Pembina Valley, Manitoba

[mole2k]

While staying in manitoba this was the view of pembina valley I woke up too.

http://www.mole2k.co.uk/canada/_mg_6552_HDR.jpg

C&C welcome :)

[Woodsy]

Now that I like. It looks HDR'd, but (if it is,) its not overcooked at all and imo is spot on. Lovely composition and the sky is wonderfull also! Spot on chief! :)

[Alex S]

I really like this too, the muted colours in the landscape compliment the building beautifully. :)

[petemc]

Aye, its just nice. I'd try it in B&W :)

[scraggs]

Not normally my type of photography but I love it.

[mole2k]

Aye, its just nice. I'd try it in B&W :)

I did actually have it in B&W but the a lot of the valley detail was lost so I brought the colours back only a bit muted.

[BRASH]

Love it:)

[Yv]

Yep, liking the muted colours, complements the building wonderfully.:thumbs:

[gibbo]

:thumbs: Love it just as it is, nice shot :thumbs:

[mole2k]

Thanks for the comments folks :)

This shot was taken about 7.30am shortly after sunrise standing on the back balcony of the house I was staying at. The kitchen window looked out onto it.

[Marcel]

I love it just as it is.

I love the slightly muted saturation....just spot on IMO.
Care to share your postprocessing?

[ben g]

Excellent processing, composition, the lot :clap:

[mole2k]

Photomatix HDR from 3 raw files, exported to photoshop as a 16bit tiff.

Then undersaturated it a bit mostly the yellows, darkened the sky.

I then used a contrast mask to darken the valley itself as haze had left it a little bit washed out.

Then to top it off I used a gradient to darken the sky. ( I really should get myself a graduating ND)

[Milestone]

aye, nice shot that. :thumbs:

[Roger]

I really like this too, the muted colours in the landscape compliment the building beautifully. :)

couldn't have said it better myself :thumbs: