Shades of Blue

[Ramesh Adkoli]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2448/4011035137_d8357ba441_o.jpg

Here is a view of hills along the river Godavari in southern India. We were on a boat and the ripples made by the boat added some foreground interest. Appreciate your views and comments.

D700, 24-70mm @48mm, 1/400s, f/11, ISO 200, hand held
PS CS3, curves, levels, selective color, full frame

regards,
ramesh

[Dave Mills]

Hi Ramesh, Interesting comp but for my taste I added a few tweaks.First I cropped a bit off the bottom eliminating the dark shadow in a foreground wave I felt was a bit distracting. I added some warmth to the image when I realised the sky wasn't exactly blue. Finally a small contrast adj and saturation. The image reposted a bit lighter than intended but brought some detail in the trees on the far shore...

[Ramesh Adkoli]

Thanks Dave for your comments and the repost. Blues definitely popup in your repost. Thanks again.

regards,
ramesh

[Stu Bowie]

Ramesh, I like the setting, and the ripples do add to the feel of the image. Dave's repost works well.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Ramesh,
The ripples do add to the FG interest but I may go slightly higher than Dave....say about 3/4 of an inch above where Dave cropped eliminating the lower wakeline entirely. I like the way his repost brought up the MG.....as I like blues I am fine with that also but you can easily adjust that to your own tastes. I think this would also work as a B&W conversion also. Nice job using atmospehric layers efectively.

[Robert Amoruso]

I would go with the new cropping suggestions as well.