Spring in Indiana

Rains had been heavy there, and the foliage was lush.

Posted by Ruth Rittichier on Sun, 05/19/13 09:32
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Comments by Ruth Rittichier on Sun, 05/19/13 09:34

This is a HDR stack of 5 images.


Comments by Jan Bjorklund on Sun, 05/19/13 10:11

I like your viewpoint over the rock formation to the red covered bridge which serves to connect the left and right side of the image for me, the colors (the reds... the greens) and the inclusion of the people in the boat which works to bring a sense of loneliness... of peacefulness to the composition.


Comments by Linda Frey on Sun, 05/19/13 10:26

Beautiful, Ruth.


Comments by Sandi MacDonald on Sun, 05/19/13 18:11

You did a nice job in the processing and the stacking. Lovely spot with lovely colors. I kinda wish to see more room above the roof though...seems to be cut off. But that's just my personal taste. And I like your mat size and color...;-)


Comments by John Long on Tue, 05/21/13 07:48

Clever and expert use of HDR! I love the red bridge crossing the river, but like Sandi, would like to see a little more above. The textures, especially in the rock, are superb.


Comments by Ernest Cadegan on Tue, 05/21/13 09:14

I actually prefer this composition maybe even better with the curve of
the roof straightened or a slight crop down.

Maybe the compression has hurt this but I find the foreground rocks are
very artificial looking and the tones there weak.


Comments by Ernest Cadegan on Tue, 05/21/13 09:15

BTW, nice scene even if I don't favour the inclusion of the human
element


Comments by Ruth Rittichier on Tue, 05/21/13 10:39

Thanks for the feedback, Ernest. I also have some without the canoers, too.

Please note that this is HDR, and I wanted less emphasis on the rocks so they wouldn't compete with the bridge. Some may be due to JPG compression, but the light was soft overcast, too, and I liked the soft look. Just individual taste, no doubt.

Now that I look at the other version, I can see that it is terribly oversharpened. Photoshop's optimizer did that, because it looked OK before optimizing.


Comments by Jacky on Tue, 05/21/13 11:38

Stiking image! Very wool what you can do with HDR! I noticed the over-sharpening too, but figured it was a product of HDR...