Dawn - January 1, 2008

[Lance Warley]

These were the actual colors this morning at Green Cay. I only hope I did them justice.

40D 17-85mm at 28mm f22 0.3ss iso100

[Alfred Forns]

I'm impressed Lance !!!!!! Sure wish I could have gotten up this morning Awesome colors !!!

Might even look stronger without the foreground !!! Big Congrats !!!

[Fabs Forns]

What colors!!!!!
Nice way to begin the year.

I would get rid of the foreground and concentrate on the beauty behind. The strip of fog is a nice touch.

happy New Year, my friend :)

[David Kennedy]

I agree with Fabs: this is an excellent candidate for a panoramic crop.

[Lance Warley]

Thanks, everyone.

Something like this...?

[Fabs Forns]

Cleaner yet, get in the water :)

Then go to selective color and pick blacks from the drop menu and move the slider to the max in blacks.

[Lance Warley]

I use Elements 5 and Lightroom, Fabs. No selective color.

Any workaround?

[Maxis Gamez]

Outstanding. I like both versions.

[Fabs Forns]

I use Elements 5 and Lightroom, Fabs. No selective color.

Any workaround?

In Lightroom, go to Levels and selects blacks. The idea is to make the blacks as dark as you can.

[Lance Warley]

I think I've got it, now.

Thanks for the tutorial, Fabs.

[Michael Rosenbaum]

What a great landscape, Lance! The colors (especially the last revision) are wonderful. The cropping works; with the original foreground you actually had two images, both of which are stronger when separated (simplified).

[Robert Amoruso]

Welcome aboard Lance. I would take the remaining foliage out of the FG bottom of the frame. I like the new intensity of the colors in the second version.

[Jason Hahn]

The last crop is my favorite of the bunch so far, but I agree with Robert I would consider cropping out the last bit of foreground vegetation. Great depth, he alternating layers of foliage through the scene make the image for me.

Jason