Copied From Landscapes

[Jay Gould]

I like big skies with big color. The RAW has more blue as well as the magenta; I decided to bring out the magenta since the distant mountains were bathed in the magenta at capture.

There is always that one moment when the sky pops both at sunrise and sunset.

If it is too saturated for you, I can understand that; Jackie and I like hot colors.

Camera: 5D2
Capture date/time: 13 Oct 09; 7am
Light condition: sunrise
Lens: 24-105
Focal length: 32mm
Distance:
Extender: none
Tube: none
Flash/Comp: no
ISO: 800
Exp Prog: Av
Speed: 1/2 sec
Aperture: f/14
Exp Comp: -2/3
Metering: Evaluative
WB: Auto
AF Drive: One shot
Tripod: yes
Filter: SR GNDs
Crop: none
Images Changes: Extensive cleanup of foreground sand dune

Processed in LR 3 and CS5 -
plus Viveza, DeNoise, InFocus,
and Pixel Genius Sharpening.

All C&Cs gratefully appreciated!

[Jay Gould]

:o Jackie - SWMBO - has now decided that she wants me to significantly tone it down. She says it is now "art" and not a landscape. Perhaps I should have posted it in the OOTB forum. :p

RP on the way!

[Dave Mills]

Hi Jay, awaiting the repost before commenting

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Jay,
Greetings from Arches NP! Andy Warhol would be proud!!! I agree with Jackie that it has gone to the pop art side....so I will comment on that aspect and copy it to OOTB. I think you could bring up the clouds in the UR to balance the image a bit as well as some of the brush under the silhouette area. As for the color......that is subjective but not a huge fan of it myself personally. Interesting take on this so hope the folks in OOTB can offer you a few more suggestions!

[denise ippolito]

Jay, This is beautiful. I think it has a great look to it and I can see why it could go either way. I might open up the bush on the left a little if it were mine. A piece of art for sure-lovely!:)

[Jay Gould]

Hi Denise, thanks for seeing what I see! When I received the email telling me about your post, I wasn't sure which forum you were commenting in; I appreciate your taking the time.

When you say open up the brush on the LHS, I assume you are suggesting that the black silhouette should be lightened and allow the detail, whatever is there, to come through.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Jay,

Definitely OOTB. Great colors. Agree with Denise on lightening up the bush on the left. I'd love to see a version with the magenta toned down also.

[denise ippolito]

Hi Denise, thanks for seeing what I see! When I received the email telling me about your post, I wasn't sure which forum you were commenting in; I appreciate your taking the time.

When you say open up the brush on the LHS, I assume you are suggesting that the black silhouette should be lightened and allow the detail, whatever is there, to come through.

Jay, Only because it seems a bit heavy compared to the rest of the image. :)

[Jay Gould]

Thanks Andy, I am going to do both versions to attempt to meet all of the suggestions. :)

[Julie Kenward]

Excellent suggestions given, Jay so I'll just add that the magentas are fabulous! Love the way the FG slopes from side to side.

[Patti Edens]

I think it is awesome - very surreal, otherworldly.

[Jay Gould]

Fortunately, I am starting to learn about smart objects so I was able to open the tiff image and rework Viveza to open up the bush and the sky. There is simply a lot of magenta all over the image because with the bush I simply lightened it and out came the color. I then duplicated and flattened and cloned out the central bush to create the mountain line all the way across. There appears to be some type of artifact - lines in the clouds - what might cause that? What do you think?

[denise ippolito]

Jay, I'm not sure what happened in the clouds-but it does look pixelized. I think that the red showing in the bush is distracting. I would leave the original image as it seems more natural to me.

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Jay, I like your landscape. The colors are great and I love the alien planet look. Hope to see more of your work here! :cool: