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    Worth keeping or not?

    I can't decide whether this shot has any interest or not? Some days I love it and other days I think it's a bit dull. It certainly doesn't portray the lovely mist that was lying on the ground and that new day feel.

    What do you think, worth keeping and playing with further?


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    Re: Worth keeping or not?

    Well I think it's a keeper Andy. I don't know what pp you've done on it but I'd raise the shadows a bit, add extra sharpening to bring out the silhouette of the large tree, and increase the colour saturation a little. The image has a lovely hue.

    Here is my take on it. Hope you dont mind.

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    Re: Worth keeping or not?

    I would also try a crop to lose quite a bit from the right and concentrate more on the trees.

    Maybe finish up with 5 x 4 ratio, or thereabouts. If necessary, you could probably get away with losing a little bit from the top as well.

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    Re: Worth keeping or not?

    Andy,
    certainly a keeper, but agree that cropping some off a bit of the right hand side, would be of benifit, IMHO.
    Well done.

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    Re: Worth keeping or not?

    Thanks for all your comments, much appreciated. I've nearly deleted it a few times

    Agree on the cropping, was also thinking of a slight crop on the left side to bring it into the middle of the tree trunk.

    Dave, next to no PP, a resize and a couple of clicks on the saturation. I like what you have done with it, thanks for the inspiration. I was thinking about darkening the shadows to have all the trees and forground black, but I think I like your idea now.

    I'll report back some time with an updated version.

    I wish I had taken more time over taking this now. I was rushing to get fishing and this was a very duick snap as I got out the car.

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