Sunset over water

[Thommo]

Hey guys, i really like what this image could have been, but im not sure if i have pp it correctly. I had a play with the shadows to try and bring out the trees some more but i think it may look a bit silly. Please tell me what you think.

[stubbsy]

James

Yes it looks a bit silly. Tone down the Shadow/Highlights adjustment and try again. This is a good image and just needs a better PP treatment.

[Thommo]

Number 2




and another i have just pped

[stubbsy]

James

Still no good FOR ME, of course it may be fine for you since it's all subjective. I think the problem is that when we see reflections in an image we expect the reflections will be darker. In these images they lack that contrast.

[PiroStitch]

The landscape version has merit as the clouds tend to lead the eye to the horizon, however the lack of contrast and sharpness IMHO puts the pic down.

Also can you please reduce the size of the pics to 800 pixels width (maximum) - it'll help the users on smaller screen res

[stubbsy]

James

Here's a quick and dirty of what I'm talking about. I reduced the saturation slightly, increased the contrast and added a graduated neutral density filter effect to lighten the top & darken the bottom.

If you don't want me playing with your image, just say and I'll delete it.

[Thommo]

thanks for the help peter, I have a bit of a problem of not being able to start afresh with pp. Once i have one result the rest seem to end up that way.

using your version i am going to go and have another crack, which should be alot easier now htat i have a reference BTW I really like your version