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American Basin

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Posted by David Kingham on August 12, 2011 at 12:43 AM
American Basin
Finally had a few minutes to edit, please tell me if my tired eyes are playing tricks on me tonight
Posted by David Kingham on August 12, 2011 at 12:54 AM
#2
Posted by David Kingham on August 12, 2011 at 1:08 AM
#3 ...the first 2 seemed to have lost their contrast when uploaded. Maybe the srgb conversion hmm
Posted by Dean Sauskojus on August 12, 2011 at 3:23 AM
You have some winners here David. They just need a push with more contrast and saturation. Looks like you already know that. 3rd one does look better.
Posted by John Mumaw on August 12, 2011 at 7:59 AM
Exactly what Dean said. In the first one, I would 'lose' that stray cloud (?) just left of center near the top. Nice work overall!
Converting to sRGB shouldn't cause loss of contrast. Would love to see reposts of both.
Posted by Koveh Tavakkol on August 12, 2011 at 9:36 AM
Great comps and beautiful scenes in all of them. Take the advice above and your all set.
Posted by Doug Koepsel on August 12, 2011 at 10:33 AM
David,
I like the top image best. In addition to the contrast, possibly warm up the WB a little.
In #2, I think there is possibly too much middle ground between the cluster of paintbrush and the falls that pulls the view apart in opposite directions, maybe a lower angle may have helped.
Posted by Todd Caudle on August 12, 2011 at 4:01 PM
The third one is my pick of the litter.
Posted by Dan Walters on August 13, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Bunch of great looking wildflowers. #3 is very nice!