Frosty Pine on a Foggy Morning

[Preeb]

Anything I could do to improve it? All that was done was to reduce the clarity in Camera Raw. I liked the way that softened the whole effect. Anything else I tried just detracted from the mood.

[NgaiHill]

Nice shot, I like the mostly monochrome with just the colour on the soil below the tree.

[Sistereinstein]

I would agree that the layers of color are a nice touch. Looks like it was a nice morning

[windrider86]

Do you have your exif info handy? Part of the tree looks slightly out of focus and knowing your camera settings could playa big part in helping you

[SwissJon]

Very nice.. Did you say these were the real colours?

[Preeb]

Originally Posted by windrider86

Do you have your exif info handy? Part of the tree looks slightly out of focus and knowing your camera settings could playa big part in helping you

I knew I forgot something.

Here's the exif:
Camera: EOS Rebel T1i
Lens: 18-55 kit lens
ISO 400
Exposure 1/30 sec
Aperture f9 (aperture priority)
Focal length 28mm

The soft focus is from reducing the clarity in Camera Raw in Elements. The actual shot was pretty crisp, considering the conditions and the fact that I'm still using the 18-55 kit lens that came with my T1i. With everything in sharp focus, it just didn't convey the somber mood of that foggy Christmas morning. As soon as I softened the clarity, the image just jumped at me.

[Preeb]

Originally Posted by SwissJon

Very nice.. Did you say these were the real colours?

Yes... no processing done except for the softening.

[2stroke]

I actually like the softness and muted color of this. I think it may benefit from a different composition, maybe with the camera in landscape position instead of vertical and leave some more negative space to the right and let the slight furrows in the soil disappear into the fog. Just a thought that some negative space would help with the somber mood...

[SwissJon]

Blimey... That's an interesting picture then.. Looks almost as if you colour popped the field.

I had a play with a brightness and contrast in Photoshop,and while it changed the photo, I can't really find any setting that I would say is "better" than what you started with.. Different, yes, but not better..

I think the only thing I found that might improve the overal picture is a slight crop.. Reducing the border at the top and left hand side so it matches the the right hand side, and a crop at the bottom closer to the bottom of the second hedge, but that's purely a subjective change.

I agree with 2 stroke about placing the tree at the left hand 1/3rd in a landscape.. But I'll bet it's changed since you took this.

[danbaileyphoto]

This is awesome! Really like it. Great image!