I don't really care much for the image myself. The number of highlights in the water ruin the image and I recovered the shadows a little too much on the person but you could get that effect from fill flash or a reflector but it doesn't look right. It may appear to be over sharpened but I don't think I sharpened it. I did do a micro-contrast enhancement that probably makes it look over sharpened. It's not a very successful effort as you and others have pointed out. It would be hard to get a good image in these lighting conditions.garyrhook wrote: That doesn't work for me at all. Way over-sharpened (clarity?) to my eye, and the highlights on the water dominate the frame. I'm left with wondering what the subject of this image is.
The shadows are fine for me, but not the DoF.
The triangle formed by the hiker, shrub, and rock in the lower left is quite nice (well seen), but my eye doesn't manage to rest anywhere. I think this would be more successful for me at f/5.6 -ish?
But what do I know? Just my $0.02.
Shadowfixer1 wrote: The number of highlights in the water ruin the image and I recovered the shadows a little too much on the person but you could get that effect from fill flash or a reflector but it doesn't look right. It may appear to be over sharpened but I don't think I sharpened it. I did do a micro-contrast enhancement that probably makes it look over sharpened. It's not a very successful effort as you and others have pointed out. It would be hard to get a good image in these lighting conditions.
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