Rise and Shine and enjoy the calmness . . . Constructive cc is welcome.

[Kathy O]

Constructive advice is welcome. I hope you enjoy the photo.

[NorthernFocus]

I did enjoy it indeed. Nice colorful image of a restful scene. Viewed full size it seems a bit soft.

[Mike Buckley]

Constructive advice is welcome.

Print it. Frame it. Hang it on a wall. Put a spotlight on it.

Advice to viewers: click it to display it in a larger size to appreciate the details in the darker tones. Personally, the subtle softness adds to the tranquility of the scene.

[Kathy O]

I did enjoy it indeed. Nice colorful image of a restful scene. Viewed full size it seems a bit soft.

Thank you Dan

[mknittle]

Looks like a keeper. take mike's advice and hang it on a wall. Nice work Kathy

[Kathy O]

Looks like a keeper. take mike's advice and hang it on a wall. Nice work Kathy

Thank you Mark

[Rita]

A lovely shot, I like the colours in the sky. The lone fisherman (?) on the side has found himself a very nice spot to be.

[Kathy O]

A lovely shot, I like the colours in the sky. The lone fisherman (?) on the side has found himself a very nice spot to be.

Thank you Rita, that was my husband I forgot he was in the photo we caught a lot of trout that morning!

[purplehaze]

Lovely tranquil scene, Kathy!

[Manfred M]

A very nice image Kathy - you've done a great job on this image. Some niggly little points.

Others have already pointed out, the image is a bit soft, so some sharpening is definitely in order, especially in the foreground and middle ground. I would not want to sharpen the sky and if fact, I would be more tempted to do a bit of noise reduction there. I'd probably do the same in the water; again you want the water to look water-like.

I also wonder if the colours might not be a touch over the top. You might want to look at desaturating the image slightly to see if you think that will improve the look.

There seems to be a bit of a vignette in the left and right top corners and the colours seem to be cool, whereas the rest of the sky seems to be warm toned.

[John 2]

Sharpness and saturation could perhaps be adjusted as a pure photographic image but this is more of a visual idyll and so for me, they don't detract from the overall effect. I might be tempted to lose your other half (in the nicest possible way ) because the scene is so timeless.

[Shadowman]

Nice capture.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Kathy,

It is a nice scene.

Can you answer a question please - as captured, was there a bit more on the right hand side that you cropped off?
I just want to know if a theory I have is valid - before opening my mouth, since I'm not at all sure I am going to be right

With regard to the image's sharpness, I have a theory on that too:
I suspect that you didn't downsize before uploading to TinyPic, so whatever sharpening you may have applied (to the full size image) has been 'diluted' when TinyPic downsized it to 1599 x 1066 to host for display here.

I'd recommend you downsize a copy of the image to 1500 x 1000, sharpen it with USM (UnSharp Mask) at 100% Amount, 0.3px Radius and Threshold of 0 or 1. Unfortunately, you can't do that in LR (5.4), so I'm not sure if you have access to PS or even PS Elements to allow that?

I must admit, the saturation did 'jar' when I first opened it, so I see where Manfred is coming from, although I found I got used to it after a while.

HTH, Dave

[Kathy O]

Thank you all for your compliments and your constructive advice on this photo -- it is so appreciated.

Here is the photo straight out of the camera, thought I would share this to compare the satuation. I actually did not bump up the Satuation at all in this photo, I just took the highlights down to 0 to bring out the color in the sky. I edit with LR5. I will probably play around with the photo a little bit to see if a little less color is needed.

Thanks again for your comments.

[Kathy O]

Hi Kathy,

It is a nice scene.

Can you answer a question please - as captured, was there a bit more on the right hand side that you cropped off?
I just want to know if a theory I have is valid - before opening my mouth, since I'm not at all sure I am going to be right

I did not do any cropping on this photo.

[Sergio M.]

Sharpness and saturation could perhaps be adjusted as a pure photographic image but this is more of a visual idyll and so for me, they don't detract from the overall effect.

Well said. I agree.
For me it's more about the mood and the setting.
Well done, Kathy.

Sergio

[bnnrcn]

Everything looks excellent in the image Kathy, congrats I love the softness and colors as they really add to the image when watched in lightbox at a bigger size.

[Mike Buckley]

Kathy,

Are you using a calibrated monitor?

[mknittle]

Thank you Rita, that was my husband I forgot he was in the photo we caught a lot of trout that morning!

I was going to ask yesterday but didn't

[Kathy O]

Kathy,

Are you using a calibrated monitor?

I do not have anything to calibrate my monitor with, but I have received prints from a studio whom I trust as far as colors etc. and have compared to my monitor -- I know this is not a very accurate but until I can afford a calibration device that is what I do.

Do the colors look really off to you??