Valley Panorama

[milosh]

I'll second what Krusty and Jon said about the focal point. One good approach to enhancing a colour in your photo, is to duplicate the background layer and set it's blend mode to Multiply. That will increase saturation of colours. Then add an empty (white) mask to that layer and use a black brush to paint on the mask to hide this effect from the areas where you don't want it (the snow for example, or everything below the horizon line). But, I'm not sure you can do all of this in PSE.

[Lorenzo Reffo]

Originally Posted by Krusty79

For some reason, when people take panoramic shots, they seem to forget about foreground interest and a focal point. I don't know why. It's not just you either - I would say the vast majority of panoramas I've seen are like that. I'll see if I can post one here on DPS that has both when I get time to work on them.

I totally agree, the first thing that comes to my mind when saw the pic was "wow, that's great - but it'd be even better with something in the foreground to give a sense of deepness!". This is a nice shot anyway, congrats!

[macgart]

Originally Posted by milosh

I'll second what Krusty and Jon said about the focal point. One good approach to enhancing a colour in your photo, is to duplicate the background layer and set it's blend mode to Multiply. That will increase saturation of colours. Then add an empty (white) mask to that layer and use a black brush to paint on the mask to hide this effect from the areas where you don't want it (the snow for example, or everything below the horizon line). But, I'm not sure you can do all of this in PSE.

Thanks a bunch. I'm just starting to learn PSE, but I think I can do that. I'd like my photos to look as realistic as possible so learning the best way to process is important to me.

Thanks again for all the help. As a newbie, I often get too caught up in the techie details and forget the apply the basics of composition. I also struggle sometimes identifying what it is in a landscape vista that really attracts me. Sometimes it's simply the vastness or the colors rather than any particular object. I think this is where I need to learn to use natural patterns or leading lines to draw the viewer in. The great thing about photography is there is no end to the learning.