Old shed and mountains original

This really is a lovely image, and much more attractive to my eye than yesterday's upload! NB though - you could have added this as a modification to yesterday's. Can I suggest that yesterday's is a case of killing an image by over-processing? This has warm, gentle, hazy early evening light, caressing the land, and a sky to match. Make the most of that, I wouldn't want to try to turn this into something else. I've added a modification - I simply brightened a bit and made a Levels adjustment to give a wee bit more tonal range. Then I cropped using the original aspect ratio, to bring the diagonal into the top right corner and reduce the empty space to the left of the tree on the left. I cheated using [i]Free transform[/i] to reduce the amount of foreground grass in the bottom of the frame. I might look at what [i]Dehaze[/i] can do for comparison. But my choice would be to avoid that route. Moira

This really is a lovely image, and much more attractive to my eye than yesterday's upload! NB though - you could have added this as a modification to yesterday's.

Can I suggest that yesterday's is a case of killing an image by over-processing? This has warm, gentle, hazy early evening light, caressing the land, and a sky to match. Make the most of that, I wouldn't want to try to turn this into something else.

I've added a modification - I simply brightened a bit and made a Levels adjustment to give a wee bit more tonal range. Then I cropped using the original aspect ratio, to bring the diagonal into the top right corner and reduce the empty space to the left of the tree on the left. I cheated using Free transform to reduce the amount of foreground grass in the bottom of the frame.

I might look at what Dehaze can do for comparison. But my choice would be to avoid that route.

Moira

I'll second everything Moira's said above. And I'll add the suggestion of one of the excellent practitioners on this site, in an interview with Amateur Photographer, a few years ago - he said that the light, the composition and hte location were the key elements - in THAT order - in making his shots work. You have the light, here, and hte location - it's then a matter of finding the composition, and shooting numerous variations, before hte light changes...

I'll second everything Moira's said above.

And I'll add the suggestion of one of the excellent practitioners on this site, in an interview with Amateur Photographer, a few years ago - he said that the light, the composition and hte location were the key elements - in THAT order - in making his shots work.

You have the light, here, and hte location - it's then a matter of finding the composition, and shooting numerous variations, before hte light changes...

Thats better. With some work on exposure, white balance and pulling down black level as done in the mod, it may well suit the replacement of that sky. Regards Willie

Thats better.

With some work on exposure, white balance and pulling down black level as done in the mod, it may well suit the replacement of that sky.


Regards


Willie

Moira says it all. Her modification retains the the gentle atmsphere of the scene, and the mountains keep the hazy look, which is very attractive. Simply by cropping some of the grass at the bottom of the frame, the sheds are positioned on a thirds intersection (see Rule Of Thirds), which is a point of power, and the human eye goes to one of the power points first when looking at a framed object like a painting or photograph. [link=https://digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds/]HERE[/link] is an article about the ROT in case you'd like to learn more. Since the sheds are the point of focus, the rest of the image becomes secondary, however beautiful. It isn't therefore necessary to enhance any other areas (like replacing the sky) because this will just take the viewer's eye away from the main subject and confuse things. Keep it simple, it's easier for the viewer. The trees either side of the shed are a strong feature, but of secondary importance. This rule (though really a guideline) is one of the simplest ways to instantly improve your composition. But keep in mind that it’s just one composition technique that you can use, though it's a good place to start. You have a fine image here, be gentle with it. Pamela.

Moira says it all.
Her modification retains the the gentle atmsphere of the scene, and the mountains keep the hazy look, which is very attractive.

Simply by cropping some of the grass at the bottom of the frame, the sheds are positioned on a thirds intersection (see Rule Of Thirds), which is a point of power, and the human eye goes to one of the power points first when looking at a framed object like a painting or photograph.
HERE is an article about the ROT in case you'd like to learn more.

Since the sheds are the point of focus, the rest of the image becomes secondary, however beautiful. It isn't therefore necessary to enhance any other areas (like replacing the sky) because this will just take the viewer's eye away from the main subject and confuse things. Keep it simple, it's easier for the viewer.
The trees either side of the shed are a strong feature, but of secondary importance.

This rule (though really a guideline) is one of the simplest ways to instantly improve your composition. But keep in mind that it’s just one composition technique that you can use, though it's a good place to start.

You have a fine image here, be gentle with it.

Pamela.