Ken Rennie
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This is the last of my Perthshire images. Ken
River Braan with 2 "new" images
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Trent Watts
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Nice one Ken. I really like the coin-like leaves shining on the rocks.
AlanLichty
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I love how you worked the light in this scene. Beautiful setting.
Very nice light that effectively separates the two sides of the creek.
Ken Rennie
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Thanks for the comments. I am thinking of changing how I process images. I spend a lot of time in photoshop and enjoy using it but almost always end up with images that are brighter and "more uplifting" than reality and look a little "Photoshopped". As an example here is the original image with sharpening only. As you can see the light is very flat with little difference in tone and colour across the image. I may struggle to get a look that is both engaging and natural even though it will be far from "natural". I am not a believer of the oft quoted RAW needs to have saturation added to look natural. RAW needs saturation to look like out of camera jpegs because jpegs have saturation and contrast added in camera. Of course the camera does not capture what the eye sees as we zoom in and out ignoring what we don't want to see, darken and lighten selectively, remove colour casts and encompass a dynamic range that camera makers could only dream about.
Lastly a newly reprocessed image from 2019 taken about 200yds upstream of this. The Autumn colours were just a little past their best but still wonderful. I did consider reshooting it until I really thought about sliding 20ft down a steep muddy slope, hopefully stopping just before falling into the river, and then jumping out onto a 5ft by 3ft rock surrounded by deep water and thought better of it. Ken
Lastly a newly reprocessed image from 2019 taken about 200yds upstream of this. The Autumn colours were just a little past their best but still wonderful. I did consider reshooting it until I really thought about sliding 20ft down a steep muddy slope, hopefully stopping just before falling into the river, and then jumping out onto a 5ft by 3ft rock surrounded by deep water and thought better of it. Ken
AlanLichty
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Sometimes I find it helpful to stop and study a scene before I shoot it to try to imprint the real colors and feeling of depth on my feeble brain so I can remember what my goal is with edits at home later. Occasionally that actually works 