[opiet70]

This picture is a year or so old, but remains one of my favorites. It's probably because I had to take it without a tripod and after being off the beaten trail for some time - which led to an unhappy spouse.

While the focus was pretty good for handheld and captured the water movement well, I spent quite a bit of time lightening up the top area to bring out the moss and get rid of the dark shadow under the rock. What else could I do with this picture?

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[D4rknezz]

Nice!

Did you give it a red hue on purpose? I quite like the natural colours too.
Do you have photoshop? Hit Auto tone and auto colours and see what you think. Also, it can be sharpened a little more PP.

[opiet70]

Nice!

Did you give it a red hue on purpose? I quite like the natural colours too.
Do you have photoshop? Hit Auto tone and auto colours and see what you think. Also, it can be sharpened a little more PP.

The red hue is mostly natural. I manipulated vibrance a bit, but not much.

I have LightRoom and used that auto tone in there, but it left it too dark (almost black) under the rock. Because of that, I moved the exposure until I could see the moss under the rock. I wanted the green because otherwise I thought the picture was too red.

[D4rknezz]

Ah. Thats weird how the two products give different results. In Photoshop, autotone and autocolor balances the red and green, and actually brightens the picture a tad. Oh well. I think its a great picture anyway, and the slight reddish hue is artistic