icon alert. Glowing Half Dome

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Posted by Murali Achanta on August 19, 2010 at 12:53 AM

Taken Feb2010. Cloned 3 cars using ps cs5 trial version.

Please let me know if it looks over saturated. Saturation is coming from lowering brightness. Reality is very colorful to watch.

D300, f13, 3sec, ISO100, 20mm, polarizer filter. cropped a little

Thanks for looking!!,
Murali

Posted by Robert Dayton on August 19, 2010 at 9:33 AM

Although this is beautiful, it does appear to be oversaturated on my
monitor.

Posted by Michael R Reynolds on August 19, 2010 at 9:57 AM

Murali,
This is a very colorful image to start with. I agree with Robert. The image is also contrasty. When you increase contrast, (steepen the image's curve) a by-product is increased saturation. The reflection and glow on the clouds are very pleasing, but they will probably still look interesting if you reduce saturation just a bit. Thanks for sharing. Best Regards.

Posted by Murali Achanta on August 19, 2010 at 11:58 AM

Thanks Robert and Michael. Here is the almost original version after crop. May be something in between the two would be more natural.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/murali_achanta/4395559142/

Thanks again! Murali

Posted by Harley Goldman on August 19, 2010 at 2:30 PM

Murali,

I much prefer the flickr post. Excellent! I might consider cropping the bottom a little, but it is a sweet image of Half Dome.

Posted by Preston Birdwell on August 19, 2010 at 4:25 PM

I am with Harley on this, Murali. The Flickr image is very nice, indeed. It looks a tad oversharpened on my monitor, though. The color and contrast are quite pleasing.

Good job!

--P

Posted by Paul Duval on August 19, 2010 at 8:43 PM

Murali,

It's just a tad over done. Sometimes you have to cross over the line and then back over it slowly to get it just right. This image has great potential. I'll go back an rework an image numerous times until I get it just right or give up in overcome frustration.

Paul

Posted by Murali Achanta on August 19, 2010 at 11:55 PM

Thanks Harley, Preston and Paul. I will work on this image few more times.

-Murali

Posted by Lon Overacker on August 20, 2010 at 2:43 AM

Murali,

Nice to see a post from you. Have to agree with the others that the Flickr post seems just about right all the way around for me. This one here IMO is just a little bit over saturated.

You've captured a wonderful moment in Yosemite and this is a great image from the Valley. Congrats!

Lon

Posted by Murali Achanta on August 20, 2010 at 12:47 PM

Thanks Lon.
Every time i see your beautiful images from Valley, along with other experts images, i get inspired and i make a little trip to Yosemite. Hope i can capture Yosemite as beautifully as you experts.

-Murali