The western ascent of Honister Pass

[John King]

The road up the western side of Honister Pass doesn't improve give age (unlike a bottle of wine) Poor road surface, bolder strewn and with drivers finding out the Cumbria Passes are not like driving through the street's of leafy Surry

 

[Glenn]

Great composition John, you should be pleased with it I think. Quite a lot less traffic than leafy Surrey too.

Constructive criticism if you want, else ignore. I find my eye drawn to the rock in the bottom left corner. Could it be darkened down a tad perhaps?

 

[John King]

Yes I agree. It had already been toned down but it could do with a bit more. It was a more or less flat surface with what appeared to be white quartz so that was the problem without it being obvious. Actually the traffic wasn't that bad yesterday but the standard of driving made up for the lack of cars. Hence my comment!
I was on my m/bike so was able to avoid most of it.

 

[Oldbones]

I like this its way beyond my skills at the moment but its a fine example for me to study

 

[Joanna Carter]

In no way a criticism, but I use PhotoLab to reduce Micro Contrast and then adjusted the shadow fine contrast to bring out detail in the darker areas. See what you think…

 

[John King]

I am at a loss to understand why I should use Photolab! I use Photoshop which will do/ has done the same task and your version is hardly any different to mine when viewed back to back with each other.