Lake Navarone - Southern Drakensberg

[Jeni Williams]

Taken while trying to find birds to take photos of!
Canon EOS1D Mk11
Canon 24 -105mm lens @ 35mm
f/16
1/800sec

(forgot to lower ISO from 400):o hence the ss.
Tripod

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Jeni,
I like the composition...I would recommend opening up the shadows along the tree lines and adjusting your mid-tones...good show...:cool:

[Alfred Forns]

This one needs to be seen in large size to fully appreciate !!!

Agree with Gus but be careful not turning black into lifeless blacks ... easy to do with shadows !! Love the warm feel and precise framing !!! ... not crazy about frame but its just personal .. interesting what others might think?

[Lance Peters]

Hi Jeni - Do like the composition, I might just crop a little from the left hand side to get rid of the cut off green tree on the LHS - agree with Gus and AL in regards to the shadows.

Not crazy on the frame either - keep them coming :)

[denise ippolito]

Jeni, You already got great advice! Lovely composition and reflection!

[Jeni Williams]

Thanks Gus and Al, I've lifted the gamma .desat selected greens, and brightened a bit. Removed the frame. Is this more like it?
Lance, cropped as suggested.:) Thanks Denise, have reworked til I'm blue in the face - so much to learn!!!;)

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Jeni, I like the comp. I might just select the trees and lighten them and leave the rest alone.

[William Malacarne]

Jeni

You learned very well....you started with a nice image and with the changes you have made it an outstanding image.....:)

Bill

[Harold Davis]

hi jeni. i like the original better. maybe minus the frame. you lost some density in the mountains in the repost. they look a little funky. looks like you brightened the entire image instead of just opening up the shadows. the only true way to have done this would have been an HDR or using a ND filter on the sky.

nicely done! it's a really peaceful scene and i bet it would look great huge!!