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Postby marcus on Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:37 pm

I took a walk last Friday afternoon and shot this image. It kinda popped up between the trees as I went past. The first has been altered in PSCS with the shadow/highlight filter + some minor contrast adjustment.
The 2nd is in it's raw state.
1. Which do you prefer?
2. What could I have done better?
Any comments are appreciated and thanks!!

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Postby MCWB on Mon Jul 25, 2005 11:57 pm

#2 looks underexposed to me. #1 is great, has a sort of 'slide film' look to it. Would like to see #2 with +0.3/0.5 EV. :)
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Postby Willy wombat on Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:19 am

#1 for sure. Perhaps improved if you lowered the viewing angle? Hard to say really. A circular polarizer may have helped with colour saturation?
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Postby John H. on Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:34 am

You've bought some life to the scene with your pp.

Number one for sure.
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Postby radar on Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:47 am

to the risk of sounding like a broken record, #1 is the better one. PP certainly changed it from a picture to a great photo.

Well done marcus,

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Postby marcus on Tue Jul 26, 2005 12:53 am

OK thanks to all. Sometimes I think I may be going too far with correction and I needed a second opinion. You've all help me on that one! :lol:
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Postby big pix on Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:20 am

........ crop top and bottom, say more pano format for greater impact......
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