Dragon Stone

[K_Pugh]

Dragon Stone by pughphotography, on Flickr

 

[weepete]

That's pretty cool mate. The grad in the sky looks a bit too abrupt for my eye but still a nice shot

 

[Fred Berg]

I like the stark band of contrast in the sky, it directs the eye to the eyes of the statue.

 

[K_Pugh]

Cheers! I went for a dramatic sky to compliment the dragon, surprised I managed to pull so much out the sky as it looked a bit flat pre-pp.

 

[mmaria]

I like processing, except the sky.

I should be looking at the stones but instead I'm looking in the blackest areas in the sky because of the way you processed the sky

anyway jmho

 

[KenC]

I think a contrasty sky works with this, but the processing is just a little over the top for me. It is a bit distracting, as maria says, and also I don't like losing the ears in the sky.

 

[K_Pugh]

Yup each to their own regarding PP. I think I got what I was looking for in the end though. I think the sky adds more than it detracts from the overall image - to me it adds drama to the image as a whole which is what I wanted.

It is too easy to overprocess though.