Sentinel of the Box Canyon: The hillside in the background, which is actually across the box canyon below, is one of my routes up into the high country. It takes some careful climbing...

Laurence68 Loc: Olympic Peninsula, WA

The hillside in the background, which is actually across the box canyon below, is one of my routes up into the high country. It takes some careful climbing and a good amount of effort, but the high meadows are wonderful and isolated.

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Old Timer Loc: Greenfield, In.

Another Winner.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

I'm not sure how accurate the colours are - the white snow has a noticeably purple tint - but the richness of the colours stops me from worrying about how accurate they are. Perhaps richness is the intended effect with that particular film (Velvia?).

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Beautiful. Your framing adds to the attractiveness of the photo.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Good use of the light!

Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)

Laurence68 wrote:

The hillside in the background, which is actually across the box canyon below, is one of my routes up into the high country. It takes some careful climbing and a good amount of effort, but the high meadows are wonderful and isolated.

Hi, Larry,

This is an arresting, striking scene !
I do agree with RG about the “purplish” tint of the frost on the tree. It appears simply to be a bit weighted on the magenta side of the magenta-green tint balance, and adjusting it slightly toward green removes the magenta hue with no noticeable (to me) objectionable change in the character of the greens.

I can picture that scene coming into your view...and stopping you in your tracks to unlimber your tripod and camera !

Dave

artBob Loc: Near Chicago

Uuglypher wrote:

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The tint does add an unreal, mysterious, (mystical) aspect to the scene, and may be wanted. The tint appears to me to be blue, rather than magenta.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

That off white appears to be shade/shadow to me and therefore no problem as far as I am concerned.

Laurence68 Loc: Olympic Peninsula, WA

Thanks all for the good, constructive criticism. I think that the consensus is correct - too much blue and magenta hue. I should have seen it, and it's typical of Velvia in the shade.

I did a simple, basic adjustment was all - Desaturated about 10 points for both the blue and magenta tones, and about 7 points for the cyan tones. That pretty much knocks it into the ballpark of what I actually saw with my human eyes.

Mind you, I didn't hit the cyan too hard, because looking down into the base of the image, the foliage and light combined to create a lot of cyan. So, I retained that because it was how it looked to me.

I appreciate the suggestions, and here's a change in the image.

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RWCRNC Loc: Pennsylvania

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

A very striking image.

Linda2 Loc: Yakima Wa.

It may not be "real" but I like the color in the first one. Mystical.

Laurence68 Loc: Olympic Peninsula, WA

Thanks guys and girls. Nice to have the feedback. One thing here, is that we get to sort of see which colors Velvia seems to grab in its emulsion. Sort of a before-and-after thing. First image Velvia, looks better in a mystical way - second image, closer to the human eye/brain processing of color.

I'm going to get just a wallet size print of each for field reference. I think they will work well to keep my brain focused on effects of Velvia. Interesting how Velvia sucks up color into its halation layers.

ebrunner Loc: New Jersey Shore

Laurence68 wrote:

The hillside in the background, which is actually across the box canyon below, is one of my routes up into the high country. It takes some careful climbing and a good amount of effort, but the high meadows are wonderful and isolated.

The composition is a winner. You have a strong contrast between the green and the white. I do like the second version that seems to have more realistic color; but, to my eye, there is nothing wrong with the first one. It does look like shadow and the purple does not bother me. Nice shot.
Erich

Laurence68 Loc: Olympic Peninsula, WA

ebrunner wrote:

The composition is a winner. You have a strong contrast between the green and the white. I do like the second version that seems to have more realistic color; but, to my eye, there is nothing wrong with the first one. It does look like shadow and the purple does not bother me. Nice shot.
Erich

Thanks as always, Erich. Yes, the shadows did have a lot of natural purplish tones in them that day, I saw that with my eyes. I think the Velvia just made the tones a little overboard compared to visual reference. Thanks for the compliment about "nice shot". I do think it came out well, and the tree is pretty majestic with its coating of freezing mist that is probably coming off the roaring waters out of sight down below.