Sunlit Pine Needles 2

[Christopher Miller]

Here is a wider shot of the pine needles I posted earlier. Hopefully this an improvement. I cloned out a number of bright highlights in the BG and also shortened the needle in the LLC in PS as it went out of the picture. Any C&C are welcome!

Olympus SP-550 UZ
f4.4 @ 1/80, ISO 100, -1.0 EV
Aperture mode, pattern metering, cloudy WB
Processed in PS CS2; cropped, curves adjustment, and saturation increase

[Gus Cobos]

This one is right on the money Christopher...well done Sir...:cool:

[Lance Peters]

Much better - Like it - well done :)

[denise ippolito]

Christopher, Nice PP work, can't see any sign of cloning-well done!

[Harold Davis]

much better, chris! now you will always be in search for the perfect pine needles as i am always in search for the perfect palm frond!!!!

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks everyone! I'm always amazed at how much I can improve my photos with your help!

[Alfred Forns]

Works ... and can even go tighter !!! I sure like the bg also !!!