Desert Canyon...critique help please.

zoomer

Can't seem to get this one quite right.....critique appreciated.

Sun is just coming up from the right top of the frame, in just a another minute there were major dak shadow problems.

There are three small tents bottom frame by the water I left for perspective.



Ok here is the rework....man it is hard not to overdo a shot like this that starts out so blah...

Sam

Zoomer,

I love the composition, but to me the processing is way off. Very flat, yellow. I think some shadows and / or mid tone darkening / contrast would help.

It also looks like an HDR. Can you try reprocessing the raw?

Sam

zoomer

Yes I think you are right...I am going to start over with it...ended up chasing my tail with this...

Sam

Zoomer,

I know the feeling!

I'm not really worried about chasing my tail, but what the #%$#%%$ I will do if I catch it.

Sam

kdog

Great shot, Mike. To my eye the only thing wrong is a green color cast. I turned down the green and increased the reds a smidge.

http://jmgphoto.smugmug.com/photos/i-jcFfmmG/0/O/i-jcFfmmG.jpg

zoomer

Sam

Zoomer,

Two things really helped out here. First your rework, then and most important to me I recalibrated my monitor. I was thinking it was on it's last legs. Mid tones were all washed out with reduced contrast, etc.

I thought I was on the verge of spending big bucks on a new monitor. But all is well now.

Sam

zoomer

So I think you said it looks better with the rework ??

Sam

zoomer wrote: »

So I think you said it looks better with the rework ??

The succinct answer would be........yes.

Sam