I like the picture very much, probably because it is the kind of composition I often try when shooting landscapes ;-) By only framing the distant mountains and sky would result in a typical postcard, while I find this "deep view" far more interesting. Well done!
Dario ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 5:05 AM Subject: PESO - Dawn from the clifftops > This is a shot I took in February and never really did anything with. I > revisited it on > the weekend armed with a few more months of experience with photoshop. > > I processed the RAW file twice, once for shadow detail and once for > highlights and > sky colour. I then blended them in PS CS2. I tried to keep it looking > natural so I > haven't gone overboard...I just tried to do enough to render the scene as > I saw it. > I've deliberately kept it a little on the dark side for that reason. Any > lighter and I > started to lose the colour saturation of the sky. If I compensated for > that, then it > started to look over ps'd and unnatural. To me, this result is as close > as I can get > to how the scene looked to the naked eye as the sun rose behind the cliff > face. > > http://tinyurl.com/y3ak86 > > As always, comments and critique welcomed. > > Cheers > James > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
