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I took this in November 2009. I finally got round to prepare it for a large print and went back to the original raw file today and started again.
I think it looks better than my first attempt which I will load as a version.
| Brand: | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera: | Nikon D300  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | 10.0-20.0 mm f/4.0-5.6 |
| Recording media: | RAW (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 12 Nov 2009 - 7:46 AM |
| Focal Length: | 18mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/5.7 |
| Aperture: | f/16.0 |
| Shutter Speed: | bracketed 5 exposures and blended in PS CS5 HDRsec |
| ISO: | 200 |
| Exposure Mode: | Aperture-priority AE |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | No Flash |
| White Balance: | Auto |
| Title: | New Forest Dawn - reworked |
| Username: | 
Scutter |
| Uploaded: | 4 Nov 2012 - 6:16 PM |
| Tags: | Landscape / travel, New forest national park, Sunrise |
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Much more impact with this version, though I do rather like the subtlety of the original too. I would suggest trying a crop too, taking off quite a bit of sky and making the horizon central to the image....just a thought. A bit more work needed in PS too as rather a lot of dust spots/marks in the sky 
Both are good in their own ways, which image to use would have to depend on what or who they aimed at. What is your memory of the scene?
How do you feel it should look.
V1 is unreal and few will find it believable but many will find it attractive. Photographers will start to see aspects of processing that are not quite right.
V2 is a beautiful peaceful scene. in it's own right without the enhancements, it portrays feeling and atmosphere, I personally put V2 way ahead.
Ian
Much prefer V2, but I can see why you want to juice it up a little. I would say that somewhere between the two might be best, and using V2, Ive uploaded a mod with a little more contrast, vibrance, and sharpness.
BTW, neither images have a colour profile attached (should be sRGB) so both could appear not as intended on non colour managed browsers. A combination of a non colour managed browser, with a wide gamut monitor will make V1 look extra colourful, and slightly red.
regards
Willie
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