The palma era or wax palm is the national tree of Colombia. All comments are appreciated. The image was taken in 2016.
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(If this is a composite, etc. please be honest with your techniques to help others learn)
Nikon D7000, 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 l3ns at 52mm. f10, ISO 400
Hi Larry,
I can almost feel the tropical humidity by looking at this image. It provides a brief escape from a damp PNW winter.
For me the blues and cyan’s are a little too strong and the blues in the clouds are too cool being almost purple. I’d change the white balance to add a bit of magenta and a little bit of warmth. It also looks like you have some haloing on the ridgeline. My guess it’s from a mask which you may have created to process the sky differenty than the land.
Below is a rough of a direction I would take the image.
Larry, this is a nice scene, the tall vertical lines of the palm trees have an interesting look. I enjoy seeing places like this that I am not familiar with. I also like all the receding layers in the image, your composition is well balanced in this regard. I think the WB image is okay, to me it helps convey more of stormy mood. My only nit is that I wish that there was a bit more breathing room to the left on the the palm in the LLC. But overall this is a pleasing image, and it tells a good story about this place.
I agree with @Nathan_Klein about the processing and @Ed_McGuirk about the palm tree on left. Nice image.
