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    Moss on logs

    Taken this morning on a short walk,not sure of the colours of the mosses after some work in Lightroom.

    Moss on logs

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    Re: Moss on logs

    Yes, Neil, the logs possibly seem a bit on the blue side. But the trouble with this scene is that there isn't any pure white from which to calculate a true White Balance.

    And I may consider a slight crop from the bottom and left side to reduce the area of out of focus foreground just a little.

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    Re: Moss on logs

    Thanks for that advice Geoff,I went back into Lightroom and adjusted the colours of the wood as someone else said they had a purple look to them which I agreed with and thanks for the idea of the crop.It certainly helps when another set of eyes looks at a picture and quite often spots an obvious mistake to be corrected.Cheers, Neil.

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    Re: Moss on logs

    Here is the revised image.

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    Re: Moss on logs

    It is an interesting shot. I prefer the revised version but still find the log colour a bit 'off' somehow. I'm not even sure what is striking my eye wrong - likely still a bit purply for my taste.

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    Re: Moss on logs

    But old logs do turn a darkish grey colour.

    I suppose you could try adding a fraction of red to see what that does, although it may well be in vain if you lose the true green colour from the leaves.

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    Re: Moss on logs

    Had another look at this in Lightroom,adjusting the red slider did'nt make any difference,however the purple slider which was at -62 I moved completly across and this did seems to marginally improve it.Thanks for your thoughts on this, Neil.

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