Virgin River

[John Ippolito]

Virgin River, Zion National Park Utah
From an old Velvia 50 slide
no exposure data - probably f 16
Nikon N90s
Nikon 24-120
circular polarizer
spirit level

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Great composition and colours John. Don't know too much about scanning from slide but this lloks good to me. I love the orange/red of the rocks against that deep blue sky:)

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey John,
I do love the blues of the old slides! Very nice use of the rivers s-curve to lead you through the image. The FG appears a bit bright on my monitor and an adjustment layer on the FG will make it pop even more. I find that slides generally need more tweaks in PP'ing than digital....just nature of the beast I guess! Nicely composed leading me to that very strong sky.

[John Ippolito]

Jackie and Roman, thanks for your comments.

I made a duplicate layer
darkened it
added an inverted layer mask
painted in the darker foreground with the paintbrush

[Rich Ikerd]

Great image of a special place John. I like the re-worked version much better since it evens out the exposure some.

[Ed Cordes]

Re post is much better. The colors look deeper ant the FG much better. Love that sky.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Nice job on the repost John! Really brings up the river color and flowers.

[denise ippolito]

John, This is really beautiful. I love all the bold colors and the river is weaving nicely through your image.Well done.