Western North Carolina in Late October
karlabbott
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I wanted to take a few moments to share a few images from the western part of North Carolina that I recently took. C&C is always appreciated:
#1: Elk in Cataloochee Valley in the Late Afternoon:
#2: Cataloochee Overlook:
#3: Cataloochee Valley Elk at Sunrise:
#4: Sunset over Looking Glass Rock near Brevard, NC:
#1: Elk in Cataloochee Valley in the Late Afternoon:
#2: Cataloochee Overlook:
#3: Cataloochee Valley Elk at Sunrise:
#4: Sunset over Looking Glass Rock near Brevard, NC:
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I'm not a landscape photographer, so take this for what it's worth: Somehow the hypersaturated colors work better in the first shot than the latter three. To my eye at least, the colors are too saturated and seem unnatural in their hue as well. But maybe that is just my eye...
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Number 2, I appreciate the surreal processing here, although possibly a bit too saturated. Maybe not though. It's a stylistic element that not everybody will like. I don't care for the sky in the upper left though. It looks like it was blown out and recovered in post turning it a flat gray.
The heavy color casts in 3 and 4 aren't really working for me.
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-joel
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You have certainly recorded some great scenes. The processing, however, diminishes their appeal considerably.....way over-saturated. As Joel said, the first shot seems to bear that approach much better than the rest. Your composition and balance to the photos is fine. Back off that exaggerated saturation and you'll have a much more natural look to your work.
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#5:
#6:
C&C always appreciated and very happy to have gotten all that I have so far!
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As I said, I am not a landscape photographer, so this is just what comes to mind when I look at these lovely shots!
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No problem! Glad you enjoyed my images!
And a reprocess of #5, let's call this:
#7:
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