Hawkscombe Valley Woods

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Just got back from a few(wet) days down in Exmoor including several walks up the Hawkscombe valley behind Porlock, the first couple of pics I'v gotten around to so far...

 

[phodru]

I'm liking the forest stream photo. Perhaps the greens are a bit over saturated and could do with being toned down a little.

 

[Jannyfox]

They both look a bit over saturated to me, although sometimes woodland really can look like that depending on the light. Also neither look particularly sharp.

 

[Moreorless]

The first was taken quite early in the day just as the sun was breaking though cloud, the second on a very overcast day(needed a 25 sec exposure with just a polariser), The only significant tweaking on either is brighting some of the foliage in the background of the first shot.

Sharpness wise imgur seems to do a poor job of larger images.

I have gone backwards and forwards on the saturation/colour temp for the first shot, something slightly desaturdated and a bit warmer in the foiliage...

 

[Jannyfox]

That's more realistic. I have had exactly the same problem in some lighting conditions, so I know where you're coming from.

 

[Moreorless]

That's more realistic. I have had exactly the same problem in some lighting conditions, so I know where you're coming from.

The main problem was really the colour temp(auto WB pretty useless) although I think the strong cool greens help the image personally.

Its a question of taste I spose but personally my opinion would be in favour of "interesting" lighting that will give strong colours and contrast over dull/harsh middle of the day kind of lighting for landscape. The latter might reflect peoples personal experiences more but I don't think that carries much weight myself outside of snapshots.