The Emerald Coast +alt

This is flat out beautiful. In my mind the composition is flawless and I love the color tones in this. Beautiful soft light and such a wonderful soft misty mood. This would make an awesome print. I sure would love to photograph in the redwoods someday just to try and get something even close to this. One of those pictures I could look at and enjoy for a long period. 

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI.

I am a big fan of foggy redwood images, and this one is excellent with this nice fog and vertical lines, Igor. Getting the color "right" is tricky and interpretative, but the color looks good to me. 

The details really stand out in the large version. Excellent fog scene, always tougher to pull off than they look.
I do wish that the small trunk in the foreground on the left was not there....

Wonderful Igor.  I love the nearly "dense" atmosphere here.  So often we see these with beams of light striking through or with shades of color and light enhancing these redwood creatures.  But you've captured a much heavier and darker mood.  I'm not sure if that's the intent, I know you mentioned color, but with that, I think you've created something quite different from the redwoods/

As I look at the larger view, I do see more hints of life and this actually begins to transform itself.  The processing here works perfectly. A beautiful image.

Lon

Mesmerizing image - love the mist and subtle detail.
Not too fond of the frame - to me, needs a subtle, co-ordinated frame for net presentation.
If you're interested, $12 buys the downloaded Fred Miranda frame actions that I usually use :  look up FM Frame Actions

Really lovely -

Sandy

I started to use frames at NPN when the software was upgraded to show large images as popups because I felt a need for space between the popup and the background. A small frame doesn't provide that separation IMO. I agree that optimally the color could change with the frame. I guess I'm a bit too lazy to go through a frame selection for each image. I do agree that taking the time for a print would be worthwhile, although I would likely still choose white. 

This is superb, Igor. The soft lighting conditions and mist give this a wonderful mood. The comp. is excellent and your processing looks spot-on to me. Overall exceptionally well-crafted. Only suggestion would be to clone out the protruding bare branch in the upper left, but that is very minor.

The mood is from the middle ages and long ago.  Usually the processing of fog has stronger colors and contrasts in the foreground then the soft fog increases  with the length of view as it extends to the trees behind.  You seem to have achieved a more subtle depth with foreground trees already enveloped in mist and far trunks quietly lost and fading.  Excellent!  

What a great job creating a dusk n dark theme.  I agree with the clone-out of the ulc branch.  I like the snag in the foreground against the darker tree bark that makes it pop.  Were that snag aligned in front of the fog it would not be as distinct.  But, I either dislike that the snag is not vertical...or that the tree behind it is not larger in diameter.   Wish that the back tree were a bit larger to loom ever more over the the tilting snag.   Indeed, 'ts a minor compromise because in so so many respects this has it "all" in which the snag is a needed major contributor.  

Just print it big...hang it and see if it has 'staying power' to your liking a year from now.

This a very moody image. I can feel the dampness and calmness of the area. Fine image.

Absolutely stunning image, Igor.  The graceful lines of those trees set amongst the fog is simply exquisite.  I love the more gnarly tree trunk on the left hand side that provides something of a counter to the more regular lines of the other trees.  Color is wonderful.  The larger image is a must see.

This is a sweet image, you've got some good details in the columns of trunks...through the mist  everything is sharp and crisp with good  depth. Maybe just a bit too much of a green hue?    

This works nicely.  Some of the trees are a bit bunched up, but the comp still works well.   The fog accentuates the mood, and the color is beautiful as well.

A couple of the comments have been troubling in that the image seems to convey something different than intended (dense atmosphere, middle ages). I'm thinking that this may be due to underexposure so I've made an alternative that has a lighter sense to it. Let me know what you think.

Great atmosphere here, Igor. I would prefer the second version. Awesome light and composition.

Mattia

Exciting!!  This is the kind of image that literally excites the viewer.  Beautiful color and detail, and the slight diagonal of the leaning tree adds a great deal to the image.

Oops, I didn't see the report when I wrote my earlier note.  Both look great IMHO, but if I had to make a choice I would stay with the original.

I like the original a bit more as the level of light feels true to a foggy forest scene.  I think forests are generally evocative of many of the sentiments described by others in response to your post and that your processing, which seems spot on to me, should be of no concern.

I like the repost for the brighter highlights that give this image more depth. I can see a little more shift away from green but understand your perspective to keep this looking like its from the "middle ages". Nice mood to this one Igor

Igor, Much, much prefer the original. The repost looses to much of the wonderful feel of the original post for me. Nick
 

Hi Igor,

This is a stunner of an image, and it has such an ancient feel about it. I love the greens in this image, and sometimes words are hard to describe how you feel, I am having that situation arise when I see this image. Maybe I am just overcome with pure joy of how beautiful this image is. I would stick with the original as I feel it truly represent this spiritual capture.

Also, I might clone out that lone branch in the Uplhc.

 

Very nice scene.  The soft light goes really nicely with these strong elements.

Thank you for all the comments on this image. The consensus seems to be that the original was better than the rework. I appreciate that feedback because I wasn't sure about that. 

This is just blow my socks off amazing, Igor! I love this. It conveys the mood of standing in the forest and taking in the sight of these giants. No nits for me personally.