This is a public footpath across the Shropshire countryside between Ellesmere and Welshampton.
I used a Polarizer to try to bring out the few clouds in the sky. The resolution really kills the detail on the silhouetted branches but I think it still works ok.
Cropped, levels, colour correction, dodged and burned the fence and trees, re-sized, sharpened, saved for web.
After Results:
Yes, as many people have commented, I was very clumsy with the Burn tool and gave the tree a gray haze. Guess I just need to learn from this and try to be a bit more subtle next time!
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The fence serves as a nice leading line through the photo. There seems to be a funny black cloud around your trees, not sure if that was from post processing or not. Also, it might look nicer with all of the sky on top cropped off. But a very nice photo. the colors work well together. 7
Nice leading line here and good light. There appears to be some grayish haloing around the trees - not sure if that's inherent or an artifact of post processing.
Very strong. It seems a small part in the shot but because of the excellent use of the light, it is the one thing (the fence) that attracts the attention and guides you into the photo, towards the tree. Excellent!
I think this shot would have benefited from cropping out most of the sky. A 7 nevertheless. Nice contrast and horizontal balance. With a lot less sky I would have given it an 8.
Nice compositon and I like the highlighted fence, but your burn on the tree is too obvious. Did you try using the brush tool to remove the burn from the sky around it?
I like the composotion, but the light is just not right for me. If it were richer, to bring out the color instead of bounce off of it, I would have had to give a higher mark.
Not fond of the processing, I can see a grey halo around the tree, a very wide grey halo. Composition is good, I just think you ruined it with your processing.
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