Fall in NH 2 + Repost

A beautiful scene, Craig.  I love the low POV.  The fall colors just add to this already beautiful scene. The water is perfect.

Looks like you found some nice foliage - like the rushing water and cascades - something the Carrabassett River in Maine didn't have. I sometimes neutralize the yellowish tannins a little that give the water the yellowish appearance, but doesn't too evident in this shot.  Glad you found a little quiet!  If you are using TK masks, wondering if you are using the TK web sharpening for this image.  I've tried at 100% down to 75%, minor differences.  Never used the more sharpen option. Yours don't look crunchy.  Wonder what you use for settings - I'm having issues depending on the image.

Beautiful scene and colors. I might be tempted to slightly desaturated or burn the leaves along the top edge of the image. The color at the top is pulling my attention up and out just a little. Pretty minor though. Nice work. 

Craig,

Beautiful river-side autumn scenic.  I like the balance between the rock and flow of the river and the variety of wonderful fall colors.

Harry mentioned the yellowish tannins we sometimes see in various rivers.  While it's minor, I was going to comment that the water was a bit warm.  Which is fine considering the reality of many streams and rivers depending on where they are (an example would be the aqua-blue waters of glacial run off.)  But I'm not sure there's anything to be done here (so why comment....  I ask..)

The only minor suggestion I have would be to slightly burn down some of the boulders; mostly the cluster in the center of the frame and perhaps generally the LLC area - since the bottom of the river is much darker.  Just tweaks really.  I love colors in the trees and especially how they're distributed edge to edge.

A peaceful scene to be sure - only interrupted by the sound of the rushing water, which of course is peaceful.

Lon

Thanks all for the comments. Here's a repost where I took down the highlights along the top as Harley suggests, and burned down the center and lower left rocks per Lon. I had already brought those down a fair bit, and I am often too gentle with bringing those down, because after pushing it further at Lon's suggestion, he's right and I like this tweak more.

If you are using TK masks, wondering if you are using the TK web sharpening for this image.  I've tried at 100% down to 75%, minor differences.  Never used the more sharpen option. Yours don't look crunchy.  Wonder what you use for settings - I'm having issues depending on the image.

Harry, I do use the TK sharpening, and for most of my posts, I export 2 images: 1200px and 720px and use 50% for the layer opacity. For images with very fine detail like this one, I'll go down to 40%. This is without any sharpening prior to exporting the final web image.

The repost looks great, Craig. The water has a nicer look. One further suggestion: The very dark water in the lower part really draws my eye. You might consider cropping the bottom to just below the light-toned oblong rock near the left edge. This would reduce the amount of dark water. The color and tonality are real nice.
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Thanks Craig, I'll try 40% and see how it goes.  I didn't realize you really needed to back off with opacity - probably size dependent. I can't imagine where the extra sharp box gets checked, though in combination with a lower general opacity is selected maybe would improve fine detail in some cases.

Thanks!

Craig, in the second version your image has a very appealing natural look to me. You give me a  great sense of the scene.

Silvia

It's amazing how small changes can make a big difference. The repost is significantly better primarily due to burning in the highlights.

Craig,

Thanks for reworking and posting. The repost is terrific!  Great job incorporating the feedback.  Igor is correct and I agree how small changes can have a great impact, and often elevate an image to the next level.

Well done!

Both are beautiful, amazing how a small adjustment makes such a strong enhancement. Real lovely scene .