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by Tess

Comment by taterbug:
Hehehe, everybodys gotta have a picture of someone takin' pictures :-P
This is a nice one. Good tone and nice comp.

Moraine-Lk-aka-CDN-20-dolla.jpg
by Tess

Comment by taterbug:
This is an absolutely stunning composition. What a gorgeous scene. And you have framed it just oh so nicely. Good detail. The lines of the trees and their reflection are just great, they take your view right into the image. Very nice! The sky does seem a little washed out, but in this case, I see it as a minor thing. Actually just looks like it's kind of misty at the mountain tops. There are a couple of tricks you can try on flat, washed or blown out skys. One, especially if there is not a lot of sky, is to select the sky, then pick a fitting shade of blue, and paint it with the paintbrush tool. Then do a little bit of burning to 'break' it up, and drop the opacity of that layer way down til it looks right. Another method is to again select the sky, pick a blue for foreground color, then apply a linear gradient, set on foreground to transparent, and then drop the opacity of the layer. You do have to watch when doing this when there is water and reflections present, that they (the reflection and actual sky) still match and don't end up looking way un-natural. Also in this image, I would probably tweak levels a little and try to strengthen the light to dark range, and add a little depth, but that's just me :-). Anyway, very nice work Tess. Beautiful photo, you've got a good eye.

Aqua Velva
by Tess

Comment by taterbug:
A nice shot here. What a beautiful location. The mountains do make a great backdrop, and the stream has a really nice curve and leads the eye into the photo nicely. A very nice composition. I have to agree, that little bit of water in the corner kind of throws things off just a little. Looks like in your edit, you maybe selected the water and worked on it? The water looks nice, but it seems that you can see the edges of the selection. Maybe try playing with the feathering of your selection tool. You said you were conveniently close to this location? I think this would be great to do a 'study' of so to speak. Go and take the same shot at different times under different lighting conditions. Could make a great tool to learn how different times of day, different light, exactly how it affects the scene. I also agree, might make for a good b/w too! Great eye though, it is a very nice shot. :-) And man, it sure does smell good!!!

Message edited by author 2005-08-28 05:42:49.

Moraine-Lk-aka-CDN-20-dolla.jpg
by Tess

Comment by docpjv:
love the composition and colors. good work1

Aqua Velva
by Tess

Comment by rasdub:
This one is really nice. Love the blue tone to the water and the colors throughout the picture are really nice.

Moraine-Lk-aka-CDN-20-dolla.jpg
by Tess

Comment by rasdub:
Beautiful location and composition. The sky is obviously overexposed, but shots like this are really tough with the digital cameras. The lower portion of the picture is great as you can actually see all the details. With a shorter shutter speed to keep the sky and mountain tops from getting washed out would have cause you to lose much of the good detail in the lower portion of the shot. I think a lot of skilled photographers with these type of shots take two exposure and then combined the elements of both photos into one shot. I'm not that much of an expert, but there are plenty of people on the site that can help you with those techniques. Keep up the good work and have fun.

Aqua Velva
by Tess

Comment by Caltrop:
Ok I went and looked at your original, at least I think it was your original. I like your edit better. The way you got the icy blue to the water reminds me of the high Sierra's. I like it.

Aqua Velva
by Tess

Comment by Tess:
This is great. I'm finally getting comments!! Thanks and would you comment on some of my other shots? I'm sort of excited by this inflow of critiques. I hope I'm not pushing it. If I am, blame it on IVO. Hehehehe

Aqua Velva
by Tess

Comment by Caltrop:
I understand what you are trying to accomplish with the watercolor thing but for me the green trees just don't work. The blurry tops look more like a mistake (of course this is just my opinion). And now for my second part. I don't mind the still water because the stream is obviously flowing away from us and that is basically the calm before the storm, but they are probably right that the pic would be stronger without that section. Beautiful location and a very nice shot - I too would like to see the original.

Aqua Velva
by Tess

Comment by jpochard:
It's a little on the small size to get a sense of how good the detail might be. I like the composition, although I agree about the still water in the one corner. The stream with the mountain as a backdrop is really nice. I think it's an interesting photo. I'd be interested in seeing the original as well.