Arroyo Seco just south of the Rose Bowl

[Jagatai]

Here are a couple that have a mysterious quality that I like.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

"Painterly," in a very nice way. The first one has an especially fine mood.

[Christoph C. Feldhaim]

"Painterly," in a very nice way. The first one has an especially fine mood.

+1 - well done.
What was capture what was post if I may ask?

Cheers
~Chris

[Jagatai]

+1 - well done.
What was capture what was post if I may ask?

Cheers
~Chris

Thanks.  They were finished in Lightroom and the only modifications to the images consisted of adjustments to saturation, highlights and shadows etc.  Granted here they were more extreme than I usually do.  The images, unmodified, are rather flat and grey.

I did bring one into Photoshop with the idea of covering up a couple of ugly buildings with trees, but I find I just can't bring myself to do that kind of alteration on my personal work.  I'll do things like spotting or cropping, and certainly here the levels are pushed pretty far, but I really don't like to modify the objects in the scene.

[Christoph C. Feldhaim]

Thanks.  They were finished in Lightroom and the only modifications to the images consisted of adjustments to saturation, highlights and shadows etc.  Granted here they were more extreme than I usually do.  The images, unmodified, are rather flat and grey.

I did bring one into Photoshop with the idea of covering up a couple of ugly buildings with trees, but I find I just can't bring myself to do that kind of alteration on my personal work.  I'll do things like spotting or cropping, and certainly here the levels are pushed pretty far, but I really don't like to modify the objects in the scene.

Thanks for the info.
Seeing you used highlight and shadow sliders extensively I am happy to see that
you managed to keep halos down to a bearable and very non-disturbing level.
Well done !
Cheers
~Chris

[francois]

…I did bring one into Photoshop with the idea of covering up a couple of ugly buildings with trees, but I find I just can't bring myself to do that kind of alteration on my personal work.  I'll do things like spotting or cropping, and certainly here the levels are pushed pretty far, but I really don't like to modify the objects in the scene.

Good job, I like them both. Never feel that you have to go beyond your comfort zone to please people…

[brandtb]

The first has some really great qualities...very nice.  I would look at it with an 1/8th cropped off top, and an 1/6th cropped of right side...and see if it adds "focus" to the scene...that space above and to the right...I don't think is essential or necessary.  /Brandt