Santa Maria de Araras

[Cheryl Slechta]

This IR image was taken at a friend's Thoroughbred farm. I started with Nik Silver Efex High Structure, then slight Glamour Glow, took it back into Nik Efex Pro B&W Conversion. I'm not sure if the foreground tree on the right is distracting but I couldn't move to my left to exclude it. I'll be interested to see what you all think:)

Thanks for looking.

[Jay Sheinfield]

Beautiful image Cheryl. The FG tree doesn't bother me at all. The water leads me right through the image. The second tree in the center seems a bit bright with slightly less detail than the others, but that may be the IR effect. All in all, another image that's a pleasure to look at. Great work!

[Julie Kenward]

In a perfect world you'd have that tree in the FG just a bit more to the side...but we never get the perfect world, do we?

Lovely IR, image, Cheryl. I wish that FG tree didn't put such a shadow on the water below it but then again it does put a dark area in the LRC with the brightest area in the ULC so it does balance it out pretty well.

[denise ippolito]

Cheryl, I think it's lovely. The IR looks right for this scene. I think that the tree on the right wouldn't of kept me from taking this image. Nicely processed. It looks like a dream.

[Judy Howle]

This is a gorgeous scene and your processing is really nice. It really sparkles. BTW your IR images look much better than most I've seen around the web.

[Myer Bornstein]

excellent picture and conversion and I like the Tree on the right to me balances the scene

[Anita Bower]

Nice crispness in this image. The tree balances the composition. Did you try lightening it?

[Hazel Grant]

Beautiful. Agree with others re FG tree. It actually adds, to my eye, depth of field and thus a good dimension.

[Mark Fuge]

Nice Christmas Card vision, Cheryl.

Hard to get down here in the land of Sunshine and Hurricanes! ;) :D

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Indeed, very dreamy. Terrific comp. and great contrast.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions. I appreciate them all!

Judy, thanks so much. I honestly haven't looked on the web for any IR images. There are several professional photographers in town who've been doing IR for years and I subconsciously compare mine to theirs. (And I have some work to do:o)

This is a gorgeous scene and your processing is really nice. It really sparkles. BTW your IR images look much better than most I've seen around the web.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Cheryl, I really like this IR effect on this image. The tree on the right looks fine to me. Very nicely done.