Yacolt Creek With Repost!

Took this tonight right before the rain hit hard!!!!

This is 3 vertical shots stitched together to yield a large file.

I was having trouble working on the colors. This is as close as I could come to how it really looked...

comments and critiques place....besides the big rock in the bottom left corner!!!

Thanks in advance

Darren

64 views and no comments? What's up with that?
Hey, Darren, I quite like the rock in the llc; it really anchors the scene. I love this time of year when the foliage is so new, fresh and green. Looks like you captured that very well as you did the grey rainy, PNW look. How you placed the arcing tree is great. This would be a killer if you had some reflected color in the water.

Maybe a little dark, a little soft, and the sky is somewhat distracting. I also agree with Catherines remarks.

I will agree about the darkness....

the sharpness is right on, but it does look soft on here as well...

I played with the color for about an hour last night and just could not get it right.....

ok, I got Adobe 8 and did a little rework as practice. Not really sure what I did but I think these results are better....

would you agree or disagree?

thanks!

Hmmm... Darren, you know that Dire Straits song that goes "sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug..."
Well, I don't think you were the windshield on this one.

that bad huh.....well I do appreciate honesty and Ill just have to go back up there and work it again....I think better orig light would help....

thanks Mark!

Yeah, to be perfectly blunt, your second shot is a perfect example of blatant overuse of the Highlights / Shadows filter. The trick is to set the radius wide, and only bring the intensity up enough to bring the detail out of the lightest darks. You don't want the whole image to have the same tone.

add an overlay layer to the second one and gaussian blur it by 10 pixels... might be interesting

Andy, I really dont know that much about Adobe and how it works...only the basics...



Back to the drawing board for me!!!

Thanks everyone!

I applied a mid-range bump to the greens in you first post and used a mask to prevent it being applied to the water, took about two min. IMHO it looks better than your second post.
More work (using the raw file) could make it even better. With your permission I will post it here for your review.

Doyle

Doyle....by all means...please do post it....

I really am still learning the "processing" of images

and now that I found that Adobe 8 does not work with NEF files, I am headed back to Paint shop pro!

I think the color in the orig is what is screwing this up...bad lighting, almost pouring down rain....

with better light I will get back up there and shoot it again...heck its right in my backyard pretty much!

Again, this is just 2 min work. I think the greens are a bit oversaturated but easy to fix.

darren,
Adobe 8 does work with NEF files. You just need to download their latest version from their site.

Erik, can you post a link to where you found it.....I have looked and am confused in the maze they call a website.

Thanks