Hi Randy, I'm loving the 'etherial', misty, tranquil atmosphere in this shot. Park the fine details, HA etc, to me is all about the moment and setting the scene. The smokey, burnt umber, monochromatic look is great and so just different!
I think it can stand some more sharpening, but I can also see another option where the water below the Loon is darker, more moody, albeit you may need to address some of the more dominate vertical streaks.
Sadly the closest I will get to floating around in a little boat will be a very bouncy zodiac next month.
Love it Randy, very atmospheric, I like the loon as is - especially the pale feathers on the neck. I too would suggest playing around with the misty area especially under the loon, I remember a while back I had some shots of fallow dear early morning, misty & moody and playing around with the tones of the mist really is worth spending some time on. Great shot!
Great mellow mood, and the soft transitions of light throughout the scene looks really nice. It might be worth playing around with the tonal sliders just to see what else you can generate; unlike standard front-lit shots, there often one best an dobvious way to process the image. I disagree about sharpening. You do not need more detail here. Minimizing noise is more important.
Thanks guys, I appreciate your input. I intentionally left it misty/foggy in the foreground to play up how foggy it was that day. I do believe it could be tweaked to reduce that effect, and will give it a go, but am not certain if that will give quite the feel I was shooting for.
Stunning shot Randy! Love the overall mood of the image. There really isn't anything that I would change. I see a dust spot on the LHS that needs to be cloned out but that's about it. Great work!
Foggy sunrise
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