Winter Wonderland

[Dhanu]

The first image is the original and the second one is the processed one.
Please share your thoughts on the processed image.
- Did I went too far with the color change?
- Does the crop made the image better?
Thanks

From SandBox

From SandBox

Camera: Canon
Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/640 sec
Aperture: 4.5
Focal Length: 50mm
Flash Used: No

Since this is not heavily processed I didn't add it to the Processed Section

[4ndrew]

Hi there -

The second one is overdone, IMHO. The snow looks too blue.

As far as the composition, it's somewhat difficult for me to determine what the intended subject is.

I took a look at your website, and you've got some really nice looking pictures up there! I especially like some of the landscape shots, such as the one with the silhouetted flowers, the sunrise(set), and the mountains.

I think the rest of the shots that you have on your website are better than this one.

Just my $0.02



andrew

[Dhanu]

Originally Posted by 4ndrew

Hi there -

The second one is overdone, IMHO. The snow looks too blue.

As far as the composition, it's somewhat difficult for me to determine what the intended subject is.

I took a look at your website, and you've got some really nice looking pictures up there! I especially like some of the landscape shots, such as the one with the silhouetted flowers, the sunrise(set), and the mountains.

I think the rest of the shots that you have on your website are better than this one.

Just my $0.02



andrew

Thanks for the comment :-)

[SwissJon]

I think you need to go half way between the two.. Snow and Ice is naturally blue, so the shadow areas will have some blue, the first one doesn't reflect this, the second goes too far.

The crop improves things.

[LoveDSLR]

A quick play of the original:

[Dhanu]

Originally Posted by LoveDSLR

A quick play of the original:

Cool. What setting did you change?

[LoveDSLR]

Originally Posted by Dhanu

Cool. What setting did you change?

My plan is to use shape, texture and color to improve the photo.

1) Crop & remove color cast.
2) Create two layer masks (house & snow)
- snow (slight blur to smooth)
- house (increase contrast)
3) Another layer mask for the blue sky.