Autumn Cottonwoods......

[LenR]

First attempt at uploading from Flickr.
Captured in the Alberta Badlands along the Red Deer River.

Autumn Cottonwoods, Alberta Badlands by Len Reeves, on Flickr

[Geoff F]

The upload has worked OK, Len.

Best viewed with the Lightbox option which brings out more contrast than is visible with the lower quality image seen above.

[DanK]

Len,

This is a very nice capture, but it needs more processing: it's washed out, and there isn't much separation between the trees and the mountain.

The first thing I noticed is that the histogram doesn't cover the full tonal range. Just raising the black point and lowering the white point to get more tonal range makes a very big difference.

To illustrate, I did a very quick and dirty edit. First, I changed the white and black points with a levels adjustment. Then I added a small amount of midtone contrast globally with a curve. Then I used a brush to darken the mountains and add midtone contrast just to them. Not a good edit, but enough to show the directions I'm thinking of. This is a good capture, and it's worth more time on the keyboard.

Dan

[LenR]

Geoff, cheers for that....

Dan, Thanks for your input. I will revisit the image tomorrow along the lines suggested.