High Force, ideas welcome

davex
Posted 31/12/2010 - 12:25 Link
Taken on a very grey day;
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Ideas welcome for improvement.
A larger version is here.

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aliengrove
Posted 31/12/2010 - 14:34 Link
Hope you don't mind, I had a go at it, not sure if it is any improvement. I tried mono first, but it didn't seem to work, so I applied a graduated filter to the top left, burned the midtones on the mountain in the top left a bit, cropped it, then used Topaz Adjust to bring out some more colour. Lastly, I desaturated the waterfall and some of the foam using the sponge tool as it had a strong yellowish tinge.

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It might work better on the original file, the link you posted seemed to be the same size as the one on the forum.

Rgds,
Jon.
davex
Posted 31/12/2010 - 15:19 Link
Don`t mind at all Jon, that`s why I posted it.
Think your mid-tones might be a touch overcoked.
Do like the brightness of the greens in yours.
The yellow comes from the peat in the surrounding area, i have emphasised this as it is a feature of the falls.
My version seems a bit "muddier" than yours.
My latest version;
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aliengrove
Posted 31/12/2010 - 15:55 Link
I think you are right about the midtones in the version I posted. Bit of a difficult shot to get much out of due to the light I think.Your second version is an improvement but the whole scen still seems to lack contrast.
SmutjeUK
Posted 31/12/2010 - 16:16 Link
Lovely shot. May I ask of the location of this beauty spot? Great pic as well and some very good work done! Well done all.
Kind regards
SmutjeUK

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davex
Posted 31/12/2010 - 16:29 Link
High force in Teesdale,have a few other images of it, one or two "shot to the right" will play again tomorrow.
Thanks for the ideas all.
Happy New Year.
Davex.
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