About face! by 0rest4wicked

Photography • Landscape • posted on Jan 08, 2012

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On the right margin my footprints can be seen, only after passing by these mules ears did the composition pop into my minds eye. It's not uncommon in this terrain that I'll do that. When reviewing the images and recalling the hike I can't help but to laugh at myself for doing an "about face". As if I wouldn't sleep that night unless I turn around and get the image...lol! I found the sky rather white and flat in this scene. Have made use of a few things in CS5 Bill (bmac62) recommended on an approach to a scanned Bryce image. Never tried the quick mask or some of the other adjustments such as gamma correction and vibrancy. After a few tweaks, I thought this sky suited the scenery. Which got me thinking, when does the line get crossed to where an image should be placed in the manipulated photo genre? To the kind souls that leave their mark whether a comment, rating, or save the image as a fav, you are very much appreciated, thank you!!! Thank you all that viewed the last image below.

"Happy Birthday Faemike55"

Comments (36)

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vaggabondd

10:44PM | Mon, 09 January 2012

very nice capture my friend, I really like the sky in the background

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flavia49

12:53PM | Tue, 10 January 2012

lovely capture

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Flint_Hawk

4:49PM | Tue, 10 January 2012

I'm very glad you decided to take this picture!

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bmac62

4:53AM | Thu, 12 January 2012

Oooo, I like your added artistic touches to the sky...well done. Auntietk has expressed my feelings about postwork (for art's sake) versus photo manipulation. I love the challenge of bringing out the best in a scene. Ansel Adams said, "A good photo is not taken, it is made." Of course he was talking about capturing images in the field and then spending hours upon hours in his darkroom...making each photo into a word of art...but we do similar work today through our miriad of photo editing programs. It is fun to read how others here feel about this subject.

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