does the light in the bottom left corner detract from the image: I am considering placing this image in a competition in a couple of weeks. The thing that has me wondering about it is...

PoppieJ Loc: North Georgia

I am considering placing this image in a competition in a couple of weeks. The thing that has me wondering about it is the sunlight in the bottom left corner. I have tried a crop to get rid of it and have included that for comparison. This has the added benefit of taking some of the dead space out of the sky. I also considered cloning shadows into that corner so as to save the texture on the right side of the picture, but have not done that. Any comments and help will be appreciated

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anotherview Loc: California

The crop works. The reflection of the sky in the foreground puddle will distract the eye from the high the contrast involved.

PoppieJ wrote:

I am considering placing this image in a competition in a couple of weeks. The thing that has me wondering about it is the sunlight in the bottom left corner. I have tried a crop to get rid of it and have included that for comparison. This has the added benefit of taking some of the dead space out of the sky. I also considered cloning shadows into that corner so as to save the texture on the right side of the picture, but have not done that. Any comments and help will be appreciated

R.G. Loc: Scotland

You don't need to crop it out - just tone it down a bit. If you use the Highlights slider the selection doesn't have to be precise because the darker area won't be affected much by that adjustment, if at all. If necessary, duplicate the adjustment. Cropping puts the puddle too close to the edge.

Orphoto Loc: Oregon

I agree with rg. I would use local adjustments to tone down the other bright left edge areas. Try to darken the sky slightly. Consider also slightly warming the white balance in the shady foreground. Make sure it retains some blue cast.

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Stated the other way around... does the main image distract from the light at the bottom left corner? I looked and saw a different view and made the light in the puddle the new main image.

I did a vertical flip and then cropped it to make the reflected image of the mountain centered in an interesting frame... an image within an image, photo.

tshift Loc: Overland Park, KS.

PoppieJ wrote:

I am considering placing this image in a competition in a couple of weeks. The thing that has me wondering about it is the sunlight in the bottom left corner. I have tried a crop to get rid of it and have included that for comparison. This has the added benefit of taking some of the dead space out of the sky. I also considered cloning shadows into that corner so as to save the texture on the right side of the picture, but have not done that. Any comments and help will be appreciated

I actually like the first one better. Thanks BE SAFE!!

Tom

PoppieJ Loc: North Georgia

using some of the comments that you have made I went back to my original picture and made a few changes, so now we have 3 pictures to compare. I think that the 3rd picture is more dynamic than the other 2. tell me what you think

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R.G. Loc: Scotland

The reflection has been over-boosted to the point where it doesn't look realistic. Just dial it back a little.

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

The light area bottom left forms a triangle that is repeated twice more as you ascend the left edge of the image. I like it.

tshift Loc: Overland Park, KS.

PoppieJ wrote:

using some of the comments that you have made I went back to my original picture and made a few changes, so now we have 3 pictures to compare. I think that the 3rd picture is more dynamic than the other 2. tell me what you think

I think this is the one. Good work. Thanks BE SAFE!!

Tom

cedymock Loc: Irmo, South Carolina

PoppieJ wrote:

I am considering placing this image in a competition in a couple of weeks. The thing that has me wondering about it is the sunlight in the bottom left corner. I have tried a crop to get rid of it and have included that for comparison. This has the added benefit of taking some of the dead space out of the sky. I also considered cloning shadows into that corner so as to save the texture on the right side of the picture, but have not done that. Any comments and help will be appreciated

Personally, I would just shade in the lower left corner with a brush in post. The light going up the left side look good to me.

Stephan G

PoppieJ wrote:

using some of the comments that you have made I went back to my original picture and made a few changes, so now we have 3 pictures to compare. I think that the 3rd picture is more dynamic than the other 2. tell me what you think

Crop down to just above the ridge in the darkness and you end up with an interesting eye.

User ID

PoppieJ wrote:

I am considering placing this image in a competition in a couple of weeks. The thing that has me wondering about it is the sunlight in the bottom left corner. I have tried a crop to get rid of it and have included that for comparison. This has the added benefit of taking some of the dead space out of the sky. I also considered cloning shadows into that corner so as to save the texture on the right side of the picture, but have not done that. Any comments and help will be appreciated

The images brightness is lopsided with all shadow on one side and both bright areas on the other. The crop is still not right. Theres a great sense of dead mass on the right thaz killing the image. I would just scrap it.

tshift Loc: Overland Park, KS.

User ID wrote:

The images brightness is lopsided with all shadow on one side and both bright areas on the other. The crop is still not right. Theres a great sense of dead mass on the right thaz killing the image. I would just scrap it.

Don't take this the wrong way. Do you make money with photography? Tanks BE SAFE!!

Tom

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

R.G. wrote:

You don't need to crop it out - just tone it down a bit. If you use the Highlights slider the selection doesn't have to be precise because the darker area won't be affected much by that adjustment, if at all. If necessary, duplicate the adjustment. Cropping puts the puddle too close to the edge.

I agree.

Don