The long and winding road

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day all

Can you give me feedback about this one please ... does it grab you?? ... if not, what is needed??

Phil

[Grumpy John]

Love the concept Phil. where is the path leading me, what exactly is around the corner.
For my part I feel that it is slightly over exposed, in particular the path seems somewhat blown out. Of course this is only my opinion. What, if any, "feeling" were you going for?

[K1W1]

Agree. Like the concept but it looks a bit over exposed for my liking. I find the little branch to the left between the two corners visually annoying. I would probably try content aware delete in PS to at least see what it looks like without having the branch there. I think removing it would improve the eyes flow along the path which at the moment has a roadblock.

[Isac]

The image histogram shows good exposure Phil, just a minute amount of clipping in the red channel but nothing blown out. Lots of details in the shot. To me it just needs a bit of colour correction to get rid of the red cast. Do you have the exif data or the camera settings?
Here's what I mean with a quick edit.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

Thanks fellas for your feedback

okay -
1) I keep forgetting that exif is stripped by flickr ... damn
2) Isac - on my laptop, your image looks about 1-stop underexposed ~ mine is "maybe" a 1/3-stop overexposed but I did brighten it a tad to show the greens nicely
3) K1W1 - yes I'll have a go with the chainsaw for that stick in the wrong place

more to follow
Phil

[Isac]

Flickr has never stripped my exif data Phil.
This is from your Flickr image:
Panasonic DMC-FZ2500 | ƒ/4.0 | 24.2 mm | 1/500 | 400 ISO

You are forgiven if you are using a laptop

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day fellas

Okay - i'll upload as an attachment so that you'll get the exif stuff as well
Chainsaw has been and gone, a bit of qwik 'n dirty tidying up ~ I wouldn't be employed as a housewife ~ and no added 1/3-stop for brightness, nor saturation for the greens

Phil

[HansE]

I don't see a lot wrong with the picture. I think it lacks a bit of impact by being a bit busy. What do you think of this?

[Isac]

Works for me too Hans. Orientation complimenting the tall trees.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day Hans

Yep - that works for me

Phil