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Posted by Benjamin Glatt on September 14, 2009 at 2:02 AM
New edit, old image
What do you guys think about the edit?

Thanks,
B
Posted by Benjamin Glatt on September 14, 2009 at 2:03 AM
old image
Posted by Floris van Breugel on September 14, 2009 at 4:02 AM
Looks good Ben. I'd take the reds down in saturation by a hair.
Posted by David Page on September 14, 2009 at 9:09 AM
Very nice. I do agree with Floris about the reds - a little too much, especially on the peaks to the right.

- DMP
Posted by Steve Sieren on September 14, 2009 at 4:32 PM
The underwater browns/yellow have definitely improved. You might tweak the reds, maybe some hue adjustment besides desaturating it. Towards orange.
Posted by Lon Overacker on September 14, 2009 at 5:15 PM
Benjamin,

Big difference! The new version makes the old version look flat and drab. :-) I really like the re-worked version, but would agree with some tweaks. I don't mind the reds so much, but in addition I think the sky is a bit towards the cyan side of things now. Of course it's all about personal preferences at this stage of the game.

I did just notice though in the recent version, the quite large halo over the mountain on the right that isn't present in the old version. Somethin' you should probably take a look at fixing. Some color difference above and left of the left peak is also visible.

This one is real close though - and a beautiful alpine scene.

Lon
Posted by Harley Goldman on September 14, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Big improvement! I agree with Lon about the cyan sky. Nice image!
Posted by Paul Duval on September 14, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Second photo is much better from a saturation level. Which direction is the sunlight coming from the right side? The red on the rigth peak does seem a little stronger. The left peak has the sweet Alpenglow,
Posted by Benjamin Glatt on September 15, 2009 at 12:55 AM
Thank you so much for your help. I have fixed the suggestions mentioned above... toned down the red (I had added a selective color layer to give the red more umph, I just went ahead and deleted it though), also fixed the haloing that Lon mentioned, and turned down the cyan in the sky.

The new version is posted in ess if you're interested...

http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/ic.cgi?a=vp&pr=130028&CGISESSID=c4e1acf0d0da60718866d7f0fa4a0184&u=4846

Thanks again everyone, very much appreciated.

Paul: Sun was rising from the right :wink:
Posted by Derek Sedillo on September 15, 2009 at 1:02 AM
Beautiful shot and composition. I like the reworked version the best.

This brings back great memories of a spot I visited in Wyoming - Lake Maire. Was this taken near Lake Marie?

Derek
Posted by Benjamin Glatt on September 15, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Thanks Derek. This was taken in the Snowy Range--so it was taken near Lake Marie. Really beautiful scenery.
Posted by Eric Good on September 15, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Love the new life you injected into this well composed scene. Nice work!
Posted by Cory Freeman on September 15, 2009 at 7:19 PM
pretty subtle differences. I do prefer the sky in the original and overall I think it's improved for the better.