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    I thought I'd post another shot that is a little different than what we normally see here. Taken in Cataloochee Valley, N.C. in Smoky Mountains National Park at dawn in late October.

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    HH while standing, cropped to pano, curves, levels, selective color adjustments, dodging and burning, Hougaard Malan action, and sharpened in CS5/CS6.

    C&C welcome and appreciated. Thanks,

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    Hi Rachel, I like the early morning look & feel with the image and the damp cold mist drifting by. Like the wispy curve of the mist on the LHS. The image portrays a nice environment/habitat. Personally I would loose about half the FG and try to extract a bit more depth from the image, just my take. Hopefully others will chip n with thoughts & views too. Just wonder, if supported by a tripod, you could have pushed the DOF as the Elk weren't really moving quickly?

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    Steve - yes, probably needed more dof and could have gotten it if I wasn't too lazy to take the tripod out of the car. Here's a repost hopefully incorporating your suggestions and also with an embedded color profile. I think I've got the save for web settings in CS6 sorted now.

    Thanks as always,
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    Hi Rachel, personally I think that is better, but it is just one persons thoughts. If you get stuck on the settings, shout, I fwd a screen grab.
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    Hi Rachel,
    like the tranquility feeling of this misty morning.
    The scattered elks are situated nice in the frame and the mist is adding nicely to the image.
    I think well processed in OP, with a little tweak in the mid tones could be better,eventually .
    Like the saturated look of the OP especially the red tones, but this maybe not going conform with a misty morning ?

    But the crop in RP makes it for me composition wise , combined with the colors from OP and more mid tone contrast , yep ..........

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    Hi Rachel,
    tried something a bit over the top, but as steve is sometimes saying `to get the idea`.

    WDYT ?

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    Thanks Andreas, only things I did for repost was to dodge the shadows slightly, crop and embed the color profile. I can bring up the midtone contrast a bit more. Thanks for the suggestion and repost.

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    Lovely mood in this one, Rachel, and I really like the layers you used.
    Andreas' repost is my favourite, actually bar the halos that he picked up along the treetops
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    Like the mood, the soft, dark reds in the trees, and the little glow of light coming through the trees in the upper right.

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