Merced River and Trees

Gallery: LandscapePosted February 14, 2016228 views12 comments

I thought I would post a re-work of Yosemite Details #4 from last November. In a repost there, I had cropped out most of the foreground along with changes to color. In this image, I decided to keep the river, and made some minor adjustments to color; especially in the cascade which I feel was too blue/cyan in the original.

Nikon D-7100
Nikkor DX 16-85mm
TK's Luminosity and Saturation Painting Masks
Cropped a bit from the bottom and right side.

Please see the larger version. Thanks!

Your thoughts are always appreciated. cool

--P

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on February 14, 2016 at 11:46 AM

Hi Preston,

I have no nits--I like the lighter trees that fill the frame, but are not clipped from the top edge of the frame. The stream looks pretty good too devil

.............................Jim

Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments

Comment posted by Dave Dillemuth on February 14, 2016 at 2:53 PM

Preston,
Sweet, very pleasing image. I like the understated, subtle color palette. Comp also works very well, simplifying and making order out of what could have been chaos.

Registered on December 10, 2015, 104 Posts, 1112 Comments

Comment posted by Lon Overacker on February 14, 2016 at 3:56 PM

Preston,

Great job on the fine tuning! I really like the warmth of this and the retaining of the water at the bottom works very well.

A certain improvement!

Lon

Registered on November 24, 2006, 521 Posts, 19147 Comments

Comment posted by Harley Goldman on February 14, 2016 at 4:06 PM

Looks real nice, by far I like this version best. Nice job on the rework.

Registered on November 19, 2003, 586 Posts, 11271 Comments

Comment posted by Nick Bristol on February 14, 2016 at 4:08 PM

Preston, This looks really nice. This reworked file works much better for me and I do enjoy the added warmth it now has. A great looking scene that I like a lot and I love the stream across the bottom.

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

Registered on February 1, 2004, 752 Posts, 14140 Comments

Comment posted by Ed Lowe on February 14, 2016 at 7:46 PM

This one is the winner for me, Preston. I like the added warmth to the scene and the details are exquisite; particularly in the larger version. Nice vision with this one.

Ed

Registered on February 7, 2004, 414 Posts, 7115 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Chambers on February 14, 2016 at 11:13 PM

Massive improvement over the original as far as color management goes, the primary beneficiary (in my eyes) is the extra yellows that pop out the grass and leaves. Beautiful image!

Registered on April 10, 2005, 753 Posts, 21216 Comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on February 15, 2016 at 9:29 AM

This looks great, Preston. A gentle, inviting, restful scene. I like the river's flow, the glow in the grass, and how the tips of the Aspen reach almost to the top of the frame.

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Comment posted by Roel Wijtmans on February 15, 2016 at 12:20 PM

I think I would have put the crop somewhere in between this and the cropped repo from your other post. Minor nit though, the colors are very pleasing and the scene looks gorgeous!

Registered on September 30, 2012, 116 Posts, 2257 Comments

Comment posted by Ryan Shain on February 15, 2016 at 1:57 PM

Hi Preston,

This image looks wonderful, and your vision in creating the composition is very well captured. The re-work really brings the image to life. I really enjoy how you captured a complicated scene and gave it a beautiful story with your presentation.

I am really digging this image Preston, great stuff.

Registered on February 20, 2007, 226 Posts, 4571 Comments

Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on February 15, 2016 at 4:01 PM

The warmer new version is a lot better! I think this is a fine "detail" shot with understated, but beautiful colors.

Registered on March 13, 2007, 500 Posts, 8365 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on February 16, 2016 at 11:09 PM

Hi Preston crying

I liked it then ..... and i like it even better now... the fine tuning was worth the effort. i have always loved how you captured such beautiful color and light. cool

Albert Darmo
Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments