Indian Summer Morning

Another image from yesterday morning at Elkins Lake.

I would appreciate your critical comments.

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Bill, it looks like a peaceful place to be..for some reason the exposure seems off.probably not, but the haze makes seeing the photo harder...

I had a play.....:o It had such a watercolor feel to it right off the bat( only my take)

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Gail, thanks for the critique and the edit. I like your edit because it adds more depth to the hazy background. I agree about the watercolor feel.

Because of the extremely high brightness of the water due to the fog and sunlight reflections off the ripples, the background was somewhat underexposed to a rather murky dark appearance (like half way between black and middle gray) without much definition in the original image. I was not quite sure where to go with processing the background and finally decided on emphasizing the fog and sunlight while letting the contrast be of lesser importance.

I never was quite satisfied with the final result, but thought that might have been the result of indecision over too many post processing options.

Bill.I totally understand about hazes and light.we get that here all the time, and it can be a hair pulling job to try and get everything clear...

I am big on going full bore on something I like but can't figure out how to look at it.lol..:o

I took a shot at it just to get some practice. I hope you don't mind.

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vgk1nka1dx wrote in post #6336312
I took a shot at it just to get some practice. I hope you don't mind.

Nice editing work. Thanks.

I don't know.... my go at it anyway. Tried to get rid of the specular highlights so it looked more like fog than a big splash.

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Love the foggy water with the light thru the trees. Very difficult capture. I split the image horizontally and adjusted the shore and water/fog separately. Basically added contrast to the two areas separately.