Does this exposure work? C&C requested

[4g63photo]

I recently went out camping in Yosemite. I do not own any filters so exposing this shot for me was a bit difficult. I wanted to get a decent exposure for the clouds but have some sort of light in the water and trees. I dont know if this works so I would love to hear any comments. Thanks for looking.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b264/fernie94/IMG_6534.jpg

[DigitalDawn]

Love the photo, great colors, yet I think it would 10 times better without forground trees cluttering it. Althought it looks like from in front of them, you could have possibly not achieved the same photo. Neato!

[4g63photo]

Thank you kindly DigitalDawn. I did think about removing the tress but it looked a bit empty.

[midnitejam]

It works for me.
And just out of curousity, why didn't you finish the composit process with the trees? The tree element is a compliment to the image, but are the trees composited? The fact that they displace no water and are too far from shore to be sticking out of the bank would suggest a high degree post processing skills.

In general, it may be a little under exposed for my tastes, but I'd never toss it.

[LeuceDeuce]

It works for me.
And just out of curousity, why didn't you finish the composit process with the trees? The tree element is a compliment to the image, but are the trees composited? The fact that they displace no water and are too far from shore to be sticking out of the bank would suggest a high degree post processing skills.

In general, it may be a little under exposed for my tastes, but I'd never toss it.

They're not displacing water because they are above the water.

[Flo]

Yeppers, they are jutting MJ....looks deceiving.

[midnitejam]

Yeppers, they are jutting MJ....looks deceiving.

I still like it.:cool:

[4g63photo]

It works for me.
And just out of curousity, why didn't you finish the composit process with the trees? The tree element is a compliment to the image, but are the trees composited? The fact that they displace no water and are too far from shore to be sticking out of the bank would suggest a high degree post processing skills.

In general, it may be a little under exposed for my tastes, but I'd never toss it.

There was no composite done. It just looks that way. The trees where hanging over the water. I wish I could bring out more detail in the picture. I loved the clouds and detail in the sky so I exposed for that instead of the trees. It was tough. I learned a lot. Next time I will be ready with ND graduated filters.

They're not displacing water because they are above the water.
Indeed. Thanks for looking.

Yeppers, they are jutting MJ....looks deceiving.

Sneak, sneaky. :D

[MattMoore]

The foreground trees are fine....but the shot would have worked better for me had the branches of the foreground trees (on the right) not been on there (i.e. removed...I mean the trees are already dead).

[4g63photo]

^-- I agree. I will give that a try.

[midnitejam]

^-- I agree. I will give that a try.

It's troublesome for me when I'm trying to decide whether to 'capture' or to 'create' an image by adding/subtracting elements. Most invariably, I always end up creating by adding to or taking from an image.:oops: Decisions, decisions, decisions. Tiresome sometimes.

[chappie]

Nice image. I had a little play, Not too much I hope...
mainly Saturation and used a gradient filter on the sky.

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm23/photocoffeebuzz/IMG_6534.jpg

[dpds68]

^^^ I like that version

[PhotoJourno]

How about this?...

(I just could not find how to explain the weird lighting, center-weighed?)

[rr3507]

If you have Photoshop or Photomatix, look into HDR. Photomatix may have a trial version for download. There should be a tutorial on YouTube as well.