really like # 1 & 2, but i think i'd be tempted to crop away a lot of the black foreground, maybe up to the bottom of the canoe. the rest doesn't add anything to the photo, and these'd look great in a horizontal orientation... that or try to bring out a bit of detail from the foreground. i pulled the second one down and gave it a 30-second tweak with ReDynaMix, and it really adds to the image... not a lot of detail in the foreground, but not just black, either... if you like, i'll post it
Where are ya Squirl ? :/
Yes!! I would love to see them I see your point about too much foreground in the first one...maybe it's a difference in monitors but on mine there are a lot of great subtle colors that show off the rocks on mine in the second one....I'm going to make some prints of these so I know for sure....I do need glasses so maybe I'm not seeing things right, so I'm glad I'm not getting any "out of focus" comments
sorry... gone all day yesterday to the coast, didn't get back till midnite... here's the edit i did to bring out some detail in the foreground... basically just a quick pass through ReDynaMix, and a touch of noise reduction... tell me what you think!
PRETTY!!!! Is ReDynaMix a free download? I love how the lighting is brought out in the rocks.
Christena.
it's $16 from MediaChance software. it's a plug-in for photoshop, and i find i use it a lot for tweaking images that need just a bit of help. it can produce much the same effect as a full HDR conversion, but with only one image - no need for bracketed exposures. it can be a bit tricky - sometimes it pulls out a lot of noise - but with a bit of practice, it can produce really nice results.
Do I order online or can I buy it at a store?
it's an online thing. here's the link:
http://www.mediachance.com/plugins/redynamix.html
I really like 5, looks like you thought out the drift wood in just the right place and centered the mountain top in the "driftwood frame" great shooting!
(3) The red glare spot stands out in a good way.