On 2014-05-23 15:23:22 +0000, John McWilliams said:

On 5/23/14 PDT, 5:54 AM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2014-05-23 12:42:13 +0000, Savageduck
said:

On 2014-05-23 11:29:25 +0000, Savageduck
said:

Snipped bits out

OK! First the ACR adjustments.
This time I used *Camera Neutral* instead of *Camera Standard*
Then I fixed the spots.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/Fil...enshot_708.jpg

Next the CA adjustment.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/Fil...enshot_710.jpg

Now the basic adjustments including black & white point setting.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/Fil...enshot_711.jpg

Then a further adjustment to the foreground using the adjustment brush.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/Fil...enshot_712.jpg

Finally in ACR some sharpening. Note the settings with a fairly heavy
handed on the masking to exclude the areas where sharpening is not
wanted.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/Fil...enshot_709.jpg

Only resizing and crop was done in PS CC, and the final version added
to the DB folder with the other two. No additional sharpening.


https://www.dropbox.com/sh/10ne14df8...Eric%20Project


BTW:

Here

was my crop POV.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/Fil...enshot_714.jpg

For my taste, foreground is too crunchy, diverts attention.

That is fixable.

As to cropping, I'd like to see more open space- a gap in the flora- on
the left side, showing a bit of open ocean.

That is easier said than done. If you take a look at mt crop POV in
screenshot 714 above, you will see that the flora pretty much take up
the foreground all the way to the left.

I also like the B+W better.

Yup! I threw that in there because I felt a B&W rendition would work.


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Regards,

Savageduck