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...in the forest clearing. Please view large if possible, enjoy

otherwise if not :)

Leszek--Wonderful shot! I love your composition with just the right amount of sky. I also love the saturation and clarity of the whole shot. What (if anything) did you do to get such good detail throughout? Grad filters? HDR? Blending? PS tweaks? Whatever you did it looks great--I'm not criticizing your techniques...I'm trying to learn from great results! Strong work my friend!

Hallo Tyler - good to hear from you !

 

Thanks for the kind word - but I am sure there will be people who REALLY won't like it. To answer you question - I am just experimenting with post - processing, and IMHO I am a long way from achieving the results I want. For the starters, I am not a big fan of Photoshop "improvements". But - I have learned how to take a sharp picture, how to use filters, how to tell good light from bad, how to watch scene contrast...and all this has limitations. At the same time (I think) I can more or less figure out what are the "natural" limits any scene can offer. So - I am trying to experiment with a workflow which will increase/enhance tonal range of the image. It probably is not terribly original and has been done before - but I always prefer to discover things on my own.

 

"Grad filters? HDR? Blending? PS tweaks?" - all of it to some degree plus some :), but the image was pretty good to start with. If you want - have a look here: http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=704301 and maybe here: http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=699256

I like the warm light & colours, perhaps a touch oversaturated for some but I think it suits the lovely scene well.

very cunning

REALY BEAUTIFUL.Best regards.