This is the only other shot I took when I shot for the "Four Elements II" challenge. I didn't really want to enter an outtake of one of my high scoring shots as that feels like a bit of a cop-out but with a Free Study each month I don't really have anything else that would score that well. As my "Elements" shot is my PB shot and has over 200,000 views I thought I'd enter this one here as it should earn a 6+ score given the original entry did well.
I have learnt that I need to fire off more shots when shooting, just in case I need to enter multiple DPC challenges!
Here's the shot that won the yellow ribbon in May:
Editing Steps: Other than a few minor changes I dragged the adjustment layers from the Elements shot onto this one.
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Nice scene - what I can discern at this size. Unfortunately I think that there is so much to see in this image, that the size restrictions almost work against it - making it seem like .. so much is confined into a small image - if that makes sense. I'm sure 'wall sized' this would be impressive, although I wonder if the fore right grass might dominate a little too much then.