La Charca lake

JimFox

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Hey Michal, you have been missed! It's great to have you come back. :)

I am on the road, but I will check this out a little later and give you some suggestions.
 

Ben Egbert

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This is a landscape with birds, the birds are too small for it to be about the birds. I rotated it to make it appear less tilted. I set the white and black point then ran Topaz exposure and then topaz Studio color and contrast boost. Sharpened slightly and saved. I think its a very nice image of this wetlands.

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AlanLichty

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I like your color balance and the straightening job Ben. This feels much nicer. My only nit is the greenish cast to the sky reflection right at the bottom of the scene. Maybe a graduated filter coming up from the bottom to tweak the color temp/tint could pull that over towards blue a bit more. I'd try this myself but I can't trust the monitor I am using right now while my primary computer is being repaired.
 

Amy Nelson

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Here's my go at it.
Cropped, basic adjustments (brought down the highlights to avoid clipping in the clouds on the right), increased contrast, adjusted HSL color, and add a "s" curve.
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PhotoShootGC

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Thanks guys. I think this picture isnt really a colour once the colours seem so dull, the land lacks some Green scenery.

I could never find a good one for me i colour, here the closest one i like the most is Bens version. Although my top favourite is my version but its In black and white

Take a peak



Its from a different shot but taken 1 minute after. So everyhting is the same such as exposure and colours.
 

Ben Egbert

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Thanks guys. I think this picture isnt really a colour once the colours seem so dull, the land lacks some Green scenery.

I could never find a good one for me i colour, here the closest one i like the most is Bens version. Although my top favourite is my version but its In black and white

Take a peak





Its from a different shot but taken 1 minute after. So everyhting is the same such as exposure and colours.
Very good in B&W. This is a natural for this image.
 

AlanLichty

Moderator
I got my computer back so decided to give this a shot. I straightened the scene out a bit and did some cropping to focus on the good stuff in the scene. I worked the skies to get a workable blue and then used a brush in Lightroom to add a bit more clarity to the face of the mountains behind the lake and some of the vegetation on the far side. I used Precision Contrast and AI Clear in Topaz Studio in Photoshop before changing the size and color profile for the JPEG.

DSC_9107.jpg
 

JimFox

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Thanks guys. I think this picture isnt really a colour once the colours seem so dull, the land lacks some Green scenery.

I could never find a good one for me i colour, here the closest one i like the most is Bens version. Although my top favourite is my version but its In black and white

Take a peak



Its from a different shot but taken 1 minute after. So everyhting is the same such as exposure and colours.
I like this Michal. And it's funny I hadn't checked in here since your adding this so I had no idea you had gone the B&W route, so I will post mine and you will see a similarity.
 
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