Cooterville, a Peaceful Place

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10-06-2009, 07:09 PM
Dave Phillips

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Cooterville, a Peaceful Place

this is one of my fav scenes from Cooterville, a place about
15 miles south of me where I have spent many many hours
photographing many many green heron and other waterfowl.

Trucking a well drilling traffic nearby have totally ruined this
as a viable habitat.

Anyway, this was one verrrrrry foggy morning. PP was to work
levels and selective saturations and finally added a top to bottom
peachy and soft blue gradient.
Original in post below, thanks for looking and c/c.
I have used base image here before, but totally different PP
10-06-2009, 07:10 PM
Dave Phillips

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original for above
10-06-2009, 08:30 PM
denise ippolito

Beautiful soft subtle gradient Dave. I like the peacefulness to the image and it's a shame that it is no longer Cooterville as you know it.
10-06-2009, 08:33 PM
Dave Mills

Dave, You created very nice lighting effect using the PP techniques. The fog also adds a sense of mystery to the image. I would of liked seeing a stronger center of interest...
10-06-2009, 08:35 PM
Christopher Miller

Absolutely lovely, Dave! The colors and feel are over the top.
10-06-2009, 08:37 PM
Dave Phillips

thanks for comments all

Quote:

Originally Posted by DMills

Dave, You created very nice lighting effect using the PP techniques. The fog also adds a sense of mystery to the image. I would of liked seeing a stronger center of interest...

a stronger center of interest............like what stronger beside the tree on a soft muted bg?
10-06-2009, 08:39 PM
Dave Mills

The tree in the backround to my eye is strong enough to pull my attention away from the dominant foreground tree. IMO
10-06-2009, 08:40 PM
Dave Phillips

Quote:

Originally Posted by DMills

The tree in the backround to my eye is strong enough to pull my attention away from the dominant foreground tree. IMO

noted, appreciate the comment and clarification
10-06-2009, 08:54 PM
Patti Edens

Dave,

The colors and lighting that you managed to squeak out of that blah (sorry) original are amazing and beautiful. Wow!
10-06-2009, 09:28 PM
Indranil Sircar

Excellent as always! I can visualize the calmness of the morning. Great colors and overall mood.
10-07-2009, 05:43 AM
Harshad Barve

Both images are awesome
Lovely treatment in PP and liked it very much
very peaceful
TFS
10-07-2009, 07:16 AM
Nick Palmieri

The beauty of digital. I am not overwhelmed by the original. But the final image is very nice.
10-07-2009, 02:08 PM
Mark Fuge

Nice image and application Dave. I like the mist and the focus of the front trees. Nicely done. Like your showing the contrast between the original and the final image.
10-07-2009, 02:53 PM
Fabs Forns

Very mystical, and wonderful post processing, your usual magic touch ;)