Alpen Glow on Aiguille du Chardonnet

[SFTPhotography]

_DSC2929 by Stephen Taylor, on Flickr

 

[JohnFar]

Not sure how I see this one, even after looking at it several times. The light is superb, the composition fine, and the potential problem of the sky in top lh corner is solved by the long pink cloud. Yet overall it's just a bit flat. Does it need a slight increase in contrast, including in the sky?

 

[SFTPhotography]

. Does it need a slight increase in contrast, including in the sky?

I don't think it does - it was a low contrast scene so there is no deep shadows etc to begin with.

It had more contrast when I initially processed back in October it but it made the lower rocks/hillside at the bottom left third appear too blue so I dialled it back a shade for this version here. I will be the first to admit I don't like masses of contrast in images and frequently find other peoples version of the word punchy overdone and other peoples version of the word flat my ok.

 

[JohnFar]

Steve you may well be right - I tried editing it and couldn't produce anything that didn't look unnatural or worse!

 

[SFTPhotography]

Steve you may well be right - I tried editing it and couldn't produce anything that didn't look unnatural or worse!

I’ve tried with it heaps. Literally with one more click of the contrast slider the bottom section takes on a bizarre blue hue.

I’ll play with the “levels” when I’ve got more time.

 

[LongLensPhotography]

I'd also say it needs a little bit more contrast, or perhaps more importantly a more contrasty anchor point / foreground down the bottom. The real interesting part is on the right side so I'd maybe have some more of that and far less of the left.

 

[latestarter]

That opportunity could and should have been so much better. Way too flat.