Bill
Nice light, excellent definition.
I am not sure I like the stick just along the line where the new rock curves appear (at the base of the little mesa tower in the center of the image).
There is a nice flow to the composition - curving up along the right side. I am not sure about the curve along the left - whether it pulls us back or sends us in another direction.
BTW Alain Briot is just starting a series of columns on composition over at the website Luminous Landscape that you might find interesting. (Hope it's okay to mention other websites). URL is http://luminous-landscape.com/column...on_Intro.shtml
Bill I like the composition the way it is. I would leave the stick just where it is. Its part of the habitat. The colors are fine, I was thinking of boosting the contrast and saturation, but it works for me like this...:cool:
Hi Bill Not sure I'm crazy about the exposure I'm seeing very little highlight detail Would try a double conversion of the raw image, one linear the other normal. Then you can blend and should get something.
Can also lower the color temp a little, at times the whites get blown out with a perfect histogram (check red channel)
I like the composition and regarding the stick would include if it was in a different place. Don't like it were its at now. One sweet place to photograph !!!!
Alfred you are right about the red in histogram. I noticed it and tried to get it down to a reasonable level before posting. I didn't try merging two images.
Thank you all for the comments
Alfred, I find I don't know what you mean by "linear conversion". I tried several conversions but nothing seemed to improve the detail in the highlights. Please point me to a discussion of linear conversion.
Gail Spitler's link on composition http://luminous-landscape.com/column...on_Intro.shtml is absolutely wonderful. One of first articles by Emile Zola I parrticularly like.
"Art is something we want, not something we need." and he goes on with more wonderful advice. Thanks Gail!
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