Lake Huron

What a beautiful image. The textures of the smooth water, the lake and the clouds and land combine to form a visually attractive whole. The tones are wonderful.

Your comments are appreciated.

First. what a sky! Second, this composition is really a perfect example of terrific use of the rule-of-thirds. Third, David said it right, this image is just loaded with fantastic tones. Leo, this is really a beautiful image. The reflections off the main lake and the small body of water have a silvery toning - is this something you achieved in PP? A 7/7 anonymously. Cheers! Chris

What's out there? composition is great as it allows to explore the entire image.

Love the contrast as it brings out the texture of the photos.

 

 

You've got a good eye and yes I just learn two new techniques and I used them both here. The first effect was a "High Pass Contrast" by John Paul Caponigro. In essence using the High Pass contrast you can target contrast to effect contours more than other image areas-to a lesser degree, texture and volume are also accentuated. The second effect was to select just the high lights ( hold down the following keys altogether ctrl-alt-shift and the tilde key (~)) and then copy and paste to a new layer. With just the highlights selected you can fine tune them with any adjustment layer; I used a curves layer to bring them up to that mirror like sheen.As I was saying Chris your eye is improving. I am a firm believer in studying the works of others. If anyone would like further information just ask. I also used the Ektalure cream tone along with a selenium to achieve the toning.

Nothing but water; the dark ares is where the water is shaded by the clouds! Thanks for your time and comments.

Wonderful tones and a generally dynamic feel created by all those hight lights glistening. Having spent pretty much my entire life on the shore of one of the Great Lakes or another this is a familiar sight, yet I've never seen this scene captured quite this way before. If I ever get up to speed with photo shop perhaps I can enlist you for some pointers.

I will be glad to help!