Bridges

Abiciriderback

Any Feedback CC on how to improve on this shot would be greatly appreciated.
Shot at Whatcom State Park in Bellingham, WA

Ray Still

TristanP

Abiciriderback wrote:

Any Feedback CC on how to improve on this shot would be greatly appreciated.
Shot at Whatcom State Park in Bellingham, WA

Ray Still

My $0.02:

Needs more contrast. Use Curves and or local contrast enhancement (USM @ 10/50/0). A little sharpening (USM @ 50/0.5/2) wouldn't hurt either. It also looks a bit overexposed. Underexposing slightly will bring the colors out even more without having to bump saturation or depend on curves to do it.

More than that though, is the composition. The bridge is smack in the middle of the pic. Use the rule of thirds to either move it up or down. Moving it up would get a better look at the water flowing underneath and down would feature more of the forest - I would think getting more water would look better, but I wasn't there. The leaning tree is nice element and the stream leads your eye into the pic. It's a good start and with some minor changes could be a very striking picture.