Taken in raw and converted to jpeg, then given the star treatment with BradP's action for USM, a filter to give it that funky glow, some hue/sat adjustments, a crop and a resize.
It was a great day at a great day to go for a quick hike. If you happen to be between Lynchburg, VA and Charlottesville, VA, I strongly recommend it.
Later.
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WOW! That'll do for the challenge! You could have cloned that guy out, y'know, and a little overexposed in parts, but lovely composition and beautiful subject.
Would be a 9 but you lost a couple of points for the (damn) guy in the background and the slight overexposure.
I like the sense of tonality in the shade areas of this image, but I feel that the highlight areas are too far blown out for the viewer's comfort: it seems to have been exposed directly for the shade, and to hell with the highlights - I think you would get more detail and an image easier on the eye by starting from a more compromise exposure, and working it up from there. Of course, if this is what you envisaged, then I just don't get it, huh?
I don't know the relationship between you and the man in the picture but I think that it would be better if he wasn't in there. maybe a different angle where the broken trunk in the front is gone too...not bad though! :)
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