In The Park

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Campbell River Park .. I actually went looking for a turtle that lives in the pond .. but he wasnt around . will have to look later into the year ..
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Else




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Nice composition Else. I like the foreground water with the reflection. The photo in MHO is flat. I like to see a bit more saturation of color. Even some contrast adjustments. I will temper this critique by saying I'm not so skilled or knowledgeable myself as to feel comfortable giving a serious critique.

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Lovely scene here Else, I thought about how I would try and improve it if it was mine and thought the best way would be to download it and have a play in ps.
I spent 10 mins or so and found a lot more detail could be brought out on the dark area on the left of the photo, which helped. I increased saturation and had a tweak in levels which made it much more vibrant. Finally I wanted to add interest to the sky which I did by adding a gradiant - darker at the top.
In summary, the image is well thought out and composed but benefits (IMHO) from further post processing. Hope this helps in some way, if you would like to see the results of my meddling just let me know

Hi Paul and Dave .. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look ... and making some great suggestions .... Dave .. I would love to see what you have done to improve it ... etc .. I think at times I am almost afraid of over saturation .. etc ... Thank you for your help ... It is appreciated ...
Cheers
Else

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ok Else, here's what I did. You may think it's worse than your version and that's fine - it's just what I would have done if it was my image. The changes are fairly subtle. Hopefully you will get some ideas you can use in future images

Hi Dave .. Thank you for that .. I see what you have done .. made it a bit lighter .... I have been working on a replacement but maybe I should post it a reworked one .. and not replace my first one. ...
Cheers
Else

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