It was a once in a lifetime boat trip to see the Napoli Coast on the island of Kauai. The journey wasn’t exactly what I had hoped for because of cloud cover over the island. As we reached the turn around point, Kalalau Valley, the clouds finally parted. A gift from the fire goddess Pele, perhaps? Problem: The canyon was filled with mist, making all the green in the canyon look grey. I did my best as this scene strained the limits of my photography and post processing skills. A curse from Pele, perhaps?

I look forward to see what others can do.

If you go to this URL you should be prompted to download the RAW file.
http://www.cloudsonfire.com/rch/IMG_1975.CR2

If not send me an email at yelwor@gmail.com and I’ll send it to you.

This is a low res unmodified jpeg.





Thanks!

Hey Darren,

Thanks for sharing your photograph. I will definitely take a stab at it.

James

Hey Darren,

The link does not appear to be allowing the download.

James

Works for me...did it at home last night....and again this morning a few seconds ago...

Problem is probably on your end.

Roman

The RAW file downloaded fine for me,, This is my attempt at it, Selected the water so that I didn't change it, adjusted the saturation on the upper part of the photo, mainly the yellows and greens. A bit of RGB curves adjustments (I am terrible with curves) Resized and sharpened with USM. I didn't know if the rocks were supposed to be red, or if they were gray like lava is that I have seen, so left them reddish. It will be interesting to see the other finished photos. DAve

Looks good, Dave. Yes, the dirt is red, and I think you got the right shade of red. The rocks along the shoreline are gray when not wet.

James, I just emailed the file to you.

Thanks,

-Darren

Hey Darren,

Thanks for participating and offering your file. I find this to be a lot of fun. Here is my crack at your photograph. I am wondering if I over-saturated the sky, otherwise, I like the colors a lot.

Here is my version. I concentrated on reducing the blue haze. There are really a lot of renditions of this - this is a great way to see how others view the same shot.

Darren - thanks for submitting the file.

Dave

Man...I am aving a HECK of a time with the mountains below the clouds. Will give it another try later tonight. Man...you picked a tough one!!!

Roman