Colorful Creek

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Image Description

CO Creek above Ridgeway

Technical Details

First time there.

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A beautiful scene beautifully composed. The color scheme is a bit too rich for my taste. Especially the sky is blue and the clouds are a little oversaturated, which easily leaves those halos around the trees. Seems like there could be a bit of over-sharpening. the picture could use Orton efect a bit.
This is so beautifully executed that with a little more careful post-processing it will be wonderful

Beautiful,but to my eye it has a bit of a Kodachrome look with rather saturated colors and sky. Rather like the way TVs were set up back in the bad old days of tubes. Certainly a lovely scene and composition.

This image caught my eye. I also like the composition. Upon further examination, I tend to agree it feels a bit oversaturated. The branches sticking in from the LRC are a bit of distraction. I wonder if a bit tighter crop to eliminate them would work? But overall very nice image.

Have no idea what an Orton effect is. Traveling right now, but probably never sharpened this image since it did not need it. I like strong colors and scenes since that is why I captured it, but I understand for others it might be too much. Thanks for the comments.

Good idea on the LRC crop.

Shot it on Kodachrome as a matter of fact. :innocent: Just joking, but in the old days I loved Kodachrome positives. Guess that’s why I still shoot Kodachrome images these days.