Tom Francis wrote:
On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 08:51:03 -0500, RJSmithers
wrote:

JLH wrote:
On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:06:14 -0500, RJSmithers
wrote:

Photo from one of my favorite coves.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/54809465@N00/415441227/

I posted this for all those stuck in the frigid NE, this is my effort to
take a decent landscape photo. Please feel free to critique.

I think I'd have liked it more with more light, and no land mass in the
foreground, only a reflection from the water. I like the way the light is
playing off the water, and think that should have been emphasized. The land
mass in the foreground does little for me.
JohnH,
Thanks for the feedback. This is really another experiment for me
playing with Photoshop and Lighroom. To highlight the sun rays, which
to me is the interesting feature in the photo, I have to darken the
water and landmass.

I have two other versions of the scene, taken from a different
perspective. Let me know what you think.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/54809465@N00/

The birds look like artifacts and should be cloned out.

With respect to Ray, I might try to warm the image up a little by
targeting the dark areas and lighten up the dark masses to gain a
little detail - doesn't need to be much.

With respect to the two identical images...

As an experiment, you might want to use the HDR plug in in Photoshop
and see what the results are. A good way to do it would be to take
one image and use Curves or Bright/Contrast increase the detail in the
dark area, then use HDR to combine the two to increase detail.

These types of shots are always difficult even with film cameras and
the real results are always in processing.

Next time I go to the lake, I will take the tripod up so I can do some
real HDR.

ps - those birds are really dust artifacts. I have since cleaned my
sensor, and I really should clean up any photos I upload, but I screwed up.