LittleRed

One of the greprt pleasures of this hobby of photography is to be able to try different things with your camera. Its especially more fun digital as your ability to try different things are endless. (not like the good old times with film). With film you only had the chance to manipulate your captures in the dark room. While this too was enjoyable I find that by working in digital it has become much more pleasurable (and a helluva lot quicker also). Thats especially true not that I'm getting on in age.
This picture was taken on a very foggy/misty day with a cold westerly wind blowing of the frigid waters of Lake Superior. It may not be the greatest pic in the world but I like how it turned out. And I guess in the long run that is the main reason we do this, to make ourselves happy.
Now I do not shoot in RAW nor do I use any fancy PP program. All my shots are JPG and I use a $40 program called PhotoPad from Australia. I don't have either the patience or time anymore to sit behind a puter and work on a pic for an extended period of time. Most of my pics are as close to SOC as I can make thusly my pics usually take me less than a minute of process.
Any thoughts or critique on this is welcome as even an old timer like I can (sometimes) learn new tricks.

LittleRed (Ron)

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Iron Sight Loc: Utah

Keeper!

BassmanBruce Loc: Middle of the Mitten

I think it is fantastic as is.

lukevaliant Loc: gloucester city,n. j.

ring billed gull,.,.you nailed em

NMGal Loc: NE NM

LOVE it!

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Excellent shot!

JRiepe Loc: Southern Illinois

It's a very nice image. I don't mind spending a lot of time on post processing because time is the one thing I have an abundance of.

Wanderer2 Loc: Colorado Rocky Mountains

Lovely and a real "eye catcher." Really draws the eye to it (from one old timer to another!).

nervous2 Loc: Provo, Utah

Very nice capture!

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

I like that!

adedeluca Loc: holbrook ny

Nice

tcthome Loc: NJ

To each their own. Your camera, your photo, so you should do as much or as little as you like. Main thing is to enjoy the hobby . and it seems to me you are. Nice photo.

badapple Loc: Twin Lake, Michigan

Impressive!

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

Beautiful image!!

DonVA Loc: British Columbia and New Mexico

You're right, this probably is not the greatest picture in the world. That one has yet to be taken. Until then this is a great shot. If it is straight out of the camera it is an extraordinary shot. If (as I suspect) you assembled it in post it is still great. Haloed by the sun and framed by the vignette works beautifully.

Don

Don