Lake Sunset
by Schuff

Comment by rasdub:
Very nice! Great color!

Burst of Rays
by Schuff

Comment by rasdub:
the color and brightness on this picture is much better. looks like it was a nice 4th on the lake :)

The Aftermath
by Schuff

Comment by LeeD:
Great shot!!! Even with the stick in the lower right.

On the Lake During The 4th
by Schuff

Comment by rasdub:
Cool clouds...seems like the picture if a little dark though.

Sky Falls
by Schuff

Comment by glad2badad:
I like this one the best. You can get a sense of scale with the large pine trees in the background. The low cloud (or fog) ceiling adds some drama. Another thing I like is the composition, the way the waterfall cuts across the image diagonally and the trees in the foreground right add more depth and dimension. Overall - very nice!

The Aftermath
by Schuff

Comment by Bear_Music:
Defintely clone out the limb lower right. This is a very nice shot. I think you can get more luminosity out of it with judicious levels and curves, though. It's worth a try. It's just shy of really singing.

Sky Falls
by Schuff

Comment by Bear_Music:
I never worry about so-called "printable ratios"; I make the image be the best it can be and worry about all that later. Youc an always create a print file that inludes white borders to regularize it for a generic print service like DOC.

This image, anyway, seems to me the most blah of the 4. It really doesn't compel my attention.

Big Timber Falls
by Schuff

Comment by Schuff:
I really wanted to crop the big tree on the left to be the left border of the picture but as I stated in my other pic I was trying to crop at 8x10 size to keep it printable and that meant I lost alot of the top/bottom of this pic.

Thx for pointing out that limb in the water. A friend of mine also just noticed that as well, quite bright and sticks out. I will test my cloning skills on this. =)

Thx for taking the time!

Canyon Crest
by Schuff

Comment by Bear_Music:
This feels to me like it's leaning over to the right. I'd try maybe a degree or 2 of CCW rotation. Maybe crop a bit off the left so it's not quite so centered, but the centering basically works.

Big Timber Falls
by Schuff

Comment by Bear_Music:
I don't mind the tree at all, it lends depth,a nd after all the nAME of the falls is "Big Timber Falls" :-) I'd think about cloning the branches from the upper falls though. It's a nice shot, though it seems a little muddy in color. Try some hue/sat adjustment to perk it up?