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4420 — Shadows of Etherow
Published: 2009-09-01 09:23:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 6854; Favourites: 416; Downloads: 0
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Etherow Country Park:Greater Manchester,England.My apologies for yet another terrible title...2 years on DA and it seems I still have a deeply embedded inability to come up with a suitable and interesting title.......bless me.
Comments and suggestions are always very welcome
The same location as:
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Please respect my rights as the creator of this image and refrain from altering in anyway prohibited by international copyright law.I do allow my work to be used for blogs etc however I would prefer you ask first,thankyou.
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Comments: 138
Wow. You have done an amazing job handling the light here. The photo is so soft it looks like an oil painting at first. Amazing image.
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Ahh yes, lots people have mentioned it looks like a painting.I was actually half tempted to claim it was,wish I could paint that well
Thankyou very much
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WOW where abouts in etherow is this taken?!?!? Its such a lovely little country park ive been there a few times 
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This was shot towards the back of Etherow past the lakes where it starts to climb the slope of the valley.There's a fair sized wooded area back there thats just stunning in the right light.
Thankyou,I'm pleased you like it
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Aaah... Your photos hold this 'dreamy aura' for me that I can't get enough of. :3 Lovely. Not only a 
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Thankyou very much,I really appreciate it
Very sorry for the slow response,I've been lazy with DA since the new year.
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This looks like a wonderful romantic landscape painting,my friend.
Thanks for the inspiration.
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Thankyou very much Andre,I'm glad you like it
....sorry for the slow response mate
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Your always welcome,my honored friend.
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love the light and shadow play and never apologize for an interesting title.. much better than trees13!
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Hahah I came very close to calling it 'Trees 2'.For some reason my mind just locks up when I'm looking at th submission screen,I;m sure its purely phycological.
Thanks,I'm glad you like it
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thats your problem...have to get the name before the sub screen! I use my extensive MP3 collection and play mix and match words!
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Something about the tree's shadow mesmerizes me. Beautiful.
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Thankyou very much,I definitely dropped lucky with the light that day
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You're welcome and yes, you did.
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Thankyou
This one's down to Lightroom for the most part to get the high contrast and toning.
For the colour I reduced the saturation on everything but the highlights and tweaked the hue to bring out the orange colour to the leaves..........I was also a bit lucky with the light on the day I shot this
Sorry for the slow response
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It is a beautiful place,I'll have to go back when we get some decent weather
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Thankyou very much,I'm glad you like it
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Hi, your artwork / photography has been featured here [link]
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Amazing shot... At first I thought it was a painting.
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You're in good company,a lot of people have mentioned it looks like a painting too.
Thankyou,I'm glad you like it
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Thankyou,I'm pleased you like it
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Brilliant shot
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Thankyou very much mate,glad you like it
Well this was originally intended as a split tone so there was whole load of tweaks etc that went on in in PS and Light Room to get a nearly finished splittone piece.
The main style and colour effect of this shot was acheived by taking the splitone version (it was sort on the red/yellow scale) and then in PS taking the full colour version and placing it as a new layer over the split tone on 'hue' in the layer styles.That gave the highlights their vivd red and orange colours whalst keeping the more subtle sepia look of the more distant trees.
After that it was just a case of tweaks to the contrast,levels and sharpness.
Hope that helps a little mate
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Thanks that does help 
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I've got CS4 but I tend to stick with 7 for most general edits as I prefer the way little things like the contrast adjustment works and the layout works a little more smoothly for me.
If you've already got CS3 then I wouldn't recommend paying out for 4 unless you see it at a bargain price on Ebay or something.
Lightroom on the other hand is absolutely amazing,if you've never used it before you'll be stunned by some of the things it can do.And even better than what it can do is that it does a large part of it without any noticeable loss in quality.
If you've not already it's worth trying the free month trial from adobe's website,you'll have to create an account with them and it can take quite while to download but it's all absolutely free.
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Damn you and your CS4!
Nope, never used Lightroom but would love to try it. You say there is a free trial? I might have to look into it! Are the features available UNavailable on PS?
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