Shenandoah Christmas Morning

[Sam W]

[Wavelength]

Long time no see..... very lovely image

[Sam W]

Long time no see..... very lovely image

Thanks Nandakumar. My job keeps me pretty busy and this time of the season the days are short.

[bje07]

Pretty light hole, but the FG is too dark IMO.

[Sam W]

Pretty light hole, but the FG is too dark IMO.

Thanks for the suggestion. I lightened the FG in this edit.

[bje07]

I prefer, wait other comments

[Wavelength]

I could never have imagined what was hidden in that darkness.... it is superb in superlative now

[NorthernFocus]

A lovely scene. The re-edit is nicely done. Good job.

[DanK]

The second one is far better. It has foreground interest. A very nice image.

[bnnrcn]

The second version is a lovely image Sam

[Tony M]

Hi Sam,

I like the photo very much. The two versions you have posted are both good on their own merit; the first treats the foreground shadow as a base upon which the clouds and hills are layered. The second version gives more emphasis to the foreground. Personally, I like the first one the most; I might try cropping a very small amount at the bottom, just to reduce the weight of the shadow area.

I think that the processing of the second photo to lighten the shadows of the foreground can be applied more consistently to give a more realistic appearance. The lightening has not been applied to the top of the trees, and more trees at the bottom left ought to be lightened, as should the narrow second line of trees in the left half of the image, albeit slightly less than the foreground shadow. You could do this with the adjustment brush in Lightroom, or perhaps with luminosity masks in Photoshop (but only applying it to the lower half of the image). I hope I've explained myself well.

You have captured a magnificent scene, without losing information in the highlights or shadows, and you have plenty of scope for applying your own creative processing. Good job!

Tony

[Davejl]

I really like the re-edit, lovely image

[Sam W]

Hi Sam,

I like the photo very much. The two versions you have posted are both good on their own merit; the first treats the foreground shadow as a base upon which the clouds and hills are layered. The second version gives more emphasis to the foreground. Personally, I like the first one the most; I might try cropping a very small amount at the bottom, just to reduce the weight of the shadow area.

I think that the processing of the second photo to lighten the shadows of the foreground can be applied more consistently to give a more realistic appearance. The lightening has not been applied to the top of the trees, and more trees at the bottom left ought to be lightened, as should the narrow second line of trees in the left half of the image, albeit slightly less than the foreground shadow. You could do this with the adjustment brush in Lightroom, or perhaps with luminosity masks in Photoshop (but only applying it to the lower half of the image). I hope I've explained myself well.

You have captured a magnificent scene, without losing information in the highlights or shadows, and you have plenty of scope for applying your own creative processing. Good job!

Tony

Tony,

The first is my favorite too; however, I modified both based on your suggestions. Thanks for suggestions:

#3



#4

[madcrow]

Very nice capture, #1 & #4 for me.

[bnnrcn]

Cropping the original from the bottom improved the image Sam. Now you have two versions which are good

[Tony M]

I agree with Binnur, although #3 is my favourite.