Early Morning Mist

Our photo club holds its own version of WWYD every February. We post 10 images for members choose from, they select five and process them as they wish and then we view them and vote on our favorites at our February meeting. I can't say the photo selection this year is as good as the ones we post on here but I decided to play around with a few of them anyway.

This shot was quite beautiful in its original form (a lovely mist over the water). It was another shot I didn't think needed any fiddling. At first I thought I'd add a ghostly ship but could never get the two photos to merge properly so back to the drawing board and this is what came out. Do the swans stand out too much? I keep thinking they do.

[Shutterbug]

I didn’t even know you processed in the swans until I read it. Love the reflection of them. They look very realistic to me.

[judith deacon]

I also didn't realised it was processed until I read your write up. I think you have done very well.

[Islandgirl]

Oh my nicely done Ann!

[Peter Dulis]

Fab fav

[Hope D Jennings]

So beautiful!

[Jess]

Beautiful! Love the swans.

[Elizabeth]

Incredible image! Beautifully processed!

[Sam A. Feldstein]

Amazing job with this photo

[Kathy A]

Fabulous processing!

[Milanie]

Gorgeous - wonderful processing with the light.

[eDorre]

Cool shot! The swans do stand out a bit for me. Think it's the heavy dark reflection on the right side.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

I do love your compositions - this is gorgeous

[Rob Z]

No - the swans and the lighthouse both add centres of interest - I think it's grand just as it is! :)

[Clare Gadsby]

elegantly composed. there's symmetry and then there's some anchoring white at each left-hand edge

[Dione Giorgio]

Excellent shot. Beautiful sky, beautiful silhouettes but the swans are the best. Fav.

[Caterina]

Great colors, light and swans. I love the lighthouse Fav

[haskar]

Wow1 Fav!

[Kathy]

The swans seem to be caught in a street light or something. Before I realized the purpose of the image, I was surprised to see the swans. I wondered if the moon was added. There's a guy in my photo club who likes to add moons to his photos.

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful scene and capture. Fav.

[Michelle Renee]

This is sooo lovely! Love the red shy!

[bkb in the city]

Very nice

[mittens (Marilyn)]

This is beautiful, Ann.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

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Thank you so much for your views, comments and favs! I really appreciate them all. Thanks also for your feedback Dorre and Clare- I'll be balancing them with the final "print" that I send into the club.

@randystreat Yes- I added in the lighthouse, the sky, the swans, the moon and the beacon. At first I was going to put in a full moon but I felt it would conflict too much with the sky so I put in one of my crescent moon shots. I do love the moon!

[Chris Johnson]

I couldn't tell you added any of those details, especially the lighthouse. Awesome job!!!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@bkbinthecity @mittens @cjphoto

Thank you Brian, Marilyn and Chris! I started out being terribly disappointed that there wasn't much to do on this one, but after adding all these additions, I'm glad I decided to play around with it.

[wendy frost]

Looks very peaceful with swans

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@wendyfrost Thank you Wendy!

[Dustyloup]

Love the way the swans stand out!!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@dustyloup Thank you Stephanie!