darakeh mountain resort Untitled

I was sauntering down the path when I caught sight of this guy sitting

on the slope of that rock. I quickly scanned the scene and put it in a

mental frame. I was specially awe-stricken with the singleness of the

motif and the strong repetition of the diagonal lines. I quickly

grabbed my 20D and put the scene in the viewer. I was lucky To take my

time to check the composition before pressing the shutter botton

because ion the mean time the man rose and stretched out his hands as

if to say a prayer. I instantly saw everything in making and I bagged

the shot.

This is an excellent shot, a perfect composition. I was just wondering if there is anything one can do the increase the sharpness and the contrast of the background...?

Thank you very much for visiting and commenting. The original image is bitingly sharp. This is a PS simulation of a soft focus filter from the analogue camera days. It is called Gaussian blur mask to improve mood through softening up the image. As for the sky I should say I have gone as far as could and have thrown in every bit of my knowledge into trying to improve that region. I can only think of one technique called Digital Split Density Filter which does the same job as an ND

grad filter does.

I am glad to see you back here. Your words are extremely encouraging. I get ecstatic when my friends such as you spend time to come back to see what I have done and sorry for not having paid you as many visits.

Very wonderful capture. Such a beautiful country and people. Thank you for sharing here on PN.

Thank you so much for being so caring and supportive to have come here and left a comment. I love all you PN members and your views are my life.

Thanks for the explanation Arash, now I can appreciate the pic even more! Nice work!

Best regards, Harri

Wonderful photo Arash!!

 

Dave

Nice of you to have considered this shot worthy of comment.

oh yes! I should have used the words 'uplifting' and 'trancendental'