Hi Tom - love the scenery - great feel, like the mountains in the BG and the flowers in the FG.
If you have a look at your histogram - I think this is just a tad under exposed - could slight that histogram to the right a little more.
I would set a black and white point (will add a little contrast) and selectively sharpen the goat some as well - there is a heap of detail there just begging to get out.
Did make these changes but will not post yet - others might like to have a chance to as well.
Greetings. I really like the color distribution in this image with red-green-blue contrast throughout and red-white on subject. As Lance comments lots of detail could be brought out more.
I detailed (very light Topaz Detail2), sharpened (quickly w/o masks), adjusted color (to my taste - dropped cyan a bit throughout but mostly in bg) and upped saturation (also a bit). Mostly taste adjustments, the color in OP is good... I tried to emphasize the color contrast in the edit.
Michael, thank you for looking and for the repost. The detail is better, but I think there is a bit more noise in the background now. Overall the repost is great.
Lance, I know it is a bit underexposed on the histogram and before I did the OP, I tried to adjust the exposure but ran into blowing out the whites on the coat, so I left it as posted. I am new to this and have not learned Photoshop. I use Aperture to PP, I need to learn photoshop. Aperture has a Black point adj. and a Recovery adj. but I am not sure how to "set a black and white point". I will figure it out.... Thank you both for the useful info.
Tom, i like your repost, and i'm just slightly ahead of you on the learning curve,i just recently learned how to use the curves, it really helps to set the white, and black points.. i can try to help ya over the phone if you like.. i use cs4, i'm not a guru, but i did figure this out, and boy does it help. I must give credit to the folks here .They have showed me a lot!
Don
Thanks to all for the comments and replies. Don, thank you for the generous offer, I may take you up on that at some point. I agree with your sentiments, this is a great place to learn.
Tom, I love this image! I have always wanted to photograph the RMS but never had the chance. :(
When working in the mountains there sometimes tends to be a bit of a haze over the final image so instead of using a levels or curves adjustment, I tend to try the exposure layer as a first resort. I pushed the exposure slider barely to the right (+.10) and then brought the offset slider barely to the left (-0.018) - it's this slider than tends to cut the haze out of an image (whether air or water) when you haven't used an ND filter on the camera in the field. I then moved the gamma slider just a tiny bit to the left as well. This gives the image a bit of pop while cleaning up that little bit of cloudy haze. This kept all your original colors in tact while adding clarity and intensity to the image. See what you think...
Julie - the repost looks great and the explanation is very helpful. Thank you to both Julie and Michael for taking the time to repost and to share the insights, I really appreciate it.
Mountain Goat
