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Yes, excellent composition and tones

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It's mental. I took and processed this the day my dog died, about 3 weeks ago. Took her out for a walk; jumping running and happy; bring her inside; she let out a howl and fell over dead; eleven years old; my guess is acute cardio myopathy leading to myocardial infarction.

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You might want to get a book -- Real World Photoshop.

Good composition; background on top right is distracting. Your histogram has no white pixels, which might account for lack of contrast.

 

I uploaded another version.

My first impression here is three separate shots to be photo merged.

Also, if you can ALWAYS shot RAW images; jpegs are compressed and degrade each time you open or edit them. In RAW mode you have exactly what your digital sensor captured, a kind of digital negative, with much more post processing potential.

 

Ok, for this image use photo shop; create a copy of this as a background layer; go to image->adjustments-> shadow and highlight; play around on the background layer copy with the shadow and highlight sliders; find what you like and blend the layer with background. Also, I would save the saturation until after you have the tonal corrections completed; I think that may be a problem with the reds in the rocks in the river restricting tonal range. Here I did some simple tonal contrast adjustments and a high pass filter sharpen, 4.5px hard light blended at 40% opacity, which helps with depth and highlight contrast. Since the image was an edited jpeg, I could not retrieve original tonality, but was able to get some back.

 

You can also use selective levels and curves, which automatically create adjustment layers; rocks around falls is a good place for that technique -- don't do no stinking dodging there.

The shadows around falls do much to obscure the rocks and diminish depth of scene there. Water is too dark preventing good visual of foreground and area up to base of falls. Good you cropped part of boulder on right.

 

My sense is this would be better if 3 shots were taken and stitched: falls, middle area up to base of falls and foreground; each with their respective exposures.

 

I have uploaded a version (and much better than the last one I made of this).

Yes Carsten you commented on "Invasion of Time" at PhotoCritiq.

Small s-curve adjustment. Boards in foreground have more "life".

Carsten, yes it is "Invasion of Time", with better tone control and your suggestion to extend the scene. I took me a while for the roof to suit me -- especially highlight on the raised "notch" near window center line. I'm glad you like it.

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The walk way on left placed center line on the wheel track (the bridge is a well used motor and foot path to campground and picnic area at the far end).

 

Len, yes the overcast day produced consistent ambient light. It has been printed w/o frame on EPSON Exhibition Fiber Paper -- R2400 13x19.

 

Todd, I would fog toward the far end of scene and outside the lattice. I'll try to be there for fog.

 

Carsten and J Kilgo, this is an example of luminosity masking where highlights and darks are adjusted in separate adjustment layers -- I may be getting the hang of that tool.

 

Carsten, I was becoming frustrated with luminosity masks because, as you have pointed out several times, I had a tendency to loose control of highlights when they are blown out, creating too dark of a highlight mask. Also, the area at end of bridge was toned down with selective levels.

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Excellent duo tone (green/brown) motif -- tone gradient is superb. Fine use of thirds showing "pathway" through trees near right center.

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Carsten,

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I used a luminosity mask for the "light" side, and set white point within the mask to reduce highlights in the wool near the animal's neck. My focus of attention was on the face and facial hair, which, to me, appear to have sufficient contrast.

 

I see your point though; and will pay attention to that kind of detail. Here I am interested in controlling highlights, and luminosity masks seem a good alternative , as does your suggestion of the selective levels.

 

My B+W studies are more tonal exercises than B+W images. I'm not pleased so far with my overall success, but do notice some improvement in the last few months.

 

 

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I cannot believe I missed this (and its sibling). Henri, you are truly a great photographer! This one , IMO, is a signature work.

Stunning light work! Wonderful sky! Merry Christmas, Henri.