This is the next round of the new series started by ArvoJ asking for your edits of a particular photo, where the viewers can click on "like" to show the versions they prefer.
The version with the most likes is the winner :-)
Closing day this time is 10th September
Here's the rules from Arvo which have been adjusted slightly, and discussed with Arvo
Now to this weeks photo,...
The photo was taken in 2021 on Lake Irrsee in Austria. It was a sunny afternoon The light was reflecting on the ice and people were out skating, playing hockey or just enjoying walking around. Personally I do my best to avoid stepping on any lake ice, but that is a different story.
The light on that day falling on the surrounding snowy hills and the reflection on the roof looked good too. I wasnât quite so happy with the composition here; the people are walking to the left but I placed them too far to the left, I think the background further to the left was not so good and I guess I was just too slowđ
This was captured as a Nikon RAW file and I have saved it here as a .JPG without making any changes.
Here is also a dropbox link to the original bigger RAW file and the TIFF file.
I exposed with a shutter speed fast enough to freeze any action of the skaters; some of them were quite fast, and I opened the aperture to give some separation of subject and background, there was enough light around to keep the ISO fairly low. I didnât want to clip the highlights so reduced the EC, this makes the subjects darker but that can be edited brighter of course. Some of the highlight details are in the âheadroomâ of the RAW so best to start with that and not the JPG where they will remain blown.
The rest is up to you :-)
Many thanks!
