Project 52: Week 33, Bow Fiddle Rock revisited

[billtils]

Another week with nothing new, but it gave me the chance to return to an image that had been niggling away as a "could do better" opportunity.

My Week 18 images of Bow Fiddle Rock included a mono conversion that elecited a comment on its tonal range. Here is a reworked version that I like a lot more - nothing dramatic but I prefer it to the original.

The tonal range comment (about the rocks at the bottom of the frame) was made by Manfred. I have darkened them plus lightening part of the main rock. Thanks for making that observation Manfred (but we'll have to agree to disagree on the sharp water - what you see is what it looked like there and then and I prefer it to the smoothed out long exposure shot I took .






Hope to have something new and different for Week 34.

[Shadowman]

Nicely processed.

[Geoff F]

Looks good to me. I rather strongly dislike slow speed artificial looking water/surf.

But sometimes water ripples can look a bit harsh if sharpened to the same effect as other items. In which case I create a duplicate image on a layer and sharpen it. Then add a reveal all mask and very slightly paint around the mask to slightly soften any areas which appear to be over sharpened. Finally merge the sharpened layer with the background.

[billtils]

John: thanks for the comments

Geoff: yes on the dislike! However, I'll have a look at softening the water a little.

[skitterbug]

I like the rework of your picture. I am also a fan of having water look like water rather than taffy being pulled......

[billtils]

I am also a fan of having water look like water rather than taffy being pulled......

Thans Sandy and a big on the pulled taffy example.