Diana Duffey  


Palouse Landscape by Diana Duffey

October 2019 - Palouse Landscape

About the Image(s)


How I did it: While I was attending the PSA Conference, I took a tour to The Palouse area. I took this image with my Sony a7R3 and my 24-240mm lens. My camera setting were: 48MM, ISO 100, F9.0, 1/80 SS. I adjusted the Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, White and Black levels and the Lens Correction. This is one of several images that I took of the Palouse area. This image was taken in the late afternoon. Your comments on how to improve this image are always appreciated.


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13 comments posted




Donna Sturla   Donna Sturla
I swear I have photographed this exact same farm !! The Palouse can be so pretty in the spring, I've never seen it in the fall.
I would have increased the contrast and saturation, and used a layer mask to deepen the colors of the brown fields. The sky looks great !   Posted: 10/13/2019 03:44:32
Diana Duffey   Diana Duffey
Donna, the Palouse area is such an impressive area. Thank you for your suggestions on how to improve my image. I am still struggling with post-processing my images. I am going to try to post the image again now that I have tried to apply your suggestion. I appreciate your constructive comments.   Posted: 10/13/2019 14:48:07
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Donna Sturla   Donna Sturla
Hi Diana,
It looks like you saturated the sky a lot but I think a layer mask just on the part below the sky would be more effective.
It took me forever to learn how to do a layer mask. You could also put it into Lightroom and play with the highlights and shadows, maybe increase contrast. I'm not sure what programs you use. Let me know, maybe we can talk sometime.
Donna   Posted: 10/14/2019 02:16:28
Diana Duffey   Diana Duffey
Donna, this post-processing has been a big challenge for me... but I am determine to learn how to do it better. I did the regular adjustments in LR. I am posting the image one more time. Now I think it is too dark. Please let me know what you think.

  Posted: 10/14/2019 23:37:51
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Donna Sturla   Donna Sturla
No, I don't think it's too dark; I prefer it to your original.

One thing you might want to check is the Brightness of your monitor ! I used to keep mine fairly bright and then my prints were always wrong, so I dropped down the brightness and now my prints come out well. I like your revision !
Try sending some images for printing and compare to your monitor and see if you need to adjust. Just a thought.
  Posted: 10/15/2019 02:26:59



Mark Aksoy   Mark Aksoy
Diana, I, too, prefer your second revision of the original. Its darker tones make the scene more dramatic and the colors more saturated. However, I would have cropped in a bit less from the right. I would have cropped out the tree at the edge of the original image but retain the other tree as an internal frame. Overall, nicely done!   Posted: 10/18/2019 13:41:31
Diana Duffey   Diana Duffey
Mark, thank you for your suggestion on how to improve the image. I cropped the image like you suggestions and saved a copy.
I looked for you at the PSA conference in Spokane...   Posted: 10/27/2019 15:48:19



Wonderful memories of living in Eastern Washington inspired by your image. To my eye, the subject is the old barn. My attached crop hones in on this area of the image. I tend to be a minimalist who wants to really enjoy the subject taking a dominant place in an image. I like the big picture as a documentary of a Palouse Farm, but find more story in the barn. Thanks for sharing.   Posted: 10/22/2019 09:17:34



  Posted: 10/22/2019 09:26:55
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Rich Krebs   Rich Krebs
Nice image. I like the second version. I think I would crop from the left to reduce the number of trees and a little bit from the bottom. Great image of the farm land and barn.   Posted: 10/22/2019 09:27:17
Diana Duffey   Diana Duffey
Thanks for your suggestions Rich. The Palouse was a beautiful area. I am glad I was able to experience a sunrise and sunset in the area. I find all the suggestions so helpful.   Posted: 10/27/2019 15:50:35



This is a really quick edit in PS with a little more selective contrast added using Burn tool. I would take time to paint in dark highlights more carefully and select the barn on a separate layer to add vibrance to red barn. My preference for such edits it LR's adjustment brush.   Posted: 10/22/2019 09:29:38



Diana Duffey   Diana Duffey
Christina, thank you for your post processing suggestions. I learned a lot from all of the suggestions.... Experimented more with the LR tools. Thanks...   Posted: 10/27/2019 15:53:45