That's fine. I took your 'original' to show you what I would have done. I'm not saying mine is better (obviously I think so or I would not have done it), but it's a different take. :-)
I rotated 1 degree CCW, cropped, slight clone here/there, additional USM. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5836377 I'll remove it in 24 hours. Tom C. >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: PESO - Yosemite Color (Redux - Real Photo) >Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:23:26 EDT > >I don't agree. Sometimes, for me, it is about the light on the leaves, the >curve of a branch, etc., not about the whole tree. Just like I might take >someone's hands and not shoot them full body. This one was about the light >on the >leaves and the contrast between them and the dark of the pine boles. > >But maybe you'll like this better: > >http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/yellowtree.htm > >Very quick edit in response to your post, I might play with a bit more if >I >was posting it as the original PESO. Maybe lighten it a tad and tone down >the > highlights in the left corner. Although I did lighten up the pine boles. >And >I had about four shots this way, and maybe I didn't pick out the best one. >But... > >I like the other better. > >HTH, Marnie aka Doe :-) > >============== >I definitely like the colors and of course the subject. Having taken many >tree shots I'll give you a dose of my own self-criticism. Don't take it >personally as a severe critique. OK. :-) > >I always have a problem with trees that are cutoff at both ends, top and >bottom. For some reason, to my eye, aesthetically one should always be >able >to see the tops or the bottoms of the trees, unless it is a total abstract >shot or an extreme closeup. > >My feeling about this is about the same as if you showed me a people shot >with their heads and feet out of the frame. > >I always strive to somehow have at least a total tree in my shots and if I >can't, I'll generally opt for showing the entire trunk and losing part of >the top as opposed to showing the top(s) with cutoff trunks. > >It may just be my own personal aesthetics, but I've gradually come to >these >conclusions. > >Tom C. > > > > > > This is very typical of Yosemite in the fall, lots of dark pines, > > > interspersed with brightly colored yellow-leaved trees (not sure > > > what they were). > > > Mainly right next to the road, and about 1/4 of the road in does > > > have trees right > > > next to it. So, what I am trying to say, it was incredibly > > > beautiful, dark, > > > yellow, dark, yellow... > > > > > > Typical Yosemite color anyway, this time unartified, unmucked with. > > > If you > > > think I should bring up the shadows more, just say so. > > > > > > http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/leaves.htm > > > > > > Comments welcome. > > > > > > Marnie aka Doe :-) > > > > >************************************** See what's free at >http://www.aol.com. > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
