Valley of the Kings

[Indranil Sircar]

This is the view of the Waipi'o valley on the northern coast of Big Island. I took this image from a helicopter. We flew underneath the clouds with haze from volcanic smoke all around us. For this image I cleaned up the reflection of the helicopter glass on the LRC. Used blending mode to reduce the haze and increased saturation. Applied topaz simplify and reduced the opacity followed by NR and usm. Hope you like it... your c&c will be appreciated.

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and application, Indranil.

Thanks for another view of Paradise. Great place to be anytime. Florida is nice, but not Hawaii... ;)

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Indranil, this is beautiful - very dramatic scenery. It must have been quite some helicopter ride :cool:
Best,
Nicki

[Ed Vatza]

Very cool. I like the almost camo-like look of the hillsides. I kinda wish for just a little less haze but you go talk to the volcano! :) Nicely done.

[denise ippolito]

Indranil, I like the effect the filter has on this. I might have liked a wider angle of view since it seems so vast. But it is a nice slice of a beautiful place.

[Patti Edens]

Indranil, I love all the lush green and think you did a great job on the clean up. I think the composition is outstanding, but my brain seems to think it needs to be rotated ccw a bit. I keep leaning over to the right when I look. Or maybe it was the second glass of wine...:)

Patti

[Indranil Sircar]

Thanks all for the kind comments. Appreciate it a lot.

Indranil, I love all the lush green and think you did a great job on the clean up. I think the composition is outstanding, but my brain seems to think it needs to be rotated ccw a bit. I keep leaning over to the right when I look. Or maybe it was the second glass of wine...:)

Patti

Hi Patti, I have already given a good bit of CCW rotation. May be it needs a bit... I will work on it.