Indian Ladder Trail

[pathoulihan1]

I'm still fairly new to photography and only months into HDR photography so my "processing eye" is still young as well. None the less here's my latest, let me know what you think.''

 

[Bynx]

Overall, not bad. I wish your second shot was a portrait instead of landscape format. The waterfall is the main subject. As for your greens, they could all do with some more cyan. Just to0 bright for my taste and in the last pic way too yellow in the highlights. Your skies are better than a lot of old timers of HDR.

 

[pathoulihan1]

Thanks Bynx, I cropped the waterfall shot and I agree I'll post the edit when I can.

As for the color I think I'm going to head back up there after the foliage turns. I don't mind the green myself but after staring at them for a little while during processing it can be an overload.

And the yellow highlights, when I noticed the scene it gave off this surreal feel and I think the highlights help capture that in my mind, I played with it none the less, I'll post that edit as well.

The nonsense going on in the shootout thread made me think about how HDR for me is about experimentation, feeling, and most of all, fun. So no suggestion is unwarranted for me, every set of eyes perceives differently.

 

[Bynx]

I played with the colors in your last shot. To me it looked better, but then I wasnt there and sometimes colors can be really weird but correct. Like if it was shot in the Golden Hour. Although maybe not quite so yellow, but the scene can have a real yellow look in the sunshine. Its hard to be critical of colors that can vary so much. So many fir trees will there be much color change in the fall?

 

[pathoulihan1]

Though in a couple of shots there are indeed quite a few firs it is indeed a deciduous breadth of woods up there. I'm certain it'll be quite pretty in another handful of weeks.

 

[Bynx]

Well, as much as I hate fall, it is the most beautiful part of the year. Looking forward to some good ones from you.

 

[pathoulihan1]

Here's the cropped image, I also tweaked the color on the last image and got some of the yellow off of the trees. Still a golden hue to it. Sorry for the delay, I've been posting from my phone, been away from the computer.