Landscape Processing - 2nd attempt

[paulbed4d]

After my last dismal attempt i thought I'd have a go at processing a landscape shot, taken in the Yorkshire Dales a few years ago. This was not shot in raw.

As before, there is the original and then my 2 attempts at processing. Any feedback would be most appreciated. But remember, I'm still learning. Be nice!!

Cheers

Paul

 

[paulbed4d]

Slight variation on the 2nd edit. I think this is better

 

[posiview]

Hi, from a purely PP perspective I'm opting for #2, quite like the moodier sky and nice greens.

I'll be kind...but the photograph itself, even with a master processor working on it, won't hold my attention.

Regards and keep posting...

 

[paulbed4d]

Thanks
Yeah i agree it isn't the best starting material.
I'm off to Spain at the end of the week.
I've bought a large memory card and am going to switch my camera to RAW. Hopefully I'll come back with something better to work with!
Cheers
Paul

 

[Just Dave]

I think its good that you got it whit the rainbow going to the shed, think I would have lke to see the bottom of the tree on the right ie foreground

Looks like your sensor needs a clean as well as theres a few bunnies

we saw a fab rainbow in Thassos 2 weeks ago, I posted it on here

 

[Jonathan Shl]

Looks good, but perhaps not as dark and maybe use some clone stamp over the dust bunnies. The processed images seem to suffer from it more than the others.

 

[paulbed4d]

Thanks Guys. I can see the dust bunnies, now you mention it.
Cleaning the sensor. Is that something i can do myself?

 

[Just Dave]

Cleaning the sensor. Is that something i can do myself?

You can but be really careful and use a proper kit, ie Visible dust http://tinyurl.com/d7ncb84 thats what I use or you can get wet cleaners as well

 

[Stubby]

Its not the pp that's the problem, the shot is soft and out of focus, in saying that it is a nice capture comp wise.

 

[paulbed4d]

You can but be really careful and use a proper kit, ie Visible dust http://tinyurl.com/d7ncb84 thats what I use or you can get wet cleaners as well

Think i'll leave it. Looks like i could cause more problems! I'll photoshop them out next time!

Thanks for the pointer tho.

 

[paulbed4d]

Its not the pp that's the problem, the shot is soft and out of focus, in saying that it is a nice capture comp wise.

I agree it looks out of focus here. The original is much sharper. It seemed to go softer when i resized it. Thanks for the comments re the comp tho. It is a shame i cut the bottom of the tree off.