Cooterville, a Peaceful Place

[Dave Phillips]

this is one of my fav scenes from Cooterville, a place about
15 miles south of me where I have spent many many hours
photographing many many green heron and other waterfowl.

Trucking a well drilling traffic nearby have totally ruined this
as a viable habitat.

Anyway, this was one verrrrrry foggy morning. PP was to work
levels and selective saturations and finally added a top to bottom
peachy and soft blue gradient.
Original in post below, thanks for looking and c/c.
I have used base image here before, but totally different PP

[Dave Phillips]

original for above

[denise ippolito]

Beautiful soft subtle gradient Dave. I like the peacefulness to the image and it's a shame that it is no longer Cooterville as you know it.

[Dave Mills]

Dave, You created very nice lighting effect using the PP techniques. The fog also adds a sense of mystery to the image. I would of liked seeing a stronger center of interest...

[Christopher Miller]

Absolutely lovely, Dave! The colors and feel are over the top.

[Dave Phillips]

thanks for comments all

Dave, You created very nice lighting effect using the PP techniques. The fog also adds a sense of mystery to the image. I would of liked seeing a stronger center of interest...

a stronger center of interest............like what stronger beside the tree on a soft muted bg?

[Dave Mills]

The tree in the backround to my eye is strong enough to pull my attention away from the dominant foreground tree. IMO

[Dave Phillips]

The tree in the backround to my eye is strong enough to pull my attention away from the dominant foreground tree. IMO

noted, appreciate the comment and clarification

[Patti Edens]

Dave,

The colors and lighting that you managed to squeak out of that blah (sorry) original are amazing and beautiful. Wow!

[Indranil Sircar]

Excellent as always! I can visualize the calmness of the morning. Great colors and overall mood.

[Harshad Barve]

Both images are awesome
Lovely treatment in PP and liked it very much
very peaceful
TFS

[Nick Palmieri]

The beauty of digital. I am not overwhelmed by the original. But the final image is very nice.

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and application Dave. I like the mist and the focus of the front trees. Nicely done. Like your showing the contrast between the original and the final image.

[Fabs Forns]

Very mystical, and wonderful post processing, your usual magic touch ;)