(yet another) Nicasio Landscape

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ANother beauty Joe, and for me, I would crop the beasts out, you still end up with a great vista and the larger tree in the corner will help anchor the photo?

I think you are right Gail. The image becomes a little more powerful when some of the far right is cropped.

I like the crop as is. The cows don't bother me enough to loose the right side of the image(if that's what Gail was taking about). The contour of the hills is what makes the image for me.

It does look a tad soft, but maybe that's just the compression. I'd also bring the shadows up just a hair. That tree in the foreground is pretty much a black blob(my monitor is calibrated).

Overall though this shot is a real winner.

crashthenet44 wrote in post #10040075
I like the crop as is. The cows don't bother me enough to loose the right side of the image(if that's what Gail was taking about). The contour of the hills is what makes the image for me.

It does look a tad soft, but maybe that's just the compression. I'd also bring the shadows up just a hair. That tree in the foreground is pretty much a black blob(my monitor is calibrated).

Overall though this shot is a real winner.

I'm curious which browser you are using. I've been working on making sure the seam between sky and land is free of sharpening halos. I selectively sharpened the land and the sharpening post compression may be a tad weak. The shadows are dark.

I looked at the image in Explorer, Firefox and Chrome and cannot really see any difference: it is a very nice shot and the cows "belong" so no worries there! The only thing could be lightening the exposure just a tad. Not only the shadows but the whole image or fill some light and then increase the contrast. This would strengthen the gloomy look, I think. BTW: I like the panaroma crop - it gives and idea of space.

Looking again, my eyes are now drawn to the bottom corner.its the brightest ..

They look the same in Fire Fox and Chrome to me...

I think the image looks fine viewing it on FF. Nice work Joe.

Firefox is color managed. The Paradise Highway image shows a lot of purple in the blue on Chrome because I used Andrews suggestion and output using PhotoPro profile. This image is output using sRGB which is friendlier to applications which do not manage color (limit the color gamut). I think that's why this image works in both browsers while the PH image does not.

So, is this done after you edit in PS for PhotoPro and then convert to sRGB for FF?

The three black shapes towards the bottom right? Keep them. They're like Easter Eggs - a reward for those who study your prints. Also, once noticed, instead of distraction, they give a good sense of scale to the landscape.

After spending a couple of days determining the source of the noise, masking issues, and shadow detail it took a day to produce this version. This is pretty close to final print.

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That is a lovely final Joe........

thanks Gail