Post-Processed with Paint Shop Pro X
- select gray sky, promote to layer, adjust histogram
- select orange leaves, promote to layer, dodge mode, 20% opacity
- clone white spot out on center fence rail
- resize
- noise reduction/salt & pepper (3,1)
- merge all
- USM (.50,100,10) +luminance
- borders
- save as jpg
Crud. Couldn't get to the Shenandoah's all week! This shot from the local Manassas Park will have to do. :D
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I really like this as an example of an excellent landscape that doesn't need to be blindingly vibrant. The muted tones and color have an incredible range and blend smoothly, giving it an extra punch of emotion - soft and quiet. I'm a big fan of the composition, as well, although I might have added just a hair more grass at the bottom, so the verticle posts didn't seem quite so crowded against the bottom edge.
Back to comment and bump: The fence gives this image a wonderful focal point that is missing in many of the images in this challenge. I also appreciate the natural looking colors. 10
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