Wasatch Spring

[Ben Egbert]

This is one of my local scenes which opens in late may. I last showed the fall version, this is spring.

Like to hear any CC especially if you think it overcooked. This is a single shot, no blends.

 

[Darcy Grizzle]

Ohhh I would love to be there in the spring~gorgeous! Doesn't look overcooked to me!

 

[JimFox]

Hey Ben,

That is beautiful! Love all of those flowers in the foreground! The shot looks great to me, I wouldn't say it was overcooked.

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice flowers - makes a great scene even better.

 

[Tom Narwid]

This is one of my local scenes which opens in late may. I last showed the fall version, this is spring.

Like to hear any CC especially if you think it overcooked. This is a single shot, no blends.

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Perfectly done!!

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Lovely image. The foreground flowers lead up to the mountains in the distance.

 

[JaneG]

lovely foreground but a little over done, do you feel that this image reflects the scene you saw.. the mid and distance are bit grainy and noisy ( oversharpened?), I would go gently and allow the atmospheric effects that soften the scene into the distance have their way. I think it might give a greater feeling of depth and atmsophere

 

[Ben Egbert]

lovely foreground but a little over done, do you feel that this image reflects the scene you saw.. the mid and distance are bit grainy and noisy ( oversharpened?), I would go gently and allow the atmospheric effects that soften the scene into the distance have their way. I think it might give a greater feeling of depth and atmsophere

Thanks Jane for the thoughtful and honest reply. I am not sure what the scene looked like to others, but to my dim old eyes it did not look as sharp or clear as I wanted. I asked this question because I suspect I am over cooking to compensate for poor vision. I tend to reduce atmospherics as a result. I will take a closer look at this. I was thinking about saturation, had not considered clarity.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Ohhh I would love to be there in the spring~gorgeous! Doesn't look overcooked to me!

Thanks Darcy, it is very nice there.

Hey Ben,

That is beautiful! Love all of those flowers in the foreground! The shot looks great to me, I wouldn't say it was overcooked.

Thanks Jim, most seem ok with it other than Jane who maybe put her finger on the cause for asking.

Nice flowers - makes a great scene even better.

Exactly, and even though this is close to home the window is mere days, makes me appriciate why I seldom hit paydirt on my longer trips.

Lovely image. The foreground flowers lead up to the mountains in the distance.

I knew they would be there and thought this aspen would be great in fall, but the fa;l; after taking this I missed. This year I did better.

 

[Jim Dockery]

Very nice, not overcooked IMO, I also don't see the over sharpening Jane mentions. Did you use a ND at capture? The mountains and clouds look just a tad too dark compared to the slopes below to my picky eye. When used at capture that truly cooks the effect into a shot which is why I personally gave up on ND filters a few years ago after seeing how much DR my Sony cameras have which allows me to adjust the RAW files to compensate most of the time.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Very nice, not overcooked IMO, I also don't see the over sharpening Jane mentions. Did you use a ND at capture? The mountains and clouds look just a tad too dark compared to the slopes below to my picky eye. When used at capture that truly cooks the effect into a shot which is why I personally gave up on ND filters a few years ago after seeing how much DR my Sony cameras have which allows me to adjust the RAW files to compensate most of the time.

I also sold all my ND grads, too much witness line and color cast. I did use a grad filter in ACR to darken the sky. I could tone that down easily.

 

[Douglas Sherman]

This is one of my local scenes which opens in late may. I last showed the fall version, this is spring.

Like to hear any CC especially if you think it overcooked. This is a single shot, no blends.

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This is simply gorgeous, Ben. I am a flower guy and this is one of the best I have seen.

 

[lionking]

Beautiful scenery!
I like it, Jane has a good point, and i agree with Jim Dockery regarding the clouds, if i may add, the flowers pop a bit too much, perhaps less contrast, and i would probably remove those cut-offs buds...

 

[Ben Egbert]

Here is one I did later with minimal post processing. Not sure it address all comments as the sky is still darkish from the grad applied in ACR, but less clarity and pop. I would need to reset my ACR conversion for more change.

 

[AlanLichty]

I actually prefer this last image with the more minimal processing.

 

[Jim Dockery]

I like em both, but the first is more pure eye candy, the last more refined and subtle, which I prefer.