Spreetshoogte Pass

[Rachel Hollander]

This pass is on the way from Windhoek to Solitaire and the Namib in Namibia.

Canon 5D3
16-35 II @ 35mm
1/200
f7.1
ISO 100
HH, CP and GND filters, slight crop to remove a fence, luminosity mask, levels, curves, selective color adjustments, Hougaard Malan action and sharpened in CS5.

C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

Rachel

[Morkel Erasmus]

I like the depth of the scene here, Rachel...and the good-looking Namibian earthy tones.
The polarised sky and clouds add some nice balance and punch. I'd investigate shaving a tad off the top...

[Rachel Hollander]

Yeah Morkel, I realized right after posting it that I should have cropped to a little below my name to retain some of that deep blue but move the horizon a bit more off center.

Thanks,
Rachel

[Robert Amoruso]

Rachel,

Morkel nailed my comments - just what I was planning on saying.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Robert, I hope you're on the mend!

[Hilary Hann]

Excellent suggestions from Morkel, love those tones and details in the foreground.

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Hilary

[Stan Cunningham]

All I can say is ditto

[Rachel Hollander]

Thanks Stan. I realized I never posted the cropped version so here it is.

Thanks again everyone,
Rachel

[Anette Mossbacher]

Hi Rachel,

Love the cropped version, yep did this road as well :bg3:

Ciao
Anette