Congrats!!

Don I know nothing about Layers.

I hear about layers at times on here but I just don't understand it. I am not the biggest of readers also. ;o)

 

Keep up the good work. :o)

 

DK.

Lovely work on the foreground/background, it looks like a 3-D picture, I can almost touch the lower-right greenery, as if I was there.

 

David K., to explain "Layers" for someone who has never seen PS (Adobe PhotoShop) in action, imagine a layer as a clear sheet over your picture, you can draw or make changes on this without touching your original. You can add or remove layers, doing something to the picture in each, independent of the others. That way if you get something 'just right', or it's an experiment you may or may not use, you can do other work without touching it, even put it aside while you work with another layer. A 'mask' shields part of the picture so it's protected while you work on the unmasked part, and you can change the mask or turn it on/off. You can do so many incredible things in PS, even the experts are still learning, but you can do basic stuff, too. When you have your picture the way you want it, you save it- with a new name- and there's your new masterpiece. You should always keep a copy of your untouched originals, too.

Don, I find the image beautiful as it is. I'd be interested to see a version without the blur to compare, though. Could you help ? Best wishes, Peter

Beautiful, Don...!

The foreground/background contrast is striking, and it serves to really emphasize the trees. This seems to have come from a canvas rather than a camera -- very nice effects.

Your back?! Super image Don! Olga and I will be demanding a personal slideshow presentation you know. :-)

Excellent composition!

Excellent