May not be your roots but definitely you're blooming
Simply excellent, Brian. Beautiful image. For once I have nothing else to say
Nice and simple composition with a limited colour palette. It works.
The raindrops(?) are a nice touch as well.
Raindrops indeed. Mother Nature gets the credit there. All the advice is paying off. Basic global tweaks but more local tweaks. Two that helped the shot along was some local brightening and sharpening in the center and using split tones in B&W to bring out the contrast.
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Stunningly brilliant colours, Brian.
exactly the reaction I was hoping for. C1 does not allow you to use B&W in layers. But it does offer the option of applying B&W to your original shot, tweaking the colors in split tone and color sensitivity, applying the adjustments in B&W, turning off the B&W and having your color version pick up on the adjustments.
It works well in a shot like this.
Just a very lovely image. The colors work well for me.
Great capture Brian!