Lake photo

[Eric&Susan]

Hi all. The DW and I went on a walk yesterday at the local lake and of course I brought the camera. This is one of the pictures I took. I really like it, hope you do to. Please feel free to comment, good or bad!!!!


http://images.snapfish.com/342%3C4%3C5523232%7Ffp64%3Dot%3E2338%3D6%3A%3B%3D3 77%3DXROQDF%3E23237849248%3A2ot1lsi

Thanks for looking,

Eric

[ian408]

I like the composition. The clouds and foreground almost look like a mark of
Zorro with the lake being the diagonal that joins them. Very peacful setting.
And, I bet you enjoyed the hike too.

The clouds are blown out and the foreground under exposed. These might
be fixed in PS using this (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=3491&page=3&pp=10)thread.

The horizon is also (or appears to be) out of whack.

Ian

[Eric&Susan]

I like the composition. The clouds and foreground almost look like a mark of
Zorro with the lake being the diagonal that joins them. Very peacful setting.
And, I bet you enjoyed the hike too.

The clouds are blown out and the foreground under exposed. These might
be fixed in PS using this (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=3491&page=3&pp=10)thread.

The horizon is also (or appears to be) out of whack.

Ian
Thanks for the link. I will be getting PS elements 3 in the next few days so I will give that a try. I'm not sure what you mean by the horizon is out of whack?:dunno

Thanks
Eric

[ian408]

Thanks for the link. I will be getting PS elements 3 in the next few days so I will give that a try. I'm not sure what you mean by the horizon is out of whack?:dunno

Thanks
Eric
Take a look at the top edge of the lake--what would form the horizon
line. It looks like the right side of that line is higher than the left. Only
by a tiny amount.

But if I take a straight edge and compare it to somthing I know is
straight (like squaring a piece of stock using a table saw), it isn't
skewed at all. Maybe I'm just seeing things?

Ian

[tmlphoto]

Thanks for the link. I will be getting PS elements 3 in the next few days so I will give that a try. I'm not sure what you mean by the horizon is out of whack?:dunno

Thanks
EricAn easy fix, at least a partial fix, would be to use the highlights/shadows feature to bring up the shadows a little. A value of 8 or so is a good starting point. The blown out clouds don't bother me as much as the darkness of the foreground.