I had told myself I would not offer feedback to anybody who hadn't asked for it, since my social skills are limited, and my tact: less than perfect - often I (unintentionally) offend or aggravate or provoke defensiveness... when providing feedback. But I can't seem to help myself...
elie-d wrote:
This is two exports, one at +5 Exposure, HDR blended and the 32 bit tiff edited in LR5 with a couple Radial filter applications, 1 Grad filter on bottom area and some brush work on the sky.
I really like the moon in this one, and the general sense of drama. Obviously you were aiming for artistic effect not naturalness.
To me, if you'd finished the painting of the sky to have a more seamless transition between near moon, away from moon, and into vignette, and cleaned up some of the color and tonal artifacts near the center of the mountain and at the seam with the dark forest area, this photo would be awesome.
Just my opinion, please take it for what it's worth, or forget about it. I know this wasn't intended to be a finished photo for contest submission... - as I said: the moon is awesome and the mountain clear and dramatic, but the photo looks very much unfinished to me, as perhaps should be expected.
Rob