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Its a little disturbing the number of unprocessed images I have sitting on my computer.

One of the joys of looking thru old images is seeing sessions in a different light and being able to apply new knowledge to the old images.

here is one example I found, never rated it nor processed it back in 2010, only by chance I was looking for something in my disturbingly organised and findable collection (thats a joke btw), however a quick edit then reedit after computer shat itself.

Thoughts? comments? suggestions?

I like it alot, however my view is clouded since it has more sentimental value than anything else

I like the composition as it seems very balanced, the light is good and the figure in the distace gives it the scale and a focal point. I think it does need to be printed big to have impact though.

Wouldn't mind seeing the contrast a bit softer. One thing I did spot were the two shafts of light which get lost due to the heavier contrast and vibrancy of the leaves. But like Craig, I would see this as a larger print to see the details.

PiroStitch wrote:Wouldn't mind seeing the contrast a bit softer. One thing I did spot were the two shafts of light which get lost due to the heavier contrast and vibrancy of the leaves. But like Craig, I would see this as a larger print to see the details.

CraigVTR wrote:I like the composition as it seems very balanced, the light is good and the figure in the distace gives it the scale and a focal point. I think it does need to be printed big to have impact though.

good points and yes, i think there is alot more impact from the full res version. I also think a crop may also help (bottom and right)

This is one of the images that is complete in every way and quite beautiful....but cries out for some little splash of a primary colour somewhere to jag the eye. Perhaps a splendid electric blue butterfly, (or a thousand). There appears to be a figure in the background, but too far away to be useful unless the image was printed very large.
Where exactly was the image made? Maybe go back when it's raining.
I'm very glad you didn't dump this one and it makes me wonder how many more superb landscapes have you got gathering digital dust on your hard drive?

Matt. K wrote:Where exactly was the image made?

I am sure BG will get back to eventually, but my guess is Mermaids Cave on the road down to Megalong Valley from Blackheath
S 33° 38.721 E 150° 16.634 will get you quite close

I agree with Matt. I reckon just change color of the persons shirt to electric blue or red. Although I think a little less warmth would lessen the HDResque look. Big print or viewing is the way to go I think.

Matt. K wrote:This is one of the images that is complete in every way and quite beautiful....but cries out for some little splash of a primary colour somewhere to jag the eye. Perhaps a splendid electric blue butterfly, (or a thousand). There appears to be a figure in the background, but too far away to be useful unless the image was printed very large.
Where exactly was the image made? Maybe go back when it's raining.
I'm very glad you didn't dump this one and it makes me wonder how many more superb landscapes have you got gathering digital dust on your hard drive?

see the reworked version below, cropped slightly, and posted at higher res, it gives the person more of a presence in the image I think.

i got a lot of images on my HDD now, i am better at deleting now then I was before, i do quite like going back and having a bit of rework on previous images.

Mr Darcy wrote:

Matt. K wrote:Where exactly was the image made?

I am sure BG will get back to eventually, but my guess is Mermaids Cave on the road down to Megalong Valley from Blackheath
S 33° 38.721 E 150° 16.634 will get you quite close

Yeah, from memory its on the left heading down into Megalong valley, i thought it was called mermaids glen, but i could be mistaken.

surenj wrote:I agree with Matt. I reckon just change color of the persons shirt to electric blue or red. Although I think a little less warmth would lessen the HDResque look. Big print or viewing is the way to go I think.

I could always overlay some butterflies - but then surely i would get crucified for over processing