Autumnal

[simato73]

Thank you both, Anthony and Lars.

For me, the light, the skies and most of all the clouds area at their best in the autumn.

I agree; the land too is at its best, with so many different colours (which are starting to show in your image).

[David Paterson]

Mongo - first of all, I like most of what you have done. It is more vivid and has more immediate appeal than my original, quieter version and the changes to the fore- and mid-ground are good. If I were still working for commercial clients I think I would quite often find myself working in this style. The only thing I do not like is the more saturated blue in the sky.

It all comes down to individual taste - there are no rights and wrongs here. I still prefer my own version but lots of people will prefer Mongo's, and that's perfectly ok. And to be completely honest, after I have printed an image for the first time, I often find myself going back to Photoshop and giving colour and contrast a little lift . . .

This has made me think a bit more about how I work, and why I do things the way I do, and it has been interesting - thanks for that.

[David Paterson]

Thanks to Akira, Fons, Gunther and Simone for posting here - all gratefully received.

Gunther - I do work almost entirely from instinct but a) I've been doing it for a long, long time*, and b) I change my gear, especially camera-bodies as seldom as possible. In this way I learn to know pretty well what they do, and I can trust them and no longer have to wonder about technical things.

* Too long to mention. but to quote the fashion photographer, David Bailey, "in photography everything is so ordinary. it takes a long time to learn to see the extraordinary."

[Anthony]

Very interesting to see different ways of producing beautiful images with the same source material

[Mongo]

Mongo - first of all, I like most of what you have done. It is more vivid and has more immediate appeal than my original, quieter version and the changes to the fore- and mid-ground are good. If I were still working for commercial clients I think I would quite often find myself working in this style. The only thing I do not like is the more saturated blue in the sky.

It all comes down to individual taste - there are no rights and wrongs here. I still prefer my own version but lots of people will prefer Mongo's, and that's perfectly ok. And to be completely honest, after I have printed an image for the first time, I often find myself going back to Photoshop and giving colour and contrast a little lift . . .

This has made me think a bit more about how I work, and why I do things the way I do, and it has been interesting - thanks for that.

Mongo agrees with you David. When rethinking the edit, the changes to the sky were Mongo's biggest concern too. It has also been interesting (through this exercise) to find out about one's own leanings and the role personal preferences play in a world where we may be subconsciously and overly influenced by commercial norms or concerns.