2016 Project 52, Fourth Quarter by Joe/ Joebranko

[joebranko]

After the changes. Cropped some sky, boosted colours, increased clarity, de-saturated sky.

[Urbanflyer]

With the increase in fall colors you might reconsider whether or not the sky needed desaturation. Otherwise this image is really taking form! Nice job!

[Dave Humphries]

I really like that latest version Joe, the foliage works well now I think.

(no 'perhaps' about it)

[purplehaze]

Lovely fall river scene, Joe. Yum!

[FootLoose]

Beautiful serene scene, Joe. The revision has paid off.

[Wavelength]

So beautiful

[joebranko]

I really like that latest version Joe

Thanks Dave.

[joebranko]

So beautiful

Thanks Nandakumar.

[joebranko]

Beautiful serene scene, Joe. The revision has paid off.

Thanks Greg.

[joebranko]

With the increase in fall colors you might reconsider whether or not the sky needed desaturation. Otherwise this image is really taking form! Nice job!

Thanks Judith.

[joebranko]

Yesterday's sunrise was quite colourful with lots of reds, pinks, purples and magenta.

1.Adjusted magenta luminance and saturation as it seemed too prominent; reduced highlights and adjusted shadows.


2. This required a lot of shadow brightening


3. Back lit by sunrise


4. This was flipped horizontally, had shadows lightened and white point/black point adjustments.

[Shadowman]

Nice series, you really captured the light well.

[Geoff F]

There is certainly a lot more shadow detail when viewed with the Lightbox view. But even then I would be tempted to have a go at cropping out part of the larger shadow areas in #1 and #4. At the moment, so much shadow seems to be overwhelming those delicate pinks.

The second and third images work fine as they are.

[joebranko]

Nice series, you really captured the light well.

Thank you John.

[joebranko]

There is certainly a lot more shadow detail when viewed with the Lightbox view. But even then I would be tempted to have a go at cropping out part of the larger shadow areas in #1 and #4. At the moment, so much shadow seems to be overwhelming those delicate pinks.

The second and third images work fine as they are.

Thanks Geoff. I will look more closely at these areas and see if I can improve them. Here they are:-

[joebranko]

I am often unsure when shooting into the light, how much lighting of the shadows I should use. Here are two shots of the same subject, the only difference being how much shadow adjustments were applied during PP.

The first I have lightened quite a bit,



and the second, in which I don't think I did any shadow lifting at all.



I prefer the second, but I am not sure if I should apply any shadow lifting or if I should leave it as is. Any suggestions?

[Wavelength]

The pink of eve is well captured in these images; really enjoyed them all

[Geoff F]

Those pink sky edits look better to me, Joe.

With your latest images I definitely prefer your lightened version.

The darker image works well with the trees on either side but for me the dark central tree has too much solid black areas.

[John 2]

I am often unsure when shooting into the light, how much lighting of the shadows I should use. Here are two shots of the same subject, the only difference being how much shadow adjustments were applied during PP.

The first I have lightened quite a bit,



and the second, in which I don't think I did any shadow lifting at all.



I prefer the second, but I am not sure if I should apply any shadow lifting or if I should leave it as is. Any suggestions?

Joe, you have captured some beautiful twilight colour in these and in your previous set but my thoughts are about composition. In these the roadway around the tree contains eye the within the frame but inevitably gives prominence to the tree. The darker version avoids that but then, because of it's central positioning, the silhouette of the tree becomes an obstacle in terms of the eye travelling to the colours on the horizon. So (for me) both version have their problems depending on which aspect you intend to feature. Your previous set on the other hand use the trees as FG interest in a way that leads the eye to the colours and for that reason they represent a more successful composition. Just my thoughts though.

[bnnrcn]

You have uploaded some beautiful images with lovely colors Joe I agree with John about the last image.