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Mar 21, 2014 06:38:50   #
hb3 Loc: Texas
 
Jim Carter wrote:
My only problem is the rocks at the top are to bright and that becomes a distraction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Agree and to me there is too much of the overhead rock in the image, it overwhelms the remainder of this image...I would try several crops of the upper part of the image attempting to find a crop that focuses the attention to the lower half of the current image...

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Mar 21, 2014 08:03:12   #
Yooper 2 Loc: Ironwood, MI
 
I agree with Squirrel. First thing that came to my mind was that everything is too equally bright. Otherwise it's a very nice composition.

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Mar 21, 2014 08:10:15   #
Bkolb Loc: New Albany, MS
 
I really like it, but I would bump up the contrast just a bit...

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Mar 21, 2014 08:34:16   #
Indrajeet Singh Loc: Goa, India
 
lightchime wrote:
This was from a single raw file that stretched from one end of the histogram to the other (maximum dynamic range) . The blue channel was slightly blown, but there was no over exposure. The perspective was from a protected environment somewhat cave like.

This was not a single file HDR. A lot of dodging and burning as well as basic raw conversion. There was cropping of the foreground.

Post Processing was in LightRoom 4.X
I have CS6, but generally do not use it unless I print.

Nikon D300
Nikkor 16-85 at 16 mm
1/8 second at f/22
ISO 500
Tripod

Can this image be improved? Reshooting is out of the question.
This was from a single raw file that stretched fro... (show quote)


Great shot.
:thumbup: :thumbup:

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Mar 21, 2014 08:48:44   #
lightchime Loc: Somewhere Over The Rainbow
 
hb3 wrote:
Agree and to me there is too much of the overhead rock in the image, it overwhelms the remainder of this image...I would try several crops of the upper part of the image attempting to find a crop that focuses the attention to the lower half of the current image...



Thanks for your thoughts. Your opinion seems to be a common theme. The image was cropped and dodged as it was for two reasons. I an enamored by the orange of the iron oxide and I wanted to keep the outside view more minimal to emphasize the effect of a window.

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Mar 21, 2014 08:52:59   #
lightchime Loc: Somewhere Over The Rainbow
 
Yooper 2 wrote:
I agree with Squirrel. First thing that came to my mind was that everything is too equally bright. Otherwise it's a very nice composition.


Thank you. I will keep your thought in mind if I go back this spring. This park gives one of the best displays of spring flowers in the western part of the state. Trilliums galore.

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Mar 21, 2014 10:06:13   #
cur Loc: rochester ny
 
The stone directs the eye to the water. Great shot.

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Mar 21, 2014 10:33:17   #
lightchime Loc: Somewhere Over The Rainbow
 
cur wrote:
The stone directs the eye to the water. Great shot.



Although I am with you, we seem to be in the minority.

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Mar 21, 2014 11:57:04   #
ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas
 
I think it looks great as is.

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Mar 21, 2014 13:23:51   #
lightchime Loc: Somewhere Over The Rainbow
 
ebbote wrote:
I think it looks great as is.


I have noticed what you have said before. I appreciate what you had to say this time.

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Mar 21, 2014 14:43:18   #
Neubee Loc: Wisconsin
 
Doesn't seem quite "real" to me. Maybe tone it down a little and crop more on upper rock..

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Mar 21, 2014 15:47:28   #
lightchime Loc: Somewhere Over The Rainbow
 
Neubee wrote:
Doesn't seem quite "real" to me. Maybe tone it down a little and crop more on upper rock..



Thanks Neubee. Keep up the great snapshots.

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Mar 21, 2014 17:22:01   #
wilikioti Loc: Deep South, USA
 
hb3 wrote:
Agree and to me there is too much of the overhead rock in the image, it overwhelms the remainder of this image...I would try several crops of the upper part of the image attempting to find a crop that focuses the attention to the lower half of the current image...


:thumbup: :thumbup: I would crop it into a square photo leaving just a sliver of the over-hang at the top.

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Mar 21, 2014 17:34:55   #
ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas
 
I would leave it as is, it would take away from the depth of
the cavern, that is what makes the image interesting.

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Mar 21, 2014 17:42:40   #
coco1964 Loc: Winsted Mn
 
I did a little crop on the upper rock and turned it into an 8x10 versus the vertical shot you had. Tweaked the colors a bit but didn't change a whole lot---nice photo......


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