Across the valley

[LouiseTopp]

This is near some woods where I walk, and is lovely in the summer. This is Salisbury cathedral.

[Nicks Pics]

Looks like a wonderful place for a walk! I like the picture. Only concern is that some of the white objects in the left hand corner aren't very picturesque.

[Shadowman]

Very nice.

[Kaye Leggett]

Looks like a wonderful place for a walk! I like the picture. Only concern is that some of the white objects in the left hand corner aren't very picturesque.

That's a lovely capture of an iconic building in our landscape. As Nick says, consider cropping out the bottom left thereby taking out the unlovely bits and also putting the steeple less central.

[Geoff F]

Rather difficult to crop, Louise, without losing something which is worth keeping.

Maybe try cropping from the left to totally remove the left hand tree with a balancing amount mostly from the sky? I wouldn't want to delete much from the bottom.

And one tiny point, literally a tiny white spot, to the right of the church which I would cone out.

[IzzieK]

Maybe it is my eyes Louise but I think the church is a little bit leaning to the right?

[TonyW]

This is a very nice scene. Salisbury Cathedral is one place in England where I have been.

I think you can reduce the haze in the distance and make the cathedral stand out more. I would do this by reducing the blue slightly in the colour balance and increasing the contrast. This could even be done selectively for the upper part of the picture.

[jcuknz]

I used to regularly go through Salisbury on my way by bus between Barton Stacey and Ferndown when I had 36hr and 48hr leaves from the RE Depot ... probably not there anymore ... that was 1950's. I even had a girlfreind who lived there later ... but I never went for walks or gave the cathedral a glance if I saw it.

I copied some of the tree and pasted it lower down and with some cloning hid the lightness around the fence, then darkened the things in the paddock, got rid of the white dot and sharpened up the cathedral which is a bit soft .... not reality as you saw it but hopefully a better picture.



A small but important part of the job was to erase slightly the duplication of the obvious tree
trunks.
I am a great believer that cropping can spoil a picture when editing is the solution like here.

Oh and I am amazed that it still looks so rural after sixty years

[IzzieK]

What a pleasant view now, John because of your edit. Love it.

[davidedric]

Maybe it is my eyes Louise but I think the church is a little bit leaning to the right?

It's a very old building, maybe it does

Seriously, the electricity pylon just below the spire looks upright to me.

No matter, lovely gentle English view.

Dave

[ST1]

Well done Louise that is a very nice view, Johns edit has removed the offending (to some) items at the left hand side of the image.

[FrankMi]

Removing some of the ugly bits leaves this image truly grand!

[selig1656]

Lovely pic , however I would crop the width at the bottom, eliminating the objects to the left and still keeping the right side house in the pic. the second photo does eliminate those structures to the left and much mor appealing. I still would consider a little reduction of the forefront.

[JohnRostron]

Maybe it is my eyes Louise but I think the church is a little bit leaning to the right?

My first reaction to this, when seeing that Izzie came from Chesterfield, was "What would Izzie know about straight spires?" Apologies are due as you come from Chesterfield, Missouri.

The church spire in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK is famous for being both twisted and inclined.

[LouiseTopp]

Maybe it is my eyes Louise but I think the church is a little bit leaning to the right?

Thanks John for your enhancement, it's lovely. Hi Izzie, the spire is crooked, when Bishop Poore first opened it in 1258, he was worried it was going to collapse. The annoying buildings on the left are the Wilton Hunt stables with their barking dogs, that want to chase me every time I cycle past.

[LouiseTopp]

Here is another version

[IzzieK]

Thanks John for your enhancement, it's lovely. Hi Izzie, the spire is crooked, when Bishop Poore first opened it in 1258, he was worried it was going to collapse. The annoying buildings on the left are the Wilton Hunt stables with their barking dogs, that want to chase me every time I cycle past.

Bark right at them too... You'll get more reaction. BTW your "other" version looks good too...

[LouiseTopp]

Thanks very much