Richtersveld Early Morning

[Vivaldo Damilano]

D3s 16-35 F4 VR... 1/6s at F22 ISO 200. GND filter used on the sky.

[Mark Wiseman]

Hi Vivaldo,
A stunningly, beautiful image. Magic warm light and good detail.
Thanks for sharing and best wishes,
Mark.

[Morkel Erasmus]

Lovely scene in lovely light, Vivaldo. I like the reflections of the sky in the water and the gorgeous mountain ridges.

Again, I felt it could use a little more "pop" so here's what I did in the repost:

1. Added midtone contrast as per Hougaard's action (see my sticky) - contrast layer 30%, darken layer 10%, lighten layer 30%
2. Did some selective dodging and burning of the FG...dodged midtones and highlights (set @ 5% each), and burned shadows @ 5%
3. Did the same to the sky.

WDYT?

PS: there's a slight halo around the edges of the mountain which has been aggravated a bit...

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Morkel I like the pop you have added to the image however colors look more natural in OP image IMO. Will be interested to here from other which one they prefer, thanks

[Grady Weed]

Morkels re-post is a noticable improvement to an already great image. It puts it over the top as it so justly deserves. Well done on another fine image.

[John Ippolito]

Vivaldo, the image is lovely, in light, textures and well composed. If I were to choose a version to print, it would be Morkel's rendition, but I can believe that in person, your version of the image fits the reality that was in front of you.

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Thanks again for lovely comments. I do agree that Morkel RP is better then mine, love the extra sharpness he managed to get.

[Hilary Hann]

Beautiful image, love the burnished look of the water caused by the reflections which really add to the image. I'm not convinced that the extra foreground water and little rock protruding into the water are needed, but that is obviously a lone voice. I have cropped them out of the image in my browser and I much prefer the weighting it gives to the mountains and sky as it takes the water to land horizon off the centre point. Minor thing, overall I love the image.

[Rachel Hollander]

Vivaldo - another beautiful scene and Morkel's rp takes it up a notch. I agree with Hilary that a very nice alternative is without the fg rocks.

TFS,
Rachel

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Thanks Hilary and Rachel. I tried croping forground and do agree it look even better. Morkel here my reworked version WDYT?

[Charissa]

Super reworked image. Detailed tones in the reflections work well. Great shot.

[Judy Howle]

Your reworked image is perfect! I love the composition, textures, and the bright tones in the hills, sky and water.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Great comp and nice job with the rework Vivaldo! Very nicely done!!!