
Originally Posted by
Hank Christensen
I have thought a lot about this one, and I do appreciate Robert's spin on the image. However, at the end of the day, I had to settle back to my original post as my favorite. I added a masked S/H layer as Robert suggested, but a big problem I had was that at a larger size, the moss colors started blocking together (losing local contrast) Also, my original intention of a slight silhouette with "glowing" moss was lost. To me, some of the dramatic lighting on the tree was lost and it became less exciting.
That's why photography (as art) can be so subjective. Thanks Robert for the interesting direction of the photo - it seems that many like your edits. And thanks to everyone for the feedback.