Following Taffy and Darinka and my own inner artist (or perhaps my own inner longing for color at a time of prolonged grey skies), I did two different edits on yesterday's shots. I am curious re what you will think.
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Jane,I have to admit that cropping out from the foreground disrupted the proportions.That negative space in the foreground is valuable for anchoring the bridge and I'd save it.What I meant was 'cloning out' the yellow flowers and replacing them with some grassy patches. But this is just my taste.If I have to choose between cropped and non cropped version,I'd like this one better.
@my_photofun Hi Jane, I agree with Darinka. The foreground is interesting - but the bright yellow colour is a distraction. If you use LR - you can use a brush to paint on a reduction in the yellow saturation or maybe nudge the yellow hue. You could also add a gradient to darken the highlights & increase clarity / saturation in just the sky. The sky in the other shot was a little darker. This is a great composition. Did you download the Nik plugins? Dfine denoise is pretty automatic & easy to use from LR too.
