Valley Contrast

[AntonioCorreia]

Amid arid mountains emerges a green and yellow valley, marked by mustard fields that contrast with the dry landscape. The blue sky with distant clouds enhances the beauty of this rugged scenery where human presence is revealed in the fertile lands of the valley.

[billtils]

I like the intended story-telling but the blues and greens are somewhat over-saturated for my taste.

[Round Tuit]

This photo of a fertile valley in the midst of such an arid landscape effectively captures the uniqueness of this place. The crunchy style of the picture is a deviation from your usual softer approach. I agree with Bill that the saturation might have been pushed a bit too far but it certainly brings out the natural contrast of the land.

[AntonioCorreia]

Bill and André, many thanks to both of you for your comments, which I truly appreciate, and especially for the shared opinion regarding the colour saturation. I do recognise that I went too far, and only after your objective observation was I able to look at the image again with some distance. It now feels much more balanced.

From this same journey I also keep a black and white collection, made more than ten years ago, which fascinated me at the time but which I am not sure will awaken the same emotion today.

[Round Tuit]

Antonio,
I could be wrong but it looks to me like you globally de-saturated the image slightly. The result is better than the original. Processing the three areas(sky, mountain,vegetation) separately would give you more flexibility. Here is an example. Not necessarily what you would want to do but it illustrate the possibilities.



P.S. I would also recommend that you post image in sRGB rather than Adobe RGB

[DanK]

I agree with Andre. I think the greens are more oversaturated than the blues. A nice image, worth some further tweaking.