A bright autumn day in Aix les Bains

It was late October and days were short as the sun doesn't come into the valley for long. But it was bright and sunny in the middle of the day and it was delightful to be out.

Encouraged by you all, I have processed these into more vibrant images than I would previously. C&C welcome as I try to improve my skills

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Originally Posted by Kaye Leggett

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I would like to have tried and got a bit more detail out of the dark areas in the row of trees on the right. And, you don't seem to be standing in the centre of the path which would have given complete symmetry, nor are you straddling the edge of the path, which would have given a straight line going off into the distance instead of being at an angle. It feels a bit like you were neither one or the other and got a bit stuck in the middle of those two positions.

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Originally Posted by Kaye Leggett

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That's gorgeous. Beautifully composed.Your new approach to vibrancy works wonderfully in this image.

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I'm wondering if it needs so much water at the bottom. If it was cropped from the bottom to make something like a 4:5 ratio image, or even more to make a 1:1 (square) image, that might place the boat and the edge of the lake in a better place in the frame.

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Originally Posted by Kaye Leggett

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Superb. We've got something there to anchor the foreground and help take our eye across the water into the middle ground, that then sweeps us across the image and up to the background. It's bright; it's vibrant; there's beautiful tone and colour and you've kept really good detail in the sky.

+1 to Donald's comments.

The last one is superb!

Simply awesome set of images...... in the first image, is the road not at the exact center of the two rows of trees? Or did you take an angle to include the bench within the frame? Except for its lack of symmetry all are simply great!!! :)

Another vote for the fourth one Kaye :)

The first and last are awesome. I agree with Donald's comments on no.1. Still a nice image. What a lovely time and place.

Nice efforts.

All very nice Kaye :) I agree with Donald about brightening the dark parts of the trees in #1.

Donald has already said what I was thinking; but a couple of alternative thoughts about the first image.

Cropping to a different size ratio, like 4 x 5 for example, and losing a bit from the bottom (maybe a fraction from the top) will appear to change the shooting position. And as an alternative to brightening the shadows you could try darkening them slightly to produce a high contrast scene.

Thanks all for commenting. I was pleased with them too and take your points on the first image. I have lots of that avenue of trees (from both ends - it was a lovely place to walk (and cycle))), so will take another look at the processing and see if there is one with more symmetry and also play with the ratio.

I also agree with Donald on the brightening of the dark of the trees in #1. The rest are good too but my vote is for #4. That is an excellent shot followed by #1.

I thought you would be answering.....:(

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Originally Posted by Wavelength

I thought you would be answering.....:(

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Hmmm...who are you talking to? Kay or me?:)