luka pan hdr

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Over all I really enjoy the rustic feel of this image the balance between the bright yellow flowers in the field on the left and the red barn/shed on the right. It's a beautifully pastoral scene that sparks the imagination of a warm lazy summers day. A cool breeze and a hot sun all wrapped up in the beautiful packaging of a photograph.

However the upped contrast on the HD version of this image bothers me. One of the main reasons that this bothers me is that you begin to loose the beautiful depth of the image. The clouds and the sky jump too far forward and the contrast begins to create darker patches through the image that take away from the slightly hot summer hazy quality of it. The area's where this happens the most are through the central portion of the image. The quality holds on the left and right sides but falls apart in the center.

That being said, this is really beautiful scene. I especially love the way that you've captured the varying colors in the trees. There is such lovely variation in the foliage but that beauty doesn't always come through in photographs. <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt="" title=" (Smile)"/>