Belinda Hudnall Keller
About the Image(s)
Sundown at a friend's vineyards in the Shenandoah Valley. A tiny sliver of the Blue Ridge Mtns are in the far distance. I missed the sunset, but I liked the colors (and the wine).
Avoiding people and parked cars was a problem, and the final crop unfortunately includes the tall plant on left because of cars to the right. A closer crop seemed too square and mid-framed.
Minor edits were made to punch up the image, and hopefully I didn't overdo it, or over sharpen when resizing. It actually lends itself to a painterly version which I'm working on, but I think the image as is could use a flock of birds (?)
Samsung Galaxy s9, pro, f/2.4, s1/35, WB auto, ISO 50
Snapseed: cropped, colors saturated, minimally expanded/filled right side, tonal contrasts adjusted, selective tool for brightness across the distant field.
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7 comments posted
I wonder if you could have gotten lower to eliminate the road? I like the road on the right going back into the scene, but not so much the foreground road. I also think lightening the foreground slightly would be acceptable.
I tried removing most of the road and some lightening of the foreground just to see, and have included it here.
Then, for the heck of it, I quickly applied a painting filter, and I agree there is probably great potential as a painting too..
  Posted: 10/05/2019 17:17:09
(Groups 47 & 53)