gathering weed, a photo from Jammu and Kashmir, North

Photographer's Note

Re-posted, new scanner, rotate, levels, colour balance, sharpness - all better I think.

The guy in the boat is twisting his pole in the water weeds and pulling them into the boat, to be used as material to add to the floating gardens that vegetables are grown in on the lake.

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Floydian (30970) 2008-09-23 5:34

Hi Steve,
Don't no which scanner you've got, but you did truly a great job here. I know how hard these Velvia slides are to scan. But look at this, so much detail, so many rich colours....who said film was dead, not me..!!!
Lovely photo, great eye and pp work...no luck, you really know what you are doing...great piece of work.
Regards, Henk

BennyV (34734) 2008-09-23 5:42

Hi Stephen,

This is lovely work with brilliant colours. This is an excellent scan. I'm looking forward to more from your archives...

Benny

Gessle (70) 2008-09-23 6:08

Hej Stephen!
What a splendid photo!
The scan seems really perfect, You did a really great job!
Superb colours, I live its mild shades, peacefulness. I love the images from Kashmir. This valley seems like a paradise with flowers and floating houses...
Great job,!Anna

holmertz (101946) 2008-09-23 6:13

Hello Steve,
Well, what a difference! You've done a very good job this time. The colours are excellent, looking very soft and very natural. The composition was good as it was, with the guy in red in the front and the cropping that leaves the sky out, but the nuances and details have certainly been taken much better care of now.
Well done,
Gert

mafegan (8626) 2008-09-23 6:43

Hello Steve
A preferable scan with the colours truer to life and the sharpness revealing more details. Thanks for the repost, Marlene

Wanda1 (15142) 2008-09-23 6:46

Hi Stephen,
This shot is simply sublime, I really like the calming greens and blues and there is just such a wonderful light especially illuminating the boats in the background as well as the person paddling their small boat, which is a great inclusion in the shot. Very nice and great quality scan!
Regards
Wanda

mattharvey1 (1044) 2008-09-23 7:05

Hi Stephen, glad to have come across this shot.

The RP is a vast improvement - the increase in sharpness is astounding. Great colours.
Why is it that some of the most beautiful parts of the world are also trouble hotspots !

Haymotion (2761) 2008-09-23 7:30

Trиs belle composition..
Le bateau est bien placй dans la photo..
Sujet principale bien net.
Bravo
Vince

goodwill (4274) 2008-09-23 8:45

Its a beautiful postcard from Srinagar.
A shot perfect to find a place on a wall calender.
Cheers for this marvellous beauty.

Rajeev

mirarer (4751) 2008-09-23 10:04

Hi Stephen,
I think you have done a very good job. Nice light, colors, reflections. I like your composition, the man in the boat with the red T-shirt is very eye catching.
Regards,
Mirari

dilane (861) 2008-09-23 10:28

Bonsoir Stephen
Oh oui, bien meilleure que la version originale...pas de doute.
ici, tu dois кtre trиs proche des couleurs naturelles, et le vкtement rouge du personnage est bienvenu pour habiller (si je puis dire) la partie importante de l'eau.
amitiйs
daniel

tomescuc (3291) 2008-09-23 11:30

Impressive work. But of course, without a good composition, it will just look pretty with no substance.
tfs,
CT

scalerman (26900) 2008-09-23 14:20

Stephen: a classic composition with great facility with light. conrats. c

macondo (20449) 2008-09-27 18:39

Hi Steve.
Absolutely superb shot. Everything about it is brilliant. Great scanning job for a start. I love the placement of the boat and bloke for a start; nice of him to wear that red shirt, which makes a great combo with the blues and greens. Lovely light caught on the village boat-houses, and gentle hazy mountains in the background.
Regards,
Andrew

kschanna (6) 2008-09-27 20:39

Hi Steve

Much Much better now. The sharpness is great. The composition works so weel with the foreground boat to a side.

well done

Regards

Kamran

gpsony (448) 2008-09-30 4:41

Hi Stephen,

An unearthly (for want of a better word) quality you have achieved in this shot. Like it. Very postcardish. Nice colours and contrast. Very good framing.

Very impressive. Great atmosphere! Congrats.

Cheers,
Guru

testmaniac (13508) 2008-10-06 21:02

Hi Stephen, great view-great photo! What I can say?
Very attractive and beautiful!

TFS and have a nice day,
Phil

leo61 (0) 2008-10-06 21:14

Hi Steve!
Excellent composition with this boat and man in the foreground.But what I like most are these wonderful colors.A great shot!!!
Regards,Leo

brevbrev14 (140) 2008-11-28 2:04

Hi Steve, very good this version, really another world than the prevoius..
and infact is a very good image, the red is really eye-catching and the man is well placed in the compo
good one
ciao!
Valeria

heimann2 (2067) 2009-03-27 23:11

Beautiful Srinagar. I was there 1972.
regards
Pierre

sid_sn (171) 2009-11-08 13:10

You did a really great job and good composition..

abulafia (4900) 2010-04-27 17:23

Beautiful shot Stephen

Looks so peacefull and quiet.
Are these houseboats in the background? I remember one of the Michael Palin travel series, where he visited houseboats on a lake in Kashmir, I wonder if this is it.

Harry

hemantbuch (1649) 2010-10-07 23:17

Hi Steve,

What a magical shot...love the shades on the water, the detail and the colors...the red shirt stands out like a beacon here and the light is magical...brilliant!

Hemant

COSTANTINO (115477) 2020-06-28 22:38

hello dear Stephen and have a nice day
and a happy new week
excellent photo which seems
like a picture from a painter!!!!!
I really like the calmy green and blue tones
welldone
regards
Costantino