Taken last year on a rainy day. I have posted a small original also in case anyone wants to have a play. Comments appreciated thanks in advance, Barbara
It's a nice shot but I find the foreground dominating and throwing off the balance created by the tree line dissecting the frame on the diagonal leading tree line connecting the house and rock that form ping-pong focal points in the background. Also the contrast of the bright sky is a distraction pulling attention to the left and up...
The crop gives is a more panoramic feel and minimizes the visual "mass" of the lower right corner. I used screen, and soft light adjustment layers to brighten and add contrast to the cliff and house, but still retain the veil of fog. I used selective over-sharpening on the cliff under the house to pull out its texture but blurred and darkened sky and the foreground. I also applied lens blur to the foreground with a masked duplicate layer to take the sharp edges off the rocks and make it less interesting and distracting. The rule was sampled from the sky on top and the mat is a dark shade of blue.
pdx-B-Rad, it looks like your coming along just fine in your use of CS5. Thanks for your re-work and description of steps used.
Kent, congratulations on the upgrade to a new computer system and CS5. It appears that you finally got rid of your color cast issues that I noticed on some previous posts. I like the last 2 re-works the best. I haven't tried a version in B/W yet but I will.
I don't mind the darkness as the image was taken near sunset.